I hope this term becomes more prolific; it’s taken from the book “One Nation Under Therapy”, which I just finished. Its main assertion is that while in some cases therapy is helpful, it’s being overused, and not to the good.

Adherents have you constantly “checking in with your feelings” and being so excessively PC (to avoid risk of causing anyone else “undue stress and trauma”) that you can barely express yourself. You end up worriedly staring at your own navel all the time, seeing potential disaster in the most casual interaction with the world.

I was under its spell for 20 years, and while it helped some, following therapism’s doctrines ended up rendering me so self-centered and afraid of the world that I couldn’t really function ( = the opposite of what was intended)! While I’ve never had a substance abuse issue, I imagine it was a somewhat similar fight to disentangle myself from it.

What are your thoughts and feelings on the concept? (asked half-ironically)