Since Goo Seo-jin has two different personalities when he was Goo Seo-jin, he was someone who couldn’t drive, a serious person, he didn’t like to help other people, he was cold, he never laughed, and had no tolerance at all. Meanwhile, when he was controlled by his other personality, his name was Robin. Robin was someone who had a friendly personality, was kind, someone who can drive, cheerful, and always smiled.
Goo Seo-jin met a girl named Jang Ha-na (played by Han Ji-min) in Wonderland, where Goo Seo-jin worked. Previously, the Robin psyche hadn’t appeared for the past 5 years, but since Goo Seo-jin met Jang Ha-na, Robin started to come out frequently. Moreover, when Dr. Kang, Goo Seo-jin’s therapist, was kidnapped, Robin’s appearance was more often being shown. Robin was really in love with Jang Ha-na and always taking care of her, meanwhile, Goo Seo-jin never liked her.
It turns out that when Jang Ha-na and Goo Seo-jin were children, they once met and Jang Ha-na was trying to save him when he was about to suicide, although as adults, they haven’t recognized each other. Jang Ha-na never knew that Goo Seo-jin and Robin were the same person, since Goo Se-jin always said that he was Robin’s twin. Robin and Jang Ha-na’s relationship was close, then it became romantic. But still, Jang Ha-na didn’t know that her boyfriend had two different personalities. She still thought that Robin was Goo Seo-jin’s twin.
Reflection
After Dr. Kang was rescued by Robin, I don't have the heart to complete it anymore. The plot is more or less expected, so I went to watch episode 20, where Robin and Jang Ha-na were getting married! Even though, sadly, it was their last chance to be happy together, right before Robin disappeared to heal Goo Seo-jin’s mental illness. The beautiful part was when the memories of Robin were integrated with Seo-jin, Ha-na can finally love Seo-jin wholeheartedly.
As I study the basic of IOPT (Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy), all human beings have 3 psyche parts, the healthy, the survival and the traumatised (unconscious) parts. In every trauma biography, be it big or small, any kind of the traumatic events will cause the person's psyche to split, so that the person does not need to face the trauma. The traumatic events could be a natural disasters or as a childhood event that wasn't protected, loved or wanted. The survival mechanism will kick in, to protect the traumatised parts, to keep the child alive. The child or the person will start to normalise things, in order to survive. Even when the situation isn't okay but internally, the child or the person will tell himself or herself, it is okay.
However, when the consciousness knows the truth and the person is willing to accept the truth, there are integration of healthy parts and traumatised parts. There is no need to hide the traumatised parts anymore. The survival mechanism / old energies can be released. Hence, that is where the true healing takes place and the healthy parts are strengthen.
For this case, at the much later part of the drama, Seo-jin finally sees his own truth and there is no need for Robin's existence. Remembered, Seo-jin got kicknapped as a child and his father refused to save him. It is a traumatic event for him. Just that he couldn't recognise Robin as a part of him, treated him like an enemy because he has to split off his own personality, in order to survive. This survival parts or an illusion personality is to be around to keep him safe or feels protected. That is why when he finally see his own truth, he can free himself to be who he really are.
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