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“Sometimes Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine”: 50 Hilariously Accurate Memes About Mental Health, As Shared By This Page
Isn't it awesome that we live in an age when going to therapy isn't as frowned upon as it was, for example, for Tony Soprano?
I'll go out on a limb and say that the internet culture has contributed to mental health awareness too.
There are countless online discussions where people not only share their struggles but also relate to each other, letting the other person know that their feelings are valid and offering suggestions on what they could do to make everything a little easier to bear.
And let's not forget the ultimate tool used for social normalization—humor; laughing at yourself and with others can remedy even some of the biggest wounds.
'Therapy Memes Group' is a Facebook community that invites us to do just that. Let's try!
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However, as the public perception of therapy changes, new challenges are arising. A 2022 study from the American Psychological Association (APA) found that 6 in 10 psychologists "no longer have openings for new patients."
The shortage comes as demand for therapy soars: since the beginning of the pandemic, about three-quarters of practitioners have seen their waiting lists grow.
In the same period, almost 80% of practitioners reported an increase in patients with anxiety disorders and 66% have seen an increase in those needing treatment for depression.
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Edward Finger Hands 2 years ago
And you’d think having all 3 would cancel them out…instead I end up standing in my kitchen turning in circles like a broken sim
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Yeah, but when you have ADHD even the corner seems too much of an effort...
“I started my private practice just before Covid hit, and it was certainly filling up then,” Dr. Jennifer Reid, a psychiatrist, writer, and podcast host in Philadelphia, told The Guardian. “But the numbers have exponentially risen since that time.”
Reid even stopped advertising her practice on sites like Psychology Today and other places where people can find therapists. There's simply no need now.
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Being an MD who worked as a psychiatrist and suffering from 3 of the above mentioned myself I can only say... it's true. No freaking other way that we know of, and it's frustrating the hell out of me.
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Schlay van Gay 2 years ago
Removed "the chair" when remodeling my bedroom to avoid the pile of clothes. Let me introduce: "the floor".
XenoMurph 2 years ago
I too have a gravity-fed apparel organisation system.
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The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Haha I have a "clean-ish" basket and a "definitely dirty" basket.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Lol I have a “definitely dirty” and a “I should have put these clean ones away at some point but now I don’t know what’s clean or not so it just sits here” basket
Musa baksh 2 years ago
And to remove the pile of clothes from the floor but to lazy to put it in the laundry. Let me introduce you to "the bed"
A B C the Third 2 years ago
My workroom/office and bedroom are the same. For me, it's alternating between "the chair" at nighttime and "the bed" during daytime. Thinking about getting a dedicated "the chair", but I'm pretty sure it won't be "THE place" to throw clothes, but a third "a place"...
Wondering Alice 2 years ago
I think I have a floor system, husband seems to think there might be a bed under it all. Other day we looked through a pile of pictures to try and remember, he wondered if it would be easier to clear the clothes to find out. I'm a bit confused, in what world is that an easy solution to anything?
un-izzy 2 years ago
Yup. But there's a system! No one gets it! Dirty clothes go on the floor so I can remove badges, clean pockets, etc. Folded clothes yet to be put away go on the bed, and then the left half of the chair, while semi-clean clothes that I'm going to use to wear around my house go on the right. There's a system! And then people get angry at me after they find reed covers in the washing machine - you ruined the system, it's your fault...
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
The shelf by the window, on top of the books on the shelf by the window.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
The Chair has become overpopulated, let me further introduce you to: The Stationary Bicycle.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
That's exactly why I have 2 laundry baskets. One for dirty clothes, and one that's full of clean clothes I rifle through everyday to find something to wear. The trick is to never actually put anything away. :)
ShellsBells 2 years ago
I keep my clean clothes in the dryer. Need to do laundry? Stuff in the dryer gets dumped onto the couch, then shoved back in later. Too full? It goes on top of the dryer. I'm glad I'm not the only one that hates putting away laundry, lol.
David 2 years ago
I put them on a tote at the end of my bed. I don't recall what is in the tote but I will get to it some day. Actually, this one isn't really bad, it's just practical. I wear my jeans more than once. If I've only worn a shirt a little while and nothing physical (no sweat) I'll wear it again on a different errand. Less laundry and clothes last longer due to fewer wash cycles. This one isn't 'lazy' it is just practical. I have other stuff for 'lazy'. lol
Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Oh good God yes. I live in an RV and my family doesn't have a coat rack yet, so we use the passenger chair. That's exactly what we do, wow. Lol
Aria the Dog Lover 2 years ago
Ill be honest we've never had a coat rack so I doubt we'd get one.
Geoffrey Osterfield 2 years ago
My parents for years asked me to get rid of a nice leather computer chair I got for free and collected clothes better than a washing machine collects socks. I forgot it when I moved out and my dad used it for actual sitting in. The audacity!
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
Or in our case, the quilt chest. Nearly daily conversation in our home- Me: Jack, can you not put your pants away? Jack: I can't luv, I've just taken them off Me: Hamper then? Jack: I've only had 'em on but a minute Me: *5,000 curse words*🤬
Vinita Talaulikar 2 years ago
My washed clothes were not folded but were laid on the bed. Had a niece very obviously clicking pictures of the same. To show the world what a lazy aunt I am... 😇
Potato Puffin 2 years ago
Clean clothes, meet bed. I'll introduce you to floor later. Wardrobe, you say? I don't know her.
Reid focuses on anxiety and insomnia, which have been “major players” in the pandemic. According to her, people with anxiety, phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorder related to germs had particular trouble. Then there were the isolation and doomscrolling.
Now, she noticed, people are struggling to re-enter the world. "People are finding they're having anxiety trying to re-engage in social settings in situations that were previously not as safe", she said. “Now they’re having to kind of retrain their brains.”
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Chihuahua Mama 2 years ago
Even great parents give you an awful lot of terrible gifts you just can't seem to get rid of
Reid said people often may need to return to their primary care doctor for a period of time, “or they just end up going without and waiting on waitlists, unfortunately”.
The APA study also found that the average psychologist reported being contacted by 15 potential patients every month.
Reid, who combines therapy and medical approaches, said she generally has space for about one new patient every few weeks.
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Now BP is also mad at me, seems I'm typing comments to fast for its liking ☹️
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago (edited)
Where did they get this footage of my last job interview?? (Edited: typo)
To manage the growing demand, Reid works with a platform for Philadelphia therapists that allows them to see each other's availability. “We really feel a sense of responsibility to try and get patients some good options if we can, if we’re not able to see them,” she said.
Seeking a therapist through word of mouth – asking friends or calling practitioners even if they’re fully booked – is a good first step. The increasing use of telehealth may also help, particularly under programs such as PsyPact, a legal framework that allows practitioners to work in multiple states. But remember that you can also simultaneously express yourself through memes!
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
If only it were this simple... The source is usually that jerk I see in the mirror
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
But even in Poland you can't stop playing this out in your head over and over...
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
S**t, did they really have to make this post about all of my shortcomings?
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
As your brain is inside your head, yeah, everything related to it is 'only in your head'
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Artsy Bookworm 2 years ago
Went on a wine tour yesterday and the guide explained how it's champagne only if it is from the town Champagne. It was destiny that made me open this post!
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Garbage can on fire is about as precise as it can get describing myself 😊
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fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
But... but I made a list! See, it's a list with all the stuff I need/want to do today, and it's written in purple pen, which is my favorite pen to write in even though blue is my favorite color, but sometimes I tell people my favorite color is red or black, because those are the colors I wear the most, but I actually really like silver, but I don't think I have any silver clothes... wait, what was I talking about?
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Yeah brain, you should really wait for my consent before putting your thoughts in my head!
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
From religion to internet humor: How humanity copes with the suck of being humanity. ----- my theory after 10 years of therapy, in which I'm told "doing it that way so your abusers don't "win" isn't healthy". Well, I'm alive, I'm functional, and I'm not hurting myself or others, so what's wrong with me seeing it as "I win the war!" versus "ah, they were just lashing out".... Yeah. They were. And?Why must I understand their trauma, while they *caused mine*? .....
Priscilla Branch 2 years ago
May you accept where you are, how you feel, whenever you choose. May each day offer you some instances of when you win the war.. on whatever battle you're taking up. May you give yourself the space and grace to Just BE.
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Jonathan Nichols 2 years ago (edited)
I think the idea, at it's most basic, is because most people aren't going to "win" most of the time. As such, that would create a net negative- on an individual level and societal level. Everybody getting justice all the time is awesome, but it's not feasible. So investing in other coping behaviors has practical utility.
Juliette Schnatz 2 years ago
My mottto is push it down deep and just live in the moment and have fun joking about it while your at it might as well your going down anyway
Artsy Bookworm 2 years ago
It just makes me sad that so many people use humour and memes to cover up the fact that we are depressed, mentally ill, unable to get up most days, and simply just want to give up. Why is the world like this? I don't wanna give up, I really don't but sometimes I feel like I don't have a choice.
Edward Finger Hands 2 years ago
If you genuinely want to know.m, Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté is a great start
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
As someone once said, it doesn't take all sorts - it's just that we've got all of them.
Priscilla Branch 2 years ago
Sometimes it's nice and funny to commiserate and know many others are feeling very similar. And while some of these memes are painfully familiar, just know that the 'funny' is not directed at anyone in particular. As a therapist, I am just overjoyed we are talking about our journeys and even growing from them. In some spaces, we have normalized getting mental health support. That is SUCH a win for humanity.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
From religion to internet humor: How humanity copes with the suck of being humanity. ----- my theory after 10 years of therapy, in which I'm told "doing it that way so your abusers don't "win" isn't healthy". Well, I'm alive, I'm functional, and I'm not hurting myself or others, so what's wrong with me seeing it as "I win the war!" versus "ah, they were just lashing out".... Yeah. They were. And?Why must I understand their trauma, while they *caused mine*? .....
Priscilla Branch 2 years ago
May you accept where you are, how you feel, whenever you choose. May each day offer you some instances of when you win the war.. on whatever battle you're taking up. May you give yourself the space and grace to Just BE.
Load More Replies... Jonathan Nichols 2 years ago (edited)
I think the idea, at it's most basic, is because most people aren't going to "win" most of the time. As such, that would create a net negative- on an individual level and societal level. Everybody getting justice all the time is awesome, but it's not feasible. So investing in other coping behaviors has practical utility.
Juliette Schnatz 2 years ago
My mottto is push it down deep and just live in the moment and have fun joking about it while your at it might as well your going down anyway
Artsy Bookworm 2 years ago
It just makes me sad that so many people use humour and memes to cover up the fact that we are depressed, mentally ill, unable to get up most days, and simply just want to give up. Why is the world like this? I don't wanna give up, I really don't but sometimes I feel like I don't have a choice.
Edward Finger Hands 2 years ago
If you genuinely want to know.m, Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté is a great start
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
As someone once said, it doesn't take all sorts - it's just that we've got all of them.
Priscilla Branch 2 years ago
Sometimes it's nice and funny to commiserate and know many others are feeling very similar. And while some of these memes are painfully familiar, just know that the 'funny' is not directed at anyone in particular. As a therapist, I am just overjoyed we are talking about our journeys and even growing from them. In some spaces, we have normalized getting mental health support. That is SUCH a win for humanity.
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