Shows Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

2020 TV Show Romance Drama Psychological
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16 eps tvN Romance Drama Psychological

A psychiatry ward caregiver who has never known love meets a self-centered children's book author with antisocial personality disorder. Their unlikely connection, along with the ca…

If you loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, It's Okay to Not Be Okay delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Dear Hyeri

37% match
16 eps ENA Romance Drama Psychological

Joo Eun-ho is a broadcast announcer whose life looks perfect from every camera angle — until a dissociative identity disorder diagnosis reveals that another personality, 'Hyeri,' h…

Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Dear Hyeri is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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16 eps MBC Drama Romance Slice Of Life

Yoon Gyeo-re has lived in institutions since childhood and knows no version of the world that is reliably warm. Forced into community service at a hospice, he meets a palliative ca…

Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay, If You Wish Upon Me is built around ragtag group of people who slowly become each other's whole world. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Family

28% match
12 eps tvN Melodrama Drama Family

A cold, successful man and a fierce, outspoken woman become unlikely partners in raising a child neither of them expected — discovering in the process that the family you build fro…

If you loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Family delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Kill Me Heal Me

27% match
20 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama

A wealthy heir with seven personalities falls in love with the secret psychiatrist treating him.

Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

16 eps JTBC Romance Melodrama Drama

Two survivors of the same building collapse — a construction worker and a young woman who lost her whole family — find each other years later. Neither has recovered. Neither can mo…

If you loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Just Between Lovers delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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16 eps MBC Romance Drama

A convenience marriage arranged between a chaebol heir with a complicated past and a working-class sign language interpreter — both with reasons to need the arrangement and reasons…

If you loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, The Perfect Marriage delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

32 eps KBS2 Romance Fantasy Drama

A mischievous, rule-breaking angel is assigned his final mission: make a cold, injured ballerina fall in love and rediscover her joy before he loses his wings forever. Lee Yeon-seo…

Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay, it leans hard into cold female lead warms up. At its core, it's about the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Coffee Prince

23% match
17 eps MBC Romance Comedy Drama

A tomboyish woman is mistaken for a man and hired at a coffee shop by its owner who begins to fall for her.

If you loved It's Okay to Not Be Okay's slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off, Coffee Prince delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — self acceptance — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.

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12 eps tvN Romance Fantasy Drama

A woman who remembers all her past lives searches for her soul connection from her most recent life.

Both are built around the slow, non-linear work of healing — done with real tenderness. The pacing is emotionally heavy — you'll need to sit with it after.

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Shows Like It's Okay to Not Be Okay: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to It's Okay to Not Be Okay?

The closest match to It's Okay to Not Be Okay is It's Okay to Not Be Okay, scoring 44% on DramaMatch. You should also check Dear Hyeri.

Is there a show like It's Okay to Not Be Okay I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as It's Okay to Not Be Okay. Top picks: It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Dear Hyeri, If You Wish Upon Me.

Where can I watch dramas like It's Okay to Not Be Okay?

Dramas similar to It's Okay to Not Be Okay are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. DramaMatch lists the exact streaming platform for each recommendation.

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