Yeah.... for me, it's not so much battles and stuff or even killing off of characters as it is the sheer amount of sadistic cruelty. Which... if the world being an unrelentingly cruel place is a big part of one's depressive thoughts, TGOT would reinforce that in spades.

It's a good show, high quality and epic and I watched a lot of it. YBut I had to do it bit by bit. The sadism and treatment of women were very difficult to take, but for me personally, it was another aspect of the show that triggered the hell out of me (on a non-BP issue). I just couldn't take it anymore.

(But I did have to at least make it to one murder I'd have gone through the screen to do myself were it possible! I won't spoiler, but the "who" should be incredibly obvious. Also, I'm a fan of medieval things and love a good swordfight, so it's not even the violence.)

Anyhow, that's all to say that I agree (and why) with Dontspeak's "approach with caution" advice. Or, "Go back! Go back!"

Aaaaaand, going back to comedy, another funny has come to mind: Eddie Izzard stand up