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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
When you've spent your whole life being someone's caregiver, being asked what YOU want is the scariest question. 🦋 #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
Who it's for
Gang-tae has built his whole life around caring for his older brother Sang-tae, who is autistic, and has swallowed his own needs and resentment to do it.
Feelings it meets
What it is
It's Okay to Not Be Okay is a 2020 tvN Korean drama written by Jo Yong and directed by Park Shin-woo. Moon Gang-tae, a caregiver at OK Psychiatric Hospital, looks after his older brother Sang-tae, who is autistic and developed a fear of butterflies after witnessing their mother's murder years earlier; each spring the brothers move towns to escape his nightmares.
Where to find it
Netflix (streams globally). Originally aired on tvN in South Korea. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A mother's murder and child abuse.
Age: TV-MA (Netflix)
He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 184
