f there’s anyone who knows how to create impactful yet lighthearted dramas, it’s the Koreans. Covering every genre and every topic, they never fail to amaze with their acting skills and their outstanding scripts. Like fingerprints, each one comes out as a beautiful and unique composition.

Starting as a nurse, Da-Eun is a transfer from the internal medicine department to the psychiatry department, eager to learn about her profession and her patients. Seeking out seniors to guide her regarding the mental disorders, nature of patients, how to deal with patients, overcoming mistakes and understanding the system in place to ensure smooth functioning of the department, her character comes across as an illustration of an eager-to-learn nurse - a ray of sunshine for her patients.

More often than not, her innovative ways to aid patients, such as discussing their past or showing them pictures of her cats trigger them ending up in disasters that other colleagues have to manage.

With psychological issues and awareness both on the rise, the Netflix season is a must-watch for all. The show provides a holistic view of what goes on beyond the cushioned walls and locked doors of mental and psychiatric facilities.

She does start mending her ways soon while keeping the human part intact and makes the patients feel as comfortable as possible. The character is played by Park Bo-Young, widely known for her roles in Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon and Doom at Your Service. Her great range makes her the perfect fit for the role. From supernatural to romance, she has been making the audience feel everything the character does. The same is the case with her role as Da-Eun.

Netflix’s latest release is an ode to the nurses, hospital staff and psychiatrists who work day in and day out to look after the basic needs of patients - from administering their medication regimens, assisting in planning their daily schedules and activities, educating families and practicing crisis intervention and stabilisation in wards; while also addressing rehabilitation.

Given all their responsibilities as medical staff, the individuals are also human. Lee Jae-Kyu, who directed All of Us Are Dead, has returned with the production of Daily Dose of Sunshine which shows how the humanistic element interferes with professional duties and yet is essential for one’s personal balance.

There is a vivid example of how one often perceives that one’s concerns are falling on deaf ears. A patient complains that her arm hurts. While other nurses dismiss the concern as a normal reaction to the drip injection, Da-Eun goes out of her way to use a smaller cannula to put the patient at ease. However, the drama also shows how tending to every patient for longer than required hinders the work professionally and the burden then falls on other members of the team.

We also see that close friends and coworkers who seem to be doing well can actually be under immense pressure or battling personal issues that are taking a toll on their mental and physical health. The third episode addresses how Da-Eun discovers that her best friend and her trainee are both experiencing panic disorders. This also shows that while other people might believe that psychiatrists and psychologists are perfect, they too suffer on account of anxiety, panic, fear, depression and stress.

More often than not the early days as a trainee or a junior are different from later years when one is more experienced, resilient and desensitised. This change in behaviour is especially visible in the medical and psychological fields where the patients are to be analysed objectively and assisted clinically.

For psychiatry and psychology students, the play is an amazing representation. It shows how delusions and hallucinations occur and how panic and anxiety are felt.

With both psychological issues and their awareness on the rise, the Netflix season is a must-watch for all. The show provides a holistic view of what goes on beyond the cushioned walls and locked doors of mental and psychiatric facilities. An outsider might feel that not much is being done to aid the patient but for the patients themselves the progress is real. It leaves them alive, functioning and well aware of their surroundings and themselves by the time they step out. Those working in the environment are more active listeners and skillful observers, sharp yet closer to feeling human emotions and more empathic than most other people.

The writer is an  undergraduate student of psychology at FC College, Lahore