It’s Okay Not to be Okay Netflix Drama Review

From a counsellor’s perspective

Introduction

I stumbled upon this gem of a Korean drama some weeks back and within a few weeks, I completed it.

As a counsellor and a former nurse at a psychiatric clinic, I must say that this story was very well written and probably written by a person who has experience working or living with people with mental health issues.

On a side note, the person probably has some training in Transactional Analysis (TA) — a counselling modality.

Back to the topic, the story was brilliantly executed by Seo Ye ji, Kim Soo Hyung and Oh Jung Se.

Here’s a quick synopsis of the storyline (spoilers ahead).

Synopsis

Kim Soo Hyung plays a selfless psychiatric nurse (i.e. Moon Gang Tae) who has an elder autistic brother (i.e. Moon Sang Tae) played by Oh Jung Se.

Gang Tae’s father passed away when he was very young and his mother was murdered when he 12 years old. As a result, from the age of 12, he shouldered the responsibility of looking after his autistic brother (Moon Sang Tae) by himself.

Because of this great responsibility and the enormously trying circumstances, he acquired the…