is therapy speak ruining gen z's relationships?

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#genz has definitely mastered the language of therapy - but is it helping, or hurting us?
join me on this gloomy day as we discuss the rise of #therapy speak, #tiktok therapists and better help; how terms like “toxic,” “gaslighting,” and “trauma bond” are being misused, and why all of this might be making us more isolated than ever.


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🍿 timestamps:
0:00 - intro
4:25 - the rise of therapy speak
5:43 - influencer therapists, better help & ai
8:47 - pros of therapy speak
10:22 - trauma bond, gaslighting & online self-diagnosis
14:01 - gen-z are not the only ones to blame
16:06 - loneliness epidemic & the death of vulnerability
18:54 - therapy speak & anti-intellectualism
20:41 - deflecting accountability with therapy speak
23:18 - how overusing therapy speak harms people who actually struggle
26:53 - final thoughts
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🗞️ sources:
Traumatic bonding: The development of emotional attachments in battered women and other relationships of intermittent abuse (Dutton & Painter, 1981)
Concept Creep: Psychology’s Expanding Concepts of Harm and Pathology” by Nick Haslam
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