@feyfayer
You are not rambling at all; you saw the things the way a person who knows ‘any psychology’ should see what the drama was really about. We live in a society where traumas during our childhood cause PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). In the female character it caused aggressive behavior (due to the physical abuse by her mother). She learned from her mother to be possessive, controlling and authoritarian (things had to be done her way). we saw the consequences of what happened to the male lead’s mom by the FL mother, when she tried to protect the child and also tried to walk away from that horrible environment.
If I’m not mistaken you’re saying that @vivi_1485 is majoring in psychology? and in my opinion, this drama was so perfect to open up for discussion with her peers and professor. Why? It covered so many angles of the way the state of a person’s mind can be destroyed if instead of nurturing, the child receives abuse or at one point in their life they suffer a devastating traumatic experience (like his mentally challenge brother went through) this carried terrible consequences on to their adulthood. One of the worse factor was that they didn’t had the means or sources to receive some form of healing therapy and in the case of the FL she refused to seek medical guidance out of shame bc she did had the money to get counseling.
This drama and its content is very real; Men like the ML exist. Women like the FL, exist in real life. Sadly, we also have the other spectrum that suffers and can’t even speak out bc they have some form of handicap: The mentally challenge brother of the ML he was so sacrificing for him bc his brother didn’t had a voice that others could listen bc he was so traumatized when he himself saw the murder of their own mother (we later on see who the killer turn out to be: BIG blowout. But the biggest guilt the ML had was to want his brother to die bc he had to take care of him (he then instead became his slave for wishing him to die and almost causing his death The twist in the story, each ones actions brought terrible consequences in their life.
@vivi_1485 This drama ( if you are a psychology major or not is irrelevant) but it is your chance to concentrate deeply on it, and learn from it by putting your personal feelings aside. If you become a psychologist you will have to detach yourself from the pain and suffering you hear (see) from the patients, and if you can’t do that with this drama (not real life story) then you are choosing the wrong career. Of course, I know you have your life ahead of you, and I know might change your major 3 or 4 times. I did; I wanted to be an executive secretary but the typing caused so much pain in my hands I would cry every time I had to do the typing test to pass the course. I changed to Gerontology care but knew it wasn’t for me. I also wanted to be a paralegal; went to court rooms and did plenty of essays and research papers on that, but the cases shown in court became unbearable for me, so my counselor suggested I go for Bilingual Education which I stuck with.
So what I’m saying is, that if this drama doesn’t interest you or challenges you into analyzing things from another perspective then, it won’t benefit you from continuing watching it until the end. On the other hand, if you want to go more in depth as to learning and understanding both the ML and the FL from a psychological spectrum (their submission/aggressiveness etc) then, continue watching the drama and take notes to discuss or ask your professor or peers (classmates?) your doubts or feelings etc…or even here in discussion (although we’ll need to blur what we write bc it will be a spoiler in all sense of the word. This is one drama that I cried so much but was glad to see it had a FUNNY (to me) happy ending.
PS. I have one thing to say the drama was a bit grossly exaggerated (I’m not surprised at all) in some parts, but I ALSO have to add and praise the one who wrote the drama bc they did their research work when they wrote this drama. I was also saddened by the broadness/cruelty of the physical/mental abuse to the ML by the FL (she made it up to him down the road). But I was very happy that in the end, their life was entwined by fate (obsession’s of Asians writers) they found each other, and finally found true love and happiness forever and ever.
loved it so much, this is one gem of a medical drama!!!
Everyone is so talented on screen, everyone is talened off sceen! The musuc effects and OST are beautiful! I love how compassionate the characters are and how they’re bringing up everyone together 
Gotta go doze off 
There IS a season two with the same cast except the main couple…can’t wait to watch it next!!
thankfully I have all you amazing unnies’ recommendations; i love my friends, but their taste in k-dramas is just 
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If you don’t want to watch it, you shouldn’t.
To me, IOTNBO portrays romance in a more realistic light though - people don’t always go for the person that is good to / for them, they might be attracted to someone who’s as broken or more broken than them, with disastrous consequences most of the time. The FL has ASPD, but the ML has those tendencies as well and a slight hero complex… but I’m rambling 
. To a psych-major this was very interesting to watch and the actor who played the hyung was really great