Popsugar Health & Fitness Healthy Living 22 Hilariously Relatable Tweets About Therapy 22 Tweets About Therapy That Are So Relatable, Even Your Therapist Would Find Them Hilarious 16 September 2019 by Corinne Sullivan Image Source: Unsplash / Patrick Perkins There's been a dramatic shift in the way people talk about therapy — once stigmatized as being only for the weak or troubled, regular visits to a therapist have been widely embraced as an act of self-care. And while there are many factors that have helped shape the public attitude, this acceptance is due in no small part to Twitter, where therapy is often discussed with openness and humour. Knowingly or not, social media users have helped to normalize therapy. The idea of seeing someone is no longer isolating, but highly relatable — and the tweets that result are often pretty damn funny. Keep reading for some of the internet's most hilarious observations. My therapist: <laughs at a joke I said>Me (to myself): This is great. I’m going to get a good grade in therapy, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,— sara mchenry, SPX H12 (@yellowcardigan) March 6, 2019 1 / 22 I told my therapist about my constant need to be liked and he said we can discuss it on the jet ski I bought him.— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 12, 2019 2 / 22 supposed to meet a new therapist to work on abandonment anxiety and she didn't turn up which, honestly? power move. Definitely not my fault though, I see your test doc and I am PASSING IT— Philosophy Tube (@PhilosophyTube) May 25, 2019 3 / 22 My therapist asked me to consider that most people want to be kind & aren’t trying to trap me. Sounds like a trap.— Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) October 13, 2018 4 / 22 my therapist: so what has been your coping mechanism so far?me: pic.twitter.com/M7feGMJfZx— alana✈️ (@parrillarox) August 20, 2018 5 / 22 Boomers: I heard she went to *looks around nervously* *whispers* ᵀʰᵉʳᵃᵖʸMillennials/Gen Z: LMAOOOO YALL GUESS WHAT MY THERAPIST TOLD ME TODAY— Jordan Lancaster (@jordylancaster) July 25, 2019 6 / 22 my therapist: “take it slow, avoid caffeine, don’t put yourself into situations that you know will make you anxious, eat well and regularly” me on I-95 with an iced coffee on the way to hang out with my ex boyfriend: “I should go VEGAN”— ebs (@gimmefirstborn) May 7, 2019 7 / 22 my therapist told me to work on loving myself as much as i love beyoncé— ziwe (@ziwe) April 8, 2019 8 / 22 therapist: why don’t you tell people when they hurt you instead of pushing them away without an opportunity to show you if they care enough about you to change their behaviorme: pic.twitter.com/wXlB5IEFt2— anna borges (@annabroges) February 15, 2018 9 / 22 Trying to be honest with my therapist but not so honest that I get involuntarily hospitalized pic.twitter.com/Axm1AHaxWl— cheri 🍒 (@sogodly_) March 15, 2018 10 / 22 Therapist: Bottling up negative emotions is bad for your healthMe:[finger guns] That’s why I also bottle up the positive ones— Alex, but online (@Alex_but_online) March 13, 2018 11 / 22 If I cover myself with 10 weighted blankets at all times can I finally stop going to therapy— Leslie Grossman (@MissLeslieG) November 25, 2018 12 / 22 Therapist: Let’s talk about your treatment and self care planMe: Face... maskTherapist: That’s not a legitimate form of-Me: ʞsɐɯ ǝɔɐℲTherapist: We talked about this it’s a distraction that feeds off consumerism and the internalized value of appearance Me: ʄǟƈɛ ʍǟֆӄ:)— 𝔞 𝔰𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥 🌙 (@sadcherrybitch) December 4, 2018 13 / 22 therapy is helpful because every two years I figure out what happened five years ago— aubrey (@aubreybell) July 13, 2018 14 / 22 The worst part about getting a new therapist is catching them up so I made a PowerPoint to help pic.twitter.com/JnKIqO6NIX— Tessa Belle (@tessabelllle) July 7, 2018 15 / 22 Therapist: "Where do you think the root of all this anxiety came from in your childhood?"Me: pic.twitter.com/RXry2qSF59— Max Grossman (@GrossmanMax) October 14, 2018 16 / 22 THERAPIST: You need to learn how to love yourself.ME: You mean like buying myself lots of things and eating whatever I wantTHERAPIST: No that’s not what-ME: Oooooh like building one-sided friendships that only benefit meTHERAPIST: Wait-ME: Hey everyone I’m cured!— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) October 12, 2018 17 / 22 some days, the only power move you have on someone is to tell them "i talked my therapist about you" and never explain it any further— jonny sun (@jonnysun) October 5, 2018 18 / 22 [first meeting with therapist]Therapist: I'm gonna need you to be completely honest with meMe: absolutely not, I need you to like me— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) March 25, 2019 19 / 22 me trying to convince my therapist im getting better pic.twitter.com/ZVlQTH1JoU— indie (@INDIEWASHERE) February 25, 2019 20 / 22 THERAPIST: Tell me some things you like.ME: I like when I'm sleeping.THERAPIST: I meant when you're awake.ME: Oh, I don't like that.— Floyd (@dafloydsta) March 20, 2019 21 / 22 told my therapist today that im starting to notice that these appointments are starting to turn into me just talking to myself until i figure out that the answer is compassion and being nice to myself and she looked at me like pic.twitter.com/Om10EU9mHx— tracy the emotional support penguin (@brokeymcpoverty) January 23, 2019 22 / 22 Healthy LivingMental HealthTwitter