Drama about mental illness.

Monika Author

Apr 6, 2019 10:36 am

As I wrote, I am looking for a drama with a topic of mental illness in it. Whatever, what kind of mental illness, but I don't want amnesia in it, because the topic of amnesia is kinda boring for me. I'd like to see a Korean or Japanese drama, but also if you have something good about mental illness from different country, it's not a problem for me. :)

Apr 6, 2019 11:24 am

Just Between Lovers - PTSD / claustrophobia / amnesia (very limited) / secondary character battling alcoholism and depression / secondary character who is developmentally delayed
It's Okay That's Love - virtually all the main characters are dealing with some kind of trauma or syndrome
Kill Me, Heal Me - Dissociative identity disorder and related memory lapses

Limited:

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - some kind of low-empathy disorder / amnesia (limited)
Hello Monster - criminal psychology generally + related to multiple central characters / amnesia
Healer - panic attacks related to a childhood trauma
Come and Hug Me - panic attacks related to a childhood trauma
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim - panic attacks related to a childhood trauma / amnesia mixed with difficulty remembering an early childhood event / secondary character suffers from a mental delusion caused by extreme guilt
I’m Not a Robot - psychosomatic allergy to humans
The Master's Sun - trauma-related inability to read / amnesia
About Time - anxiety

fanitha

Apr 6, 2019 02:15 pm

It's okay that's love
Kill me heal me
Meloholic
Heart to heart
Algernon ni Hanabata

dboy

Apr 6, 2019 02:24 pm

It's okay that's love... and am currently rewatching

Czakhareina

Apr 6, 2019 04:37 pm

Also:

Beautiful mind (KR)
Cheese in a trap (KR)
Love Song (JP)
Nodame Cantabile (JP)
Kingyo Club (JP)
Life (KR)
Thirty but seventeen (KR)
Flower Boy Next Door (KR)
My ID is gangna Beauty
Loving not Forgetting (CH)
not really a good drama but has mental illness plot
- Clean with Passion for Now (KR) -
- Introverted boss

Old_Anime_Lady VIP

Apr 6, 2019 05:33 pm

In alphabetical order from my watched list

Algernon Ni Hanataba O Severe Intellectual Deficiency
Arifureta Kiseki Depression/suicidal
Brain Man (Not defined but he has a flavor of autism)
Freeter, Ie o Kau. -clinical Depression
Genkai Danchi Sociopathy
Marathon - autism
Naze Kazoku wa Kesareta no ka -Stolkholm syndrom
Naze Shoujo wa Kioku wo Ushinawanakereba Naranakatta no ka? - Munchausen Syndrome (Factitious Disorder)
Norwegian Wood - Depression
Sachiiro no One Room - Severe Emotional Detachment
Snakes and Earrings - Depression/need to feel alive
The Blue Flame - Psychopathy
The Quiz Show 2 - Cryptomnesia (as well as others)

jk996

Apr 7, 2019 12:27 pm

https://kisskh.at/2-1-litre-no-namida (it is about illness, but not mental. i just like it a lot, so i had to write it.)

https://kisskh.at/26049-clean-with-passion-for-now +1

https://kisskh.at/113-he-was-cool (kinda, ML has maybe some kind mental problems bc he has AIDS since he was born)

https://kisskh.at/133-mars (1 of the best drama, both of them has some kind of mental illness. i think you should watch it)

https://kisskh.at/29185-my-id-is-gangnam-beauty +1

https://kisskh.at/22162-my-mr.-mermaid

https://kisskh.at/15062-oh-my-venus

https://kisskh.at/2658-protect-the-boss

https://kisskh.at/8-secret-garden-2010

https://kisskh.at/21658-the-foxs-summer

https://kisskh.at/6756-the-masters-sun +1

Hormones (i think he is in this drama. ML has the same disease as the 1 in He was cool and it makes psychological problems for him in relationships with people. is it this one or Love sick or Addicted heroin? i binge watched all 3 drama in 4,5 days few years ago, so idk now what character is from which show.)