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the only good character with nice natural development and well done closure is the gay character. The rest is meh at best, suck at worst. No romantic happy ending, but a good "life" ending overall.

True. I think most writers go with what the public already slightly knows about and what is the easiest for them to understand... Everyone heard about ASD but a lot of people never heard of high functioning autistic people. So writers basically doing what is easier for them.
That said, in context of this drama it would make little sense if Moon Sang Tae was high functioning, coz that would change the whole background story and his dynamics with Moon Kang Tae and the whole story would basically have to be rewritten.

No way she has Asperger or autism. You cannot train your child not to show symptoms of ASD. Cognitively speaking she can perfectly mimic wild range of emotions which she uses to manipulate others. She understand how to act, she just do not care to follow the rules.
ASD is far more than just troubles with understanding social cues and emotions.
She logically speaking knows how to initiate social interactions and social cues, she just does not care to follow then, which is vastly different from someone with ASD. No to mention she shows no signs of restricted, repetitive behaviors, which is part of the diagnosis.
Also, we don't even talk about "reprogramming" someone's brain either with people with ASD nor APD. It just do not happen.
Not to mention with DSM-5 we don't even use Asperger anymore, it all falls under Autism Spectrum Disorder...

It took me one episode to like Krist in the role. I was exactly the same: the idea didn't sit well with me, but when I actually watched him, I liked what he did with the role.

As for the "over-production" it's more about the technical aspects and editing. I prefer when the production value seems less expensive for high school dramas. I don't like some fancy camera work, but rather still shots, tone down music etc.

I just like high school dramas to be simple in the production aspects. I felt like Korean one was "over-produced"...
And honestly if you don't remember korean ver. that well, I would suggest watching this and maybe after that rewatching Kr. ver. You will enjoy this one far more, the less you remember :)

verified accounts are the ones who linked their phone number to the mdl account (you can do it in settings)
star account... no one knows.
so the rating from verified/star users are the "most accurate" in terms of them being verified as "real people" and not bots.

I just love how this question showed up here lol

the age thing tho, it;s observed among people over 50. And one of the theories that is thought to be most realistic: they simply not young, strong and healthy enough to behave they way they did... So the high chances are that it's not their mind getting better, but their body getting worse.
As for the safety pin... I always thought it was more about her trauma rather than APD. Since every time it was addressed, was when she was being anxious or triggered by her past trauma with her dad (like her hugging herself and tapping shoulders after the sleep paralysis).
People who show any chances of getting better are the ones swho were growing up in a supporting environment and when the therapy was implemented as soon as the symptoms started showing. We don't have it here. Frankly, with her past... she would be the worse case scenerio possible for a "successful" therapy.

That said... this is all speculations about her character and were the writers will go with it. I guess we just need to watch the show to find out hahaha

People with APD often have amazing cognitive understanding of emotions (that's why they can read others so well and mimic emotions themselves) but they empathetic level is as low as it can get.
Also, i would disagree with the statement she "doesn’t seem to completely disregard the value of a human life". She did throw a guy down the stairs (which could EASILY lead to his death), how she sped while driving with Kwon Ki Do even in a crowded area which could EASILY lead someone's death (and her own and Kwon Ki Do). She was literally just lucky no one died.
As of now, there is no known method that can truly long term help APD patients. If I had to get a "happy ending" from this show, I would rather them change her diagnosis to some bullshit, not exactly explaining her behavior new one, that can be treated, than them curing her from APD.... Since misdiagnosis happens, people being "cured" from APD does not...

I'm willing to accept imperfection in the deception of things related to mental health, as I did with many dramas as I don't expect drama writers to have professional knowledge in all areas they are using for the plot BUT if it's clear as day the research has been done BUT they just made a decision to ignore some of the things they read: that's what I have problem with.
That said, we don't know how it ends. Chances are she will not be cured. It's not like people with APD cannot be in a relationship, it just works... a bit differently than a normal one. I'm hoping they will go with realism (as they are doing truly a good job presenting mental health related issues so far) and not fairy tale one, coz the fairy tale one just would kill the message for me.

I would 100% understand mistakes made if the scientific experts were not as united in the claim little can be done as of now to help people with APD. IF she has APD and they "cure" her I will be pissed, coz it's not like they didn't do enough research (as the symptoms are perfectly fitting, so they must have at least check DSM, which also clearly states little can be done in terms of therapy and psychiatric/psychological help) but decided to ignore the information they read on the subject. The whole show uses fairly tale as a way of showing the "ugly" truth, so if by the end they give fairy tale like ending... what was the purpose of it all?

Legit if they magically cure her by the end I won't be able to force myself and give it higher rating than 7.5...
And I agree it looks as if she has APD and some post traumatic one (the insomnia and sleep paralysis being some symptoms related to it).

She never did, but then IF she does not have it the title is annoying misleading. Not to mention her character is written as a perfect example of APD. As if someone wrote her based on DSM diagnostic criteria...

IF she does not have APD I will be pissed. The title is literally "Psycho But It's All Right" which is a play on Psychopath word. IF she does not have APD, the whole presentation of the show and her character will be a cheap way of confusing the viewers and an easy way to give the romance happy ending.

more or less: yes. They might try to "change her diagnosis" as if all her behavior was a result of a trauma and symptoms of that and not ASPD.
Short term she could start "acting better" if she think this is the way to get Kang Tae (it's all about gain and loss, if she thinks Kang Tae is interesting enough to play a good girl for a while she might put on the act) but I can't see how it could be long term, since she would simply get bored after a while and be back to the old behavior.

"She is intelligent enough to know that she has a problem and just decided do nothing." < and here is were you are wrong. She sees NO problem in her behavior because of ASPD. There is NO reason for her to seek help in her view. She could be the biggest genius on the planet and for her it would not be logical conclusion > I have ASPD I should seek help. ASPD is one of the least understood disorders coz it's extremely hard to study people who have it. But one thing that is wildly accepted in mental health field is: they see no faults in they actions hence they won't be seeking help, coz they don't think they need it.
If they will keep the realistic aspect, she will NOT change. People with ASPD don'r really change, most studies show no improvement in their behavior long term after receiving help.
At this point, if you hate her so much it would be wise to either drop the drama or wait till it finishes and find out from people if they will "miraculously" cure her. Otherwise you will not enjoy the watch.

omg yeah that's a huge misunderstanding hahaha for me crime goes straight to law aspects hahaha

I never said it's a crime. It's more the morality behind it, not the legality. Her actions in my eyes are morally wrong. But this is according to my moral values.

All I'm saying: she is not kind since not once other's well being was even a partial goal in her actions.

As for the showing remorse: it's a short term thing. They show remorse in the moment, to gain sympathy or get out of trouble. No studies show a long term improvement in the behavior. Some show an improvement of slightly lowering the aggressiveness but mostly in teenagers after receiving therapy. I never came across study showing the same results for adult population tho.

One of the criteria for IED is that the symptoms cannot be better explain by other mental disorder and one of them is ASPD. And in her case, they are better explained by ASPD. Same with kleptomania, it's not like she can't stop herself from stealing things, it's that she disregards law and other people's ownership simply coz she wants an item. So the reason for her "stealing" is different from person with kleptomania.
For me she "simply" has ASPD and possibly PTSD from the time her dad tried to kill her (definitely some trauma related issues with the insomnia and sleep paralyses). Adding other diagnosis would be much, especially since the symptoms are overlapping with ASPD and are better explained by it.

As I'm studying clinical and neuropsychology, the studies are FAR MORE important than the self life experience since we mostly deal with how brain works.
Introspection is extremely important for all fields of work that deal with interacting with other people. BUT rich life and lots of life experience can be the death of the psychologist career if they rely on it. More often than not if someone puts more value on the real life experience they had as they grew up not on the education they received, they try to help clients the way it help them, and it WRONG. You should never use your own life experience to solve problems of your clients.