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Living in a world that’s increasingly vocal about mental health has brought much-needed awareness to the struggles many of us face. It’s also opened the door to innovative ways of coping, from traditional therapy to the more unconventional—like finding comfort in relatable humor. Memes have become a delightful way to turn life’s challenges into moments of laughter. So, today we’ve rounded up some of the best memes from the Instagram page therapist.memes.fordramaqueens to brighten your day. For anyone battling mental health hurdles, may these serve as a reminder that it’s okay to laugh at the chaos while finding your way through it.
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Sue User 1 year ago
Story time: love the desert, always have. So I am at the therapist, and she says " close your eyes and imagine a tree". So, I go to my happy place, the desert, and picture a joshua tree. Then she says " now imagine a brook next to the tree". Serene image crumbles and I am left explaining why my t tree shouldnt have a brook.
Little Bestie Capybara 1 year ago
My therapist told me to imagine myself as a tree but all I could think about were termites.
Little Bestie Capybara 1 year ago
For context, my legs had bug bites on them and they were itchy :/
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Ryn 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣❤️ (There should really be an emoji for snort/laughing coffee…)
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Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
When I attended a hypnotherapy program, the other student had me floating on a cloud. I'm terrified of heights and broke out in a sweat. I learned to ask my clients what that found relaxing instead of assuming. Not everyone wants to bask in the sun on a beach.
WinterLady 1 year ago
The only time I tried guided meditation was horrible. She wanted us to imagine talking to ourselves in 2 years. My mind decided to go dark and I could only see that there was no me in 2 years.
Rosie 1 year ago
Yeah, the guided imagery stuff never works for me. My brain keeps intruding with stupid thoughts.
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Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
But my inner child is Rosemary's baby, doc. That's why I'm here.
Did you know that in 2023, around 59.2 million adults in the United States sought treatment or counseling for their mental health? That’s a big step forward in normalizing taking care of our minds, just like we do our bodies.
Globally, countless people face mental health challenges, ranging from anxiety and depression to more complex issues. The struggles are universal, but thankfully, so is the effort to address them.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
There's always a problem, because that's why you're there, to start dealing with the problem you didn't recognise in yourself. Yet.
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
Or they stare at you in open mouthed horror. Then you realize how f****d up things really were. This doesn’t even have to come from a therapist. It can come from friends.
#6
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Life is a game you join, after it's started, and nobody will *ever* explain the rules
There was a time when mental health discussions were taboo, clouded by stigma and misunderstanding. But times are changing, and people are now openly discussing their struggles, paving the way for awareness and understanding.
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geezeronthehill 1 year ago
Happy and more fulfilling. Yah, I can get behind that. More exciting? Nope, I'm fighting shy of that one.
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Serial pacifist 1 year ago
Therapist: Why the bangs? Do you feel an inner need to associate yourself with banging?
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
You could call it a fringe and not have those problems.
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Little Bestie Capybara 1 year ago
Is it hot in here? Must be my dashing good looks bc it certainly isn't me experiencing chronic burnout, that's for sure.
The Witty Troll 1 year ago
Burnout is frowned upon for mental health workers. It's hardly ever discussed. F****n stigma
Celebrities have played a huge role in breaking the stigma. Public figures like Selena Gomez, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Lady Gaga have shared their mental health journeys, inspiring millions to seek help and speak up.
#10
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Therapist was just planting a seed, not expecting it to grow immediately
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
I am often impressed how things seem not to click in the session. Then the next session they come it, “I thought about that thing you said. It was really helpful.” Nice to know even when it looks like I’m talking to a blank wall I’m not.
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Ria C. 1 year ago
That kinda happens when you are so trained to bury your feelings for fear of being dismissed or hurting someone else.
Pencil 1 year ago
Came here to say this. I text myself not just so I remember all the things but so I don't wind up focusing on a new, small thing and forgetting something more important that happened earlier in the week.
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Happynyss 1 year ago
This is literally one of the most relatable memes I have ever seen 😭 It feels like it was made for me
Koalalover 1 year ago
Me too! Therapist told me to write it down but then i have to be in the mood, because, depression!
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I once told my therapist " i am not always upset at 2 pm every other thursday. Sometimes i wish i had you to talk to at 6 am on sunday".
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Joshua Russell 1 year ago
And when enough stuff isn't working, it's really hard to get back on track because in modern life everything basically depends on everything else
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Alongside celebrity advocacy, countless videos, podcasts, and articles offer information and encouragement for those navigating mental health challenges. These resources are helping to build a more supportive and informed society.
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Serial pacifist 1 year ago
Allow me to destroy all sense of self-control you might have had remaining ahead of this session…
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
Yeah, my goal with agitation is not further exploration. It’s calming and reassurance.
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Angela C 1 year ago
Is there a never ending chain of therapists giving therapy to other therapists
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
For good therapists there is. Bad therapists try to handle everything themselves.
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Tugg Ster 1 year ago
as a therapist, you take on everyone else’s stuff… so you MUST go to therapy yourself to let it go
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veryvenasaur 1 year ago
That reminds me of the time I was doing an intake appointment with my psychiatrist and my mom just turns to me and says, "Let's not get sent to a mental hospital, ok?"
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
If it’s my personal patient I will continue seeing them and working on things until the referral goes through. Unless they’ve been vulgar or hostile. I realize some businesses can’t do this.
HardBoiledBlonde 1 year ago
In many US states there is a formal, defined process that therapists and other health care providers must adhere to to cease providing services to a client/patient. For example, written, certified notice to client/patient, and a defined timeframe, six months while one continues to provide services to allow one to access another provider, at the end of which termination.
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ENSJ 1 year ago
Aaah yes, the waitlist for an intake. Then being told that my problems are too acute to offer help, so I'm on another wait list for somewhere else, which probably also will not help.
Sue User 1 year ago
Your so severeky ill, we wont offer any help, just make you wait.
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Panda Kicki 1 year ago
Emotional bonding discussion to anchor the clients with positive reminicents?
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
We discussed the upcoming holiday and its effects upon the patient. And explored ways to make it a more pleasant event.
And then, there are memes—those lighthearted gems that make mental health struggles feel a bit more normal and relatable. A good meme can be both a laugh and a reminder that others truly get what you’re going through.
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Tommy DePaul 1 year ago
I've worked with adolescent sex offenders and kids who killed. You're not going to freak me out.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
The client came for your educated wisdom, not your personal feelings. That's the price of being an expert.
Sharing a laugh about such a serious topic might sound strange, but it actually makes people more comfortable. Laughing together about shared experiences can ease the heaviness and create a safe space for open conversations.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Take a hevel along, so you can show you're 'hevelled' ; then you can't be 'dishevelled'
Nosirrow 1 year ago
I read an article written by a therapist who was against online meetings with psychiatrist. Bc a smelly patient should be sent to a mental hospital! Wtf! That's the whole reason to take away freedom. Has hospitalisation ever helped anyone? I witnessed so much abuse in such hospitals. Very helpful, for sure.
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Five Years 1 year ago
I was doing a wheelchair ramp at a mental health house. I was waiting in the office for the director. I spy the book "The Borderline Personality". After he explained it to me I realized it was describing the girl I was dating right down to her yin-yang ring.
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Beware of unskilled diagnoses - just because the symptoms fit, doesn't mean that's the right answer
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Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
330pm every day. I’m like I shouldn’t schedule anyone after 330. But then I need to pay rent. So I do my best. But it’s a different level of input from me. Which may even be better. Sometimes it’s really helpful just to let people talk. But I feel it.
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
They're out of energy too, deal with them as people not cardboard cut-outs
Sue User 1 year ago
Also stop trying to give me pep talks. Acknowledge my distress and teach me coping skills. Or better yet, teach me how avoid what is causing stress.
Load More Replies...Even therapists are on board! “I love mental health memes,” said therapist Greta MacMillan in a Simple Practice Monarch article. She even shares memes with her clients because they’re a fun and accessible way to spread important information.
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Sue User 1 year ago
I dont know why you are getting downvoted. Downvote are for bad content, people, not something you disagree with. And Andrew has a valid point. These memes from doctors just make me suspect that my doctors really doesnt like me and/or is just as clueless as I am, etc.
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So, which one of these posts did you find the most relatable, hilarious—or maybe both? Share this with a friend who could use a laugh and let them know they’re not alone.
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Sue User 1 year ago
Anyone can wear the clothes. The hair is a commitment.
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Grace Note 1 year ago
That's Matt Smith - mohican - and Austin Butler filming something called "Caught Stealing".
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Nosirrow 1 year ago
The last psychologist I talked to thought she could judge me after maybe 10 min and told me off so badly I did cry. She told me no one respects me bc I don't respect myself, good people avoid me bc I don't set boundaries and my mother's favourite, I should start with myself. She didn't let me speak at all once she started berating me. Asked why people at work should treat me right and didn't let me reply. I realised I was talking to my abusive mother. I use empathy as a teacher and have brilliant results. Mental health specialists don't and somehow are okay with never having any success.
#33
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Sounds like the client is relaxed, that's one point in your favour already
#34
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
You don't get better just by looking in a mirror, the mirror has to talk back. In a different, more informed voice
#35
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
We're all amateur psyko-thingies. We're only professional if someone is paying us
#36
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
Not scary at all, in fact Security would like you to go and share your attitude with their main competitors :-)
Who am I, where am I 1 year ago (edited)
The costs of things are scary as hell
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Nosirrow 1 year ago
13 years I've tried to have depression diagnosed. It's impossible. I think it's bc I say I have it so they assume I don't.
Amy 1 year ago
I’m really sorry. Luckily my Drs were very helpful and I find the medication helps lots. Hoping you find a good Dr who can listen and help.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
"I aten't dead yet" (Granny Weatherwax, in various Terry Pratchett stories)
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1 year ago
That's what growing up is, you think it'll be one crisis after another, but in reality it's a bunch of them all at the same time.
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
No, my triffle's potatoes have zits and I'm trying to cure them. Of course !
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
I'd argue that it's your job to help clients face themselves. ' Feeling better' is optional
#46
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
"Quite a few of my clients do that" {and don't mention yourself, treatment is about them not you ;-) }
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Dolly_of TheCowboy 1 year ago
That movie the image is from is brilliant. "Orphan" is the name of it. Well worth a watch if you like psychological horror thrillers
#51
Andrew Keir 1 year ago
When you realise that you will never be fully competent for your job, you begin to be , at least, helpful. Now, put your shoulder to the wheel ...
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Tempest 1 year ago
This week will be the second time I’ll be skipping my therapist appointment in a row cause I didn’t do the homework she asked me…
Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
Go anyway. Talk about not doing the homework. There’s something going on there.
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I never did the homework, I didn't pay big money to be given assignments, this ain't college, it's therapy
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Andrew Keir 1 year ago
It's called 'accreditation" because you need lots of 'credit' to get it
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Rick Seiden 1 year ago
To all the therapists out there reading this, thank you. You've made someone's life better.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
Very frustrating that therapists no longer see clients in person. I can't have a serious discussion with someone on the phone.
Rick Seiden 1 year ago
To all the therapists out there reading this, thank you. You've made someone's life better.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
Very frustrating that therapists no longer see clients in person. I can't have a serious discussion with someone on the phone.
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