News Dramas with trauma or unique circumstances!
K & cdramas where one of the main leads has trauma or unique circumstances. Ex- anxiety, phobias, past SA, etc.
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1. Healer
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
FL has anxiety and panic attacks when she sees violence
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2. Introverted Boss
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
ML has anxiety
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3. It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
Covers all types of mental health issues
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4. Flower Boy Next Door
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
FL has anxiety and agoraphobia
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5. My Lovely Liar
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
ML has anxiety
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6. Heart to Heart
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
FL has social anxiety
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7. I'm Not a Robot
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
ML has haphephobia, the fear of being touched
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8. Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
FL has autism
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9. Clean with Passion for Now
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML has anxiety, OCD & is germaphobic
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10. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
Fear of spiders, fear of cable ties, shared trauma from childhood kidnapping
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11. When the Phone Rings
Korean Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
FL has selective mutism
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12. The Tale of Nokdu
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
Fear of the dark
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13. Ruby Ruby Love
Korean Special - 2017, 5 episodes
FL has social anxiety
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14. Tell Me That You Love Me
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
ML is deaf
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15. Angel's Last Mission: Love
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
FL is blind
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16. My Holo Love
Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
ML has facial blindness
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17. The First Frost
Chinese Drama - 2025, 32 episodes
FL sleepwalks due to past trauma and has anxiety
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18. Sm:)e
Chinese Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
ML has haphephobia (fear of being touched) and FL cannot act in front of a camera, she freezes up
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19. Sweet Sweet
Chinese Drama - 2021, 22 episodes
ML has aphasia, the inability to speak sometimes
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20. I Cannot Hug You
Chinese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
ML has haphephobia and OCD, which means he can’t be touched
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21. Assistant of Superstar
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
FL has a fear of crowds
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22. Flavour It's Yours
Chinese Drama - 2019, 25 episodes
FL has no sense of taste
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23. Love Unexpected
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML has affective disorder
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24. Crush
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML is blind
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25. Dear Probationary Girlfriend
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML is blind
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26. Forever Love
Chinese Drama - 2023, 30 episodes
FL is blind
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27. Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
ML has a fear of water/drowning
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28. Rain or Shine
Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
PTSD rep, FL and ML have a fear of elevators
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29. Poisoned Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
FL has mental illness & anxiety
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30. Unexpected Embrace
Chinese Drama - 2025, 66 episodes
FL has haphephobia
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31. Forever Love
Chinese Drama - 2022, 29 episodes
ML is sick, FL has amnesia
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32. Cannot Fall in Love With You
Chinese Drama - 2025, 100 episodes
ML has skin disease
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33. Meeting You
Chinese Drama - 2020, 28 episodes
ML has social anxiety
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34. Love Me in Three Days
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML has a skin disease where he prevents contact with other people
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35. About Is Love
Chinese Drama - 2018, 30 episodes
ML has OCD and haphephobia
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36. Romance with Blind Master
Chinese Drama - 2023, 15 episodes
ML is blind
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37. GO into Your Heart
Chinese Drama - 2021, 41 episodes
ML is color blind
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38. Filter
Chinese Drama - 2025, 32 episodes
ML is colorblind
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39. When I See Your Face
Chinese Drama - 2023, 15 episodes
ML has facial blindness
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40. Promise in the Summer
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
ML has haphephobia
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41. Hello Mr. Gu
Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes
ML has an aversion to crowds
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42. Mr. Bad
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
FL has a fear of fire due to trauma
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43. Flourish in Time
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
ML has a disability
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44. Warm Meet You
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
ML has haphephobia regarding the opposite sex
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45. Crush
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
ML is visually impaired
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46. My Girl
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
FL has a scar on her face
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47. Forest
Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
ML has dissociative amnesia and trauma from childhood
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48. Rich Man
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML has facial blindness
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49. The Secret Life of My Secretary
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
ML has facial blindness
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50. The Beauty Inside
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
ML has facial blindness, FL changes into a different person often
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51. Smile Code
Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes
ML has emotional blindness
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52. Doctor John
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
ML has inability to feel pain
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53. Lovers of the Red Sky
Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes
Both ML and FL are/were blind
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54. A Robot in the Orange Orchard
Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes
ML has haphephobia
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55. My Neighbour Can't Sleep
Chinese Drama - 2019, 24 episodes
ML has insomnia
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56. My Eternal Star
Chinese Drama - 2023, 22 episodes
ML has OCD
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57. I Wanna Hear Your Song
Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
FL has insomnia
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58. Love Unexpected
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
ML has emotional disorder
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59. Definitely Not Today
Chinese Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
ML has severe anxiety
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60. Sweet First Love
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
FL has selective amnesia
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61. Love Me Like I Do
Chinese Drama - 2023, 18 episodes
Having FL around helps ML not to faint
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62. Hello, the Sharpshooter
Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
ML & FL both have PTSD from a SA on the FL from a few years ago. ML lost memories of that incident. Both have anxiety & trauma. FL fears physical contact.
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63. Follow Your Heart
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
ML has facial blindness, FL changes into a different person often
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64. Debit Queen
Chinese Drama - 2024, 24 episodes
ML has haphephobia
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65. Innocent
Taiwanese Drama - 2021, 4 episodes
ML has dissociative identity disorder
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66. Last Twilight: Uncut Version
Thai Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
ML is blind.
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67. Between Us
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
Team has a sleeping disorder, nightmares & anxiety.
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68. A Breeze of Love
Korean Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
ML has insomnia, having other ML around helps him sleep
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69. Kidnap
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
Q has PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks, & sleepwalks.
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70. See Your Love
Taiwanese Drama - 2024, 13 episodes
ML is deaf & mute, uses sign language. Other ML learns sign language to communicate with him.
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71. The Eclipse
Thai Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
ML has anxiety & depression
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72. Bed Friend
Thai Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
ML was SA by stepdad & other people
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73. The Story of Bi Hyeong: Enchanted Master of the Goblin
Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
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74. Consummation
Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes
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75. Fix You
Korean Drama - 2020, 32 episodes
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76. My Heartbeat
Thai Drama - 2026, 12 episodes
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77. Overprotected Kahoko
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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78. Our Unwritten Seoul
Korean Drama - 2025, 12 episodes
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