anime is trying to hurt me

maybe it's like... confirmation bias, but it feels like every anime I've watched and loved in the last few years has just been out-of-this-world emotionally intense. it's all fun and games until we get three seasons in. then we're suddenly mired in some kind of deep-seated family and/or national trauma. like what business does it have, being this way? why is it trying to hurt me? anime trauma…