I am high key pissed at Chocolate #7.
It’s a hospice. All the patients have terminal illnesses. It’s not shocking they suffer from depression.
It should be expected and they should have psychologist/psychiatrists employed. The doctors there should also have some form of sensitivity training. So when a patient attempts suicide, you don’t have irresponsible doctors saying things like ‘I didn’t peg you someone who could do such a selfish thing.’
That kind of irresponsible statement makes sense coming from a family/loved one – their emotions are on a high from shock, fear and anger. But not from a professional.
And one should never, ever tell a suicidal person they regret ever liking them and they don’t deserve to be born again as anything if they commit suicide.

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    This part was shocking. I wondered why they were handling it this way. I wish they would explore on this topic more in the next episodes. This is actually a good drama to explore topics like this. And have the doctors act like professionals onscreen. I do hope the writer has something more to show than just this one episode.

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    I’d guess that one of the reasons the suicide rate in Korea is so high is because of the lack of knowledge about depression, even among professionals, and society’s view on it.

    I’m 40 and live in the states and as a child and into my 20s I definitely remember talk of it being selfish act. Or that depression is something someone should be able to snap out of with the right attitude or fill in blank. Though that was not the medical profession. I’m not sure how it was treated in the 80s and 90s.

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      And my fear is that this drama will just reinforce society’s view on it instead of providing an alternate action. The hospice would’ve made a good platform for them to expound on how to deal with it – dealing with death, desperation, their struggle and suicidal tendencies. By the looks of it, it wasn’t just the patient who needed help. Joon’s character is now taking the blame for it too. And he doesn’t know how to deal with it either.

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    Did they say that? That’s disgusting, I know this show is nonsense but it should just be harmless makjang not offensive.

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    I have dealt with depression, twice in five years. The second time around was the worse. I had even threatened suicide especially the first time but it’s not something I would actually go through. But people (esp my family and considering they are the reason it even happen) telling me to just snap out of it that the depression will just go away, as if it were that simple makes angry. That’s not how depression works. That said it is actually kdramas that helped me through a lot of it. And I wished I could make them understand and I can even feel the after effects even now. Even my sister doesn’t seem to get it despite trying to make her understand multiple times. I agree with Mei Gue-Rae I hope this drama deals with this topic sensitively. I haven’t watched this episode, I guess I will watch both of this week’s episodes later instead.

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      *makes me angry

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      @amy1009
      I’m so glad you have the strength and determination to not succumb to it! And to have an outlet like K dramas to help you through it. Most of the time, dramas are cathartic for me too.

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        Thing is my depression was why I stopped watching American shows much. I had become sensitive to the voilence and the dark and gritty during my depression, even though the worst I had seen was Criminal Minds and Supernatural. Infact when I returned to them for a bit I actually went for lighter fare. That why I had turned to Kdramas in the first place. At least with them I can relate to things and I care about the characters and not feel Oh just another dead person like I used to cause before I had got desensitized to it. Here I can never have the same problem. Even the sad dramas that make me cry feel cathartic. Mostly Kdramas are an absolute delight. I don’t regret dropping other fiction for kdramas.

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      You might want to skip Jun’s portions toward the end of the episode then (better yet, everything with the patient after she comes back to the hospital).

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    I dont know if this is good or bad (probably bad, actually) but my best friend was a therapist at a hospice for years. Her job was to help end of life patients come to terms with their lives coming to an end, and help their families. That job? KILLS any and all form of sympathy/empathy that they may have. I was so happy when she stopped working there because I had to literally limit how much time I spent talking to her. She would tell me about her job and her patients and my eyebrows would be in my hairline they were raised in shock and horror and outrage at the stuff that SHE was saying about the patients–including the ones who tried to kill themselves. After working there so long and witnessing so much death—people and human suffering—stopped being a thing to her.

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      That doesn’t sound good.

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        You know, I didnt think it did. But it wasn’t just her. It was EVERYONE who worked in that hospice. Since they are so surrounded by death (and this is just my armchair therapist speaking, I dont know anything) they distance themselves from it in self defense. She wasnt aware how dark she had become until she left that job for a different one, still dealing with death and helping people prepare but in a different setting than a hospice.

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          I kind of understand that though it still disturbs me a little. It’s a good thing your friend got out of it then.

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      I get the numbness that comes with job and the experience. As a medical student, we get loads of ‘sensitivity’ and ‘communication skills’ courses. They teach of the most basic interaction skills that you think it’s too obvious but then I go to the hospital and I realize that a lot Doctors lack these basic skills. It’s as a result of being numbed or burnt out. I get it. We make a lot of morbid jokes but only amongst ourselves. These doctors should still maintain a level of professionalism when interacting with the patient. They don’t have to be emotionally attached but they should know what not to say.

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        Exactly

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        Medical personnel need TLC too.
        After watching episode 8, I’m starting to think there might be more behind this. It just feels like the insensitivity of the Doctors is in contrast to the kind and thoughtful portrayal surrounding the scenes in other characters. I hope I’m right.

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    It was terribly insensitive (both doctors).

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