It’s Okay To Not Be Okay may be regarded as an excellent example that demonstrate the current evolvement of Korean dramas. Created in 2020 starring Kim Soo-hyun, Oh Jung-se, and Seo Yea-ji, it has immediately attracted the attention of viewers all over the world through Netflix. In addition, viewers’ interest was determined by highly essential themes raised in this series, including the topic of mental health issues typically avoided by dramas. While the majority of them address highly unreal heroes and stereotyped damsels-in-distress who desperately want to be saved, the story of a selfless caregiver and an antisocial writer in It’s Okay To Not Be Okay is able to empower people letting them be themselves at the same time. Similar to other Korean dramas, it may also impress viewers by its beautiful construction, intricate plot lines, and actors’ talented acting.
It’s Okay To Not Be Okay is not an audiovisual work created merely for entertainment – it raises people’s awareness about mental health issues and helps people who face them accept themselves. In it, autism and an anti-social personality disorders are neither romanticized nor demonized. Instead, these diseases are depicted on the basis of the balance of bad and good manifestations that allow viewers to see people but not only their disorders. Thus series teaches others to accept their flaws and empower them to fight with them for a brighter future at the same time. It goes without saying that all characters are united by tragedy reflected in every twist of the plot. However, at the same time, it is a powerful story of love, romance, and hope that give people strength regardless of all challenges they face in the outer world and within themselves.