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living with ptsd

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Episode 6: 'Time passed, so move on'? One psychiatrist says Korea still has a long way to go.

PTSD can take years to rear its head, and when it does, society plays a considerable role in healing. Sometimes, however, support is lacking, and sometimes, that's deliberate.

2026.6.17

Episode 5: Small gestures that help and words to avoid for those living alongside PTSD

After the illness entered my life, it was my psychiatrist who held me together inside the consultation room. Outside the clinic, it was the handful of people who knew about my illness — my partner and close friends — who kept me going.

2026.6.17

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Episode 4: Working through the emotional aftermath as a survivor

For a long time, I wondered why I reacted so strongly to things that seemed minor. It was only through treatment and time that I realized it was not a matter of willpower; it was a consequence of physical changes in the brain.

2026.6.17

Episode 3: The importance of engaging in your own treatment

Psychiatric treatment ultimately depends on one’s own agency. The same can be said of other forms of treatment, but mental health care tends to be more effective the more actively the patient engages with it.

2026.6.11

Episode 2: Suffocating in the silence of my own denial

As a reporter on the social affairs desk, I covered the Itaewon disaster on Oct. 29, 2022. Since November of the following year, I have been receiving treatment regularly. I attend psychiatric counseling sessions and take medication every day.

2026.6.11

Episode 1: Trapped in the past, diseased in quiet

Reporter Kim Nam-young shares her experience living with PTSD after covering the Itaewon disaster on Oct. 29, 2022, which resulted in 159 deaths.

2026.6.11

Tag: living with ptsd

living with ptsd

Latest News

Episode 6: 'Time passed, so move on'? One psychiatrist says Korea still has a long way to go.

Episode 5: Small gestures that help and words to avoid for those living alongside PTSD

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Episode 4: Working through the emotional aftermath as a survivor

Episode 3: The importance of engaging in your own treatment

Episode 2: Suffocating in the silence of my own denial

Episode 1: Trapped in the past, diseased in quiet