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Comedian and TV personality Jo Se-ho \/ Courtesy of tvN<\/p>\n
Comedian Jo Se-ho said he has been receiving psychiatric care, adding that he initially felt afraid to visit a clinic.<\/p>\n
On the Dec. 26 episode of tvN\u2019s \u201cYou Quiz on the Block,\u201d psychiatrist Lee Kyung-joon appeared to discuss the drama \u201cThe Dream Life of Mr. Kim,\u201d which features a protagonist dealing with panic disorder.<\/p>\n
Lee said the show portrays a realistic case. \u201cThe main character is exactly the type of person who comes to the hospital. It is very similar to real life,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He added that people who have lived with strong achievement-oriented goals often face losses in their 50s. \u201cThis is the age when people experience changes such as retirement and also go through menopause. There are losses related to health as well,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He added that the accumulated sense of loss leads to a period when \u201ceverything they had avoided facing comes at once.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee said many middle-aged patients do not fully disclose their symptoms. \u201cMost seek treatment because of panic or anxiety, but even those with moderate or severe depression say, \u2018I am not depressed at all,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThey feel that admitting to depression means their life has failed or has fallen apart, so they downplay their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jo responded by saying he chooses to be honest about his condition. \u201cThat is why I tell everything,\u201d he said. \u201cI go to a psychiatric clinic and take medication.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThere are stressful situations while working, and I was afraid to go to the hospital at first. But I began to think that if I go, I might get better and live more healthily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lee agreed, saying, \u201cThat is right.\u201d He encouraged middle-aged viewers not to hesitate in seeking help. \u201cFor the first time in their lives, they need to make choices for their own comfort. They should let go of the reluctance toward psychiatric treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This article is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedian and TV personality Jo Se-ho \/ Courtesy of tvN Comedian Jo Se-ho said he has been receiving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-156388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}