is therapy speak ruining gen z's relationships?

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please consider supporting the channel on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blackteanosugar #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. ----------------------------------------- 🍿 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 ----------------------------------------- 🎥 related videos: on anti-intellectualism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvSLsMADCM&list=PLI_Twh3p53U-MnKnlvqfeAaa0C6KxSqyB&index=2 ----------------------------------------- 🗞️ 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 https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/therapy-speak https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rise-of-therapy-speak?_sp=497dbf7a-6525-456f-8bce-e61d23b37fcc.1746280702043 https://www.verywellmind.com/how-therapy-speak-can-backfire-in-real-life-8605846 https://www.cbtmindful.com/articles/therapy-speak https://www.harmonyhit.com/state-of-gen-z-mental-health/#xd_co_f=MDJjZWU1OGEtZjRjMS00ZDVmLTkxNzYtNWVjODMwOGVlNGU0~ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/outside-the-box/202504/why-therapy-speak-is-everywhere-and-what-to-do-about-it https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/therapy-language-trend-ruining-relationships ----------------------------------------- find me on socials: 🕯️ instagram: https://instagram.com/blackteanosugarrr 🕯️ pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/blackteanosugarr/ 🕯️tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackteanosugarrrr 💌 contact me via: [email protected] thanks for watching and have a good one! xx