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Therapy-speak

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Psychological and therapeutic terminology that has entered everyday language through social media, often misused to describe normal relationship conflicts as pathological.

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"It was jarring to have someone try to coerce you into sex, while using clinical language to make it sound like I'm an asshole. Deranged really. 'you're making me feel so stigmatized' 'so many people have it and it's not a big deal with modern treatment' 'you're judging me based off something I got w"
"When the layoffs come, they are fully couched in therapy-speak, and we learn about the power of resilience and supporting our former family members through their challenging times."
Corporate America has become way too feminine · u/SabertoothNishobrah · ↑788 · 2024-03-15
"Gaslighting is just one of the 'therapy-speak' terms that couples therapists told me their clients are misusing, typically after seeing descriptions of the ideas on social media. Other common, wrongly applied terms include boundaries, triggered, and trauma bond."
Why Couples Therapists Are Sick of 'Therapy-Speak' · u/OJ_Soprano · ↑123 · 2025-12-13
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