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I pretty much think a lot of people use therapy speak to manipulate others. It’s just another kind of hierarchy-forming jargon.
― Alito Bit of Soap (President Keyes), Monday, July 10, 2023 6:53 PM bookmarkflaglink
i think it boils down to intent. some people use therapy speak to 'win' their relationship, to shut the other person down and gain power over them. it's probably more widespread than people realize.
that said, almost every friend I know has been in some form of toxic or abusive relationship, so it has its place. but I have one friend who I love dearly, who is a caring mother, and one of the most supportive people I had in my camp the last three years. but she also uses "gaslighting" like sugar packets in iced tea. a mutual friend of ours moved out of state without meeting up with her as previously agreed, and it was admittedly a dick move on his behalf, but within days of it happening, words like "shutting down", "narcissist" and "gaslighting" came out, and I was like...this was someone who you adored a mere month ago, and they were insensitive in the way they handled the situation, but this one slight has you now talking about them as if they're a monster.
or what this article says: https://jezebel.com/jonah-hill-sarah-brady-texts-therapy-speak-1850621501
like - misunderstandings don't always live in the extreme spectrum of things. treating misunderstandings like a major event every time just creates unnecessary impasses.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 02:27 (nine months ago) link
seven months pass...
Zoomcast on the music in New Waterford Girl (Canadian film), The Squid and the Whale, and Mid90s:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM8ZmBsONo
Some of my gaffes in these are priceless. In this one I mix up Jesse Eisenberg and Jim Eisenreich, the '80s/'90s baseball player who had Tourette's.
― clemenza, Saturday, 2 March 2024 18:38 (one month ago) link