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Some internet content is so relatable and hits so hard, it sometimes feels like it was personally crafted just for you and you alone. However, when you start talking about these memes aloud, you can come to a startling conclusion: a lot of other people feel the same way, and have plenty of shared experiences, whether they’re positive or negative. And some of them fight the very same mental health battles.

The popular ‘Memes to Discuss in Therapy’ Facebook page touches upon this memetic connection that we have. The page is dedicated to sharing memes—both funny and serious—that are often relatable to a painful degree. And, as the name of the page suggests, they touch on topics and struggles that you might want to consider discussing with your therapist if you have one.

Let us know which of these memes you relate with the most by giving them a big old upvote and leaving a comment. And remember, if you think that January feels as long as a year, you’re not alone.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, family gatherings are generally a f**k-all stressful ass experience, and yet, we go back and to same shenanigans each year...

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    Nearly 617k people follow the ‘Memes to Discuss in Therapy’ page on Facebook. What’s more, the project has 585.5k likes on the social media platform. In other words, it’s proof that the content is relatable, witty, and a lot of people feel that it’s worth their time.

    The Facebook page describes its content as stuff that’s “found on the Internet that feels like a personal attack and should be discussed with my therapist.”

    And speaking of therapy, there’s still quite a lot of stigma attached to the idea that someone’s reaching out to a professional for help.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never understood why looking at people who are more successful/better looking that you would be depressing. Good for them, why would it affect me? it's nothing to do with me. Unless they are very bad people. Bad people doing well can be depressing.

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    Earlier, Bored Panda spoke about the stigma of seeking professional help with British psychotherapist Silva Neves. He pointed out that, in his opinion, the situation has been improving over time.

    “I think it is getting better and there is less stigma seeing a therapist now. It depends on your location though, there are still some parts of the world where therapy is still a taboo. Some people think that seeing a therapist means that you're 'crazy,' but this is not actually what therapy is about," he explained.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I noticed that my days off are way more complex that work days. So much to do and there is no schedule Oo

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not everything gets to be Trauma, all the people who were Snapped out of existence came back like it never happened.

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    "Therapy is a confidential and private space where you can get help from a professional with anything that bothers you, from your work problems, relationship issues, or other psychological problems such as post-trauma stress, depression, and anxiety," the therapist said.

    "Those things are actually very common and many people struggle with these things, it doesn't mean they're ‘crazy.’ Seeing a therapist when you have emotional struggles should be as normal as seeing your doctor when you have a physical problem. But at the moment, our society hasn't normalized therapy yet. It is changing with famous people talking about the benefits of therapy such as Lady Gaga and Prince Harry,” the therapist told Bored Panda.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It is a truth universally acknowledged" ... or at least it should be.

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    Therapist Silva said that some people who have deep-seated insecurities can lash out at others to make themselves feel better. However, with proper self-compassion and learning to accept themselves as they are, they can develop a new, healthier mindset.

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    “Insecurity can manifest either by making themselves invisible (If I'm not seen, nobody will notice my flaws) or the opposite, by what we call 'bragging': shouting at everybody about how wonderful they are. This is usually to try to persuade themselves that they are good enough,” he said.

    "Another way to counter the 'I'm not enough' [mentality] is by pushing others down, sabotaging other people's success, or attacking people as a way to feel powerful so that they can control their inner pain of 'I'm not enough,’” he said.

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    “All of these strategies don't work because what they do is either internalizing or externalizing the belief 'I'm not enough' rather than changing it," Silva explained.

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    Ozacoter
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? I am almost 32 and last night I was suffering about not being able to do the university entry exams that I did at 18...

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    Raven Sheridan
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. It's probably the season where the main character winds up in a coma. You know, to "add drama."

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    "The key to becoming more secure is to change the underlying belief 'I'm not enough' to 'I'm enough,'" the therapist told Bored Panda.

    "Perhaps parents didn't praise children enough, or they paid more attention to the mistakes rather than the successes. As an adult now, people can give themselves a hug once in a while and tell themselves, gently: 'you're doing good,' 'well done,' 'congratulations.' Eventually, the brain will listen and slowly change the message 'I'm not enough' to 'I'm enough,'" he said that everyone can try to overcome their insecurities.

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    "Rather than shouting your praise at other people, it is about speaking to yourself in a loving way. When people are genuinely aware of their successes, they can become genuinely more confident without the need to impose their power onto others."

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you can't handle me at my worst, I don't care if you're made of love, you're in for a really bad time

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2023: If I'm fiscally savvy, I can save up to buy a cardboard box and furnish the ditch I'm living in, while I work three jobs and dumpster dive for food. Ah yes, the American Dream!

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    Solar_Eclipse
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not diagnosed but maybe I have this. I'm always super bored in classes (whether I like the class or not) and either do the work before they're done explaining it, or am too bored to do it.

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    Nikki Sevven
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not bored, though. Just that the iMax movie with surround sound that's playing in my head is much more interesting.

    Morgan Merrill-McNeal
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did this the other day. I finished the entire warmup page for the week in 10 minutes while teacher was saying how to do it, and then during the actual assignment my brain stopped working and I didn't complete the assignment because my brain was pingponging so badly I couldn't read the task cards.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the first one, especially in Math. My teachers check my work, then Theirs still 40 minutes left of class. 😑

    Xandros Raygoza
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if i had/have ADHD, but this was legit me in school, specially the first half, i finished the work so quick teachers had no problems with me spending the rest of the day on the phone. Then high school came and 3 years later and having dropped college i am now depressed :')

    Charles Bosse
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sort of learned the bad habit of catching up on sleep in class during HS (because I was done with the work for that class). It did NOT serve me well in college or beyond.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have read like the entire chapter after in the time they read one page 😔

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My teachers would get mad if I worked ahead. Lol. I'm in the high ability class but half the time I know the work so I don't need to listen. It's annoying. LIKE STOP DRONING ON AND ON BRUH

    Charles Bosse
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh, yeah. If this is your normal experience, you need to figure out a way to get someone to advocate for you having something that dives deeper. If that isn't really possible, find something meaningful to do with your time (you could practice calligraphy while "taking notes" or try different organizational structures, including using multiple colors, or you could try taking notes in another language or you could write down what you already know as the lecture begins or you can learn to write in code or you can try taking notes in iambic pentameter or writing out psudo-code algorithms of the material in the lesson). Practice SOMETHING though because eventually you will get to something actually hard and if the thing you have been practicing is "looking like you are paying attention while just being bored" then it will Not Go Well. Speaking from both personal experience and things I have learned as a professional educator. (Ideally you could get into classes with little or no lecture).

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got severe anxiety Just thinking about deadline. Thats why my uni school work was Done the day I recieved it or at least a week before deadline. People seriously clapped when my profesor proclaimed that someone already submitted their 3 month Long work yesterday, a week after getting the assignment, while I slowly slid Under the tabule, embarrased

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody: Me: Finished the whole workbook after first day of school.

    YARETZI JIMENEZ CHAVARRIA
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m still suffering from adhd which makes me bored easily and makes me feel depressed and isolated 😃

    Wednesday
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    didn't like doing multiplication tests so I memorized the pattern of the tests and had the 100 questions done in under a minute...

    Poppy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were collectively reading a book in class and one pupil would read out a passage to the class then another pupil would do so. They were too slow for me so I read the entire book before the class was over. I was bored as these kids read passages I'd already read.

    Riley Quinn
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boredom is why I would leave school to hitchhike to the nearest college to sit in on classes.

    Lexi Murphy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. I'm in college now, and it's still just as bad. It never leaves you. Ever.

    Cody Borntreger
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Social anxiety was enough to keep me locked into the first one 90% of the time all through high school, then in college when I realized nobody cared what I was doing (not immediately, anyway) I promptly made up for list time with the second one.

    Darcy Marie
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when I was in school I used to get in trouble and points taken off for in class participation because I would always be bored and go ahead and when I got called on I wouldn't know where the rest of the class was so they thought I was just doodling or day dreaming or zoning out. Then I stopped going ahead to try to stay on track but I still got bored and just started doodling or day dreaming or zoning out. I never got a grade higher than a B because I was always marked off for "participation".

    athornedrose
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never been diagnosed but the more people tell me about their experience with adhd the more I think I should talk with my doctor. Just to check.

    Kanuli
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Find something that really interests you. For me it was video games. When done with said page, I would plan my character builds, instead of being bored. When having to do something tedious, I tried to pull through, so I could go back to planning my builds 😅

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, (depending on the subject) I oscillate between the two.

    BrookieTheWookie
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never gone to a doctor about it, but I'm convinced I have at least mild adhd

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happens all the time, both when listening to an audio book while running errands as well as when watching stupid youtube videos after maybe having something similar to catnip for hoomans.

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    Leo Domitrix
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I walked into PTSD group with my new hair style and the first thing I heard was, "OMG, what happened?" Um... I went to a salon.

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    Nimitz
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my god. A meme that perfectly describes my pain. *millennialness intensifies*

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    Ozacoter
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right where it hurts. Many of us stay alive solely to not abandon loved ones. My partner and dogs need me

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    Raven Sheridan
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jan 4th-Dec23rd: Anxiety joins depression. They team up with Covid panic and financial insecurity, to kick the s**t outta me all year.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time only slows down when you are bored, or anxiously awaiting something important. Duh!

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    El muerto
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you meet your friend's other friend, who is overly optimistic and physically touchy. but you just want to drink your been and let everybody else do the socialising

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    Lauren Caswell
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3. Another book never truly takes over, and the book becomes like a comfort blankie of repetitiveness when needed

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    Ozacoter
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the opposite. My parents always talk as if I was the most difficult teenager ever. I never drank, smoked, go out late, got into trouble with the police, failed exams, or even had boyfriends as a teenager. But apparently I was basically a child delinquent in their eyes.

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    El muerto
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't we just stop doing this s**t? outsides is not at all like is made out to be. don't encourage it

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    ZAPanda
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'll tell you later". If your boss or your SO says this to you, you may as well get out some antidepressants and chug at least three.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want a letter about it that travelled trough tundras and deserts and jungles to get to me - then I will cry about Adrian’s death (Adrian from Miraculous is my husband btw)

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tiny me trying to do the long jump at the Olympics. I'm at the Olympics and I'm eating dirt! 🤪 And they said I'd never be successful.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a friend that does that but she....ugh.....MY MOTHER MY LAST LIVING RELATIVE DIED AND SHE SAID "I know its kinda like this one time when I got my hair done... B#tch NO

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm hoping i'm doing enough good things in this life to become a cat or a dog in the next life!

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you tried having a fake christmas party like this though?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the worst 😂 can’t even ignore unknown numbers because it might be important

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