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Best example of Worst Drama about Mental Health
I waited patiently and reserved my final judgements towards the show till the very end, I was hoping that they will do something or deliver a different message towards the end.
Sadly, what a great disappointment this show turned out to be.
If this is how they (Netflix, production companies, director and writers) intend to do a story or talk about mental health then this show would be a good example of worse demonstration of mental health.
There are a lot of elements I can live with but there are a few fundamentals I just can't.
a) Colour used - from the interior of a psychiatric ward to the colours of the nurses uniform.
*I think "It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)" demonstrated or educated some of us about the importance of colours in the topic of mental health. In most times, Red (red based colour) suggests ignition, power, energy, aggression, fire - probably the last colour you want to use in the psychiatric ward one would think (I read on Netflix IG, Director's got this inspiration after visiting OB/GYN clinic, I was speechless reading that).
b) Medicine = answer to mental health
I can't help but noticed from the start, all Doctors in the show kept mentioning medicine, just take your medicine and you'll be fine! Let's have a few words with your family and ta-da! you're all fine and well again! Or let us transfer you to another hospital! Are they serious? The last straw for me was ep8 when the female lead finally acknowledge her depression. From there, doctors and everyone around her just kept asking her to take medicine, keep to a regular routine, write complimentary diary, and poof! you're be fine and okay again!
Don't get me wrong, the narrative in ep9 was great, perspective from a nurse turn to a patient, I was looking forward how they going to go from there, it was a really good angle (rejection from your family, forcefully admitted you to a psychiatric ward, how no one really 'listening' to you when you're at your most vulnerable time, everyone tries to tell you 'what's best', because they are the 'healthy people'? )
but it seems like..nah, there's nothing to write about it from there so let's move on to...Love!
really, out of the blue? I was speechless. Till the end no one around her helped her to really overcome her depression or helped her get a closure from the incident. Hence I do agree, her depression will relapse for sure.
And that's how they ended the show - moral of the story: if you're 'sick', just remember to take your medicine and fall in love! and that's your Happily ever after!
Honestly if they wanted another rom-com or melodrama, that's absolutely fine, just have mental health as a side/support plot.
It's disgusting how they handle such delicate topic and I find it very disrespectful, very.
I am now rewatching It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
to see if I'm really biased or I should take admit myself to a hospital and start taking pills too.
Sadly, what a great disappointment this show turned out to be.
If this is how they (Netflix, production companies, director and writers) intend to do a story or talk about mental health then this show would be a good example of worse demonstration of mental health.
There are a lot of elements I can live with but there are a few fundamentals I just can't.
a) Colour used - from the interior of a psychiatric ward to the colours of the nurses uniform.
*I think "It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)" demonstrated or educated some of us about the importance of colours in the topic of mental health. In most times, Red (red based colour) suggests ignition, power, energy, aggression, fire - probably the last colour you want to use in the psychiatric ward one would think (I read on Netflix IG, Director's got this inspiration after visiting OB/GYN clinic, I was speechless reading that).
b) Medicine = answer to mental health
I can't help but noticed from the start, all Doctors in the show kept mentioning medicine, just take your medicine and you'll be fine! Let's have a few words with your family and ta-da! you're all fine and well again! Or let us transfer you to another hospital! Are they serious? The last straw for me was ep8 when the female lead finally acknowledge her depression. From there, doctors and everyone around her just kept asking her to take medicine, keep to a regular routine, write complimentary diary, and poof! you're be fine and okay again!
Don't get me wrong, the narrative in ep9 was great, perspective from a nurse turn to a patient, I was looking forward how they going to go from there, it was a really good angle (rejection from your family, forcefully admitted you to a psychiatric ward, how no one really 'listening' to you when you're at your most vulnerable time, everyone tries to tell you 'what's best', because they are the 'healthy people'? )
but it seems like..nah, there's nothing to write about it from there so let's move on to...Love!
really, out of the blue? I was speechless. Till the end no one around her helped her to really overcome her depression or helped her get a closure from the incident. Hence I do agree, her depression will relapse for sure.
And that's how they ended the show - moral of the story: if you're 'sick', just remember to take your medicine and fall in love! and that's your Happily ever after!
Honestly if they wanted another rom-com or melodrama, that's absolutely fine, just have mental health as a side/support plot.
It's disgusting how they handle such delicate topic and I find it very disrespectful, very.
I am now rewatching It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
to see if I'm really biased or I should take admit myself to a hospital and start taking pills too.
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