Daily Dose of Sunshine

Daily Dose of Sunshine (Korean title Jeongsinbyeongdongdo Gansa Daum) is a 2023 Netflix Korean drama about Jung Da-eun, a nurse who transfers from internal medicine to the psychiatric ward of Myungshin University Hospital. The series follows her first months on the ward as she learns the practical and emotional craft of mental-health nursing: listening without judgment, building trust slowly, and meeting each patient as a full person rather than a diagnosis. Adapted from the webtoon of the same name by Lee Ra-ha, a former psychiatric nurse, the show draws on firsthand experience to ground its caregiving in everyday detail.

Across twelve episodes the drama moves between patients whose stories are treated with care and dignity, from anxiety and depression to bipolar disorder and recovery after crisis. The writing emphasizes empathy and the slow work of getting better, and it deliberately avoids sensationalism, framing the ward as a place of safety and small daily progress. Da-eun's growth as a caregiver runs alongside the quiet support she finds in Dong Go-yun, a proctologist at the same hospital, and Song Yu-chan, a friend whose presence anchors her outside the workplace.

Praised by critics and viewers for its compassionate, de-stigmatizing portrayal of mental health, Daily Dose of Sunshine became one of the most discussed Korean dramas of its season. Much of the conversation centered on how the series treats both patients and the nurses who care for them with warmth, and on its central message that struggling with mental health is a part of being human rather than a source of shame. The show closes its single season as a self-contained story about learning to care for others while also learning to care for oneself.