Kill Me Heal Me Character Analysis

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I’m a hardcore fans of psychology and my interest in psychology genre on movie or drama is something that I can’t help – maybe due to I’m not a typical of normal person either. What encourage me watch this Korean drama beside the main story line who portrays the live of a man who diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder was the popularity of this drama. Many viewer appreciated this drama as a must-watch list and I though it won’t be too painful if I tried this one – even though it’s classified as romance genre which not my favorite.

The drama which I’ll to share entitled “Kill Me Heal Me”. With the theme that covering about Multiple Personality Disorder which also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D), this drama manages to be
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Do Hyun seems normal and fine from the outside, however in truth he suffered from a mental disorder known as D.I.D (Dissociative Identity Disorder) or multiple personalities. His illness quite severe since he has 7 personality including his true self.

Do Hyun lived in the United States to hide his illness but he is forced to return to South Korea to become the deputy director of his cousin, Cha Ki Joon (Oh Min Seok). In order to keep conceal his illness, Do Hyun was quietly searching for a private psychiatrist with the assistance of his private secretary, Ahn (Choi Woon Young).

They found Dr. Seok (Go Chang Suk), a great psychiatrist who has managed to hold a variety of psychology cases. Unfortunately Dr. Seok refused the offer and instead he advised his students, Dr. Oh Jin Ri (Hwang Jung Eum)to become Do Hyun personal psychiatrist. This is because he believes Ri Jin was able to connect and control all seven personality of Do Hyun. The proof is when Ri Jin met with the most difficult personality of Do Hyun in the nightclub and she managed to conquer him and make that personality

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