Don't judge a social media page by its likes. Sometimes the best content comes from the smallest creators. But just as good books can have beautiful covers, so can big accounts share quality material. Plus, if we're talking about relatability, the sum of its fans can actually be a good indicator of a project's success.
Ran by Nicole Argiris and sisters Lola, Gina, and Nora Tash, My Therapist Says is an Instagram account with 7.2 million followers that shares both aggregated and original memes about pretty much every aspect of everyday life. From modern relationship problems to struggles at work and the inability to cope with anxiety, it's all there!
Since its creation in 2015, My Therapist Says has shared thousands of hilariously accurate jokes, so in an effort to save a little bit of your time, we at Bored Panda went through its feed and hand-picked a selection of our favorite uploads. Enjoy!
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Me too. Though my wife can be a very busy and noisy extrovert at times. It's like living with a Tasmanian Devil. She just comes whooshing through the room chattering away to herself. I think I need a lie down.
Load More Replies...Introverts can be social butterflies. Being introverted just means that the time spent with others will drain the battery and time alone will recharge it rather than the other way around.
Understood. Quite time is great. I especially make a point of putting my phone on silent so people can leave me the f**k alone.
Load More Replies...I have made friends by randomly encountering another introvert and we both thought "Oh, this person isn't very annoying" and we made palns to get coffee.
This is the way to do it, then the other person also gets it if you suddenly disappear and reappear from all communication, coz they do it too 😅
Load More Replies...We aren't a bunch of terrified little orphan children huddled in the corner waiting for someone to take care of us. Introverts like having social lives too, we just need time alone to recharge.
It's true. But also, at least for me, my social needs are so much less. I get enough social fulfillment from my spouse and when my parents visit. I don't NEED more friends. But when I find someone I like and genuinely enjoy being around, we do stuff together.
Load More Replies...Nope. I found other introverts. We have an amazing time texting ,playing online video games, and cancelling in-person plans together!
Can you really adopt an introvert and make them go out to make friends? We are like cats we do whatever we want
Judging at the rate I drop things from the table, I think you are right.
Load More Replies...I'm an omnivert, I can take people or leave them. Very content on my own but mingle well with extroverts.
Introvert doesn't equal socially inept or painfully shy. I can make friends just fine on my own and I know this entry is tongue in cheek but I find it terribly infanitilizing.
Social boundaries: Extrovert = 3". Introvert = 25 feet, two walls, a locked door, and all shades (in entire building) drawn.
In some places it is a thing. When i worked in the netherlands all my colleagues had a 4 day a week contract and 3 days off. Now in belgium they made a rule that you can work 4 days 10h to work less days with the samr pay.
Load More Replies...For a few years, I enjoyed 3 day weekends, working Monday to Thursday... it was also the beginning of low-cost flights in Europe... I was outside Spain at least once in a month. And that helped a lot for boosting my relationship with an Italian girl, who became my gf and today is my wife. 3 day weekends should be standard.
The name of this account implies it centers around mental health bent to the jokes, but it offers more than that. Many are more relatable gags about being a stressed young adult who struggles but somehow manages to continue with life.
According to Lola and Nicole, the account is "one of the fastest-growing aggregate Instagram accounts in history," climbing to 500,000 followers in its first six months. They also say it was the biggest meme account on Instagram to be run anonymously, until they introduced themselves to their fans and the internet.
At first, they didn't want to give away their identities in an attempt to avoid the criticism that women often face when they make jokes about how messy they feel. Only their mothers knew they ran the account. Both women even made their personal Instagram accounts private when they started My Therapist Says and don't post on them anymore. Their Facebook pages were made private too. They have given up on virtually all online presence outside of their memes.
I sit like this for 45 mins after waking up: f9884b3456...bb94ee.jpg
To be honest i actually am that person who runs in the morning
Is someone threatening you? Do you need help? If so, send "mayday" to one of us, we will free you from this torture they put you through!
Load More Replies...I have to laugh at this, I find it mind boggling that people who embrace running, jogging, hiking etc ALWAYS park right next to the trailhead. If you are so into exercise, leave the trailhead parking spaces for us invalids who after walking back to the trailhead must use internal words of encouragement to get back to the car
I go on runs in the morning- if I dont, the dogs will tear up the newly-fixed house.
My house. I have this about my house. I'm in my house and I'm "This is my house and I can do anything and there's nobody here but the cats and I can throw them out the window if they bother me."
@Luther von Wolfen, I feel your comment so hard. Except..I have 2 dogs and we all have separation anxiety.
Sitting in bed while I'm reading this on my laptop. I practically abandoned my living room and use it only when I have guests. i spend amost of my time at home in my bed.
Ha! I can't do this. It doesn't matter if I put 10 or 100 signs up, my family always seems to need/want me at THE most inconvenient times. It's infuriating
Lola and Nicole met about 17 years ago in their hometown of Toronto and have been best friends ever since. After high school when Lola started spending long stints in Los Angeles picking up small acting gigs and Nicole was busy studying psychology at the University of Western Ontario, they started sending each other a lot of memes.
"The account just kind of came about as a way for us to keep in contact," Nicole told Cosmopolitan.
The name of their project isn't random. Both of them have been in therapy for years. Lola has what she calls "crippling shyness" and Nicole suffers from anxiety. "Every time I would talk to Nicole, I was like, 'My therapist said this,' and she'd say, 'No, I said that,'" Lola explained. "And I'm like, 'Well, you are basically my therapist, so.'"
Seems like you spoke too soon. What even is this thing with obsessively censoring words? Even children know those words exist. I find the whole concept laughable.
Load More Replies...I want to stand in the doorway with the energy of a cat. "You won't shut the door with me here because I'm too amazing to squish."
My favourite cat product: https://uedata.amazon.com/Cloth-Cat-Cats-Towel-Holder-Black/dp/B001BAH682
Load More Replies...Actually I can tell my cat is thinking I'm lucky to have her directly after she has broken something.
So sorry for you loss. I still miss my boy who passed 6 years ago. They are family.
Load More Replies...I leave my house once a month to walk to my landlord' back door to pay the rent. I AM living the dream.
seriously I be bitchin about not havin friends and s**t... Then get home and sink into the couch with my kittens a beer and a smile
I show up at the front door once in a while when the delivery person comes, dragging my backside and whispering 'my precioussssssss'
Both are not incompatible... All humans need social relationships, but introverts need quiet and intimacy... In both cases, you suffer.
Their memes reflect common complaints they make to each other (as well as their real therapists) about their anxiety-prone twentysomething lives: aggressive crush texting, impulsive shopping, canceling plans in order to sleep.
But Dr. Jaclyn Cravens-Pickens, a licensed marriage and family therapy associate who does not know Lola or Nicole scrolled through the account and told Cosmopolitan, "I'm not sure I see memes about mental health issues ... or anything that really reflects what I, as a therapist, say to my clients."
But something in the content did connect with Instagrammers who deal with anxiety and depression, and many followers began opening up in DMs and comment sections under the memes about their own problems.
I know what you mean, but it sounds like something someone in school would say to me.
Load More Replies...literally me doing something important. attention span of a goldfish
I heard somewhere recently that goldfish have longer attention spans than today’s average human..
Load More Replies...I can't wait till I'm super old and this will be called being productive.
Alternating being productive and resting is not toxic, and neither is starting out good habits in a small way.
Dude. That is my entire action plan. If I don't give myself 2hr breaks, I just won't do it at all. Be thankful for what you get, housework. It's not toxic, it's progress.
Relaxing is an essential part of being productive. I'm still integrating that knowledge myself.
I'm way too good at relaxing, and I hate myself because it doesn't stress me out that life is going down the drain...we all gonna die why make fuss out of it?
You would say that, El muerto! :) But seriously - enjoy it! Seems like you've achieved something a lot of people struggle with.
Load More Replies...TBH, I'm more productive at the point of panic than the hours leading up to it. If I could just relax until five minutes before something needs to be done and then work like my life depended on it for those five minutes, it'd be awesome.
Load More Replies...This is me all the time. Except, I don't feel stressed as long as I keep my mind off of it, so I do everything but be productive, because once I start something, I immediately feel guilty for the thousands of other things I'm not doing while I'm doing that thing. It's not logical, but it's powerful.
And then I completely forget how to relax and end up in PT because my traps are permanently knotted and I get migraines twice a week. Help?
I’d recommend yoga nidra, Insight timer is an app with thousands of meditations but my favourite is yoga nidra which translates to yogic sleep. It’s a guided meditation usually done lying down that rotates ones awareness around the body, inviting each part to relax, sometimes with background music and sometimes not.
Load More Replies...LOL. Not sure if your typo was intentional, but it's perfect!
Load More Replies..."In the past, older generations have shown disdain at our preoccupation with our phones and our online lives, but during a pandemic, it's been an advantage to us to have this online presence solidified," Nicole explained to Daily Mail.
She said that millennials and Gen Z "have such a powerful online community where it's normalized and encouraged to seek help," which was an advantage going into quarantine.
"When we're all stuck at home, we feel less alone, as the initial shock was less pronounced for us given how intertwined our social lives already were with social media."
and then the message light comes on and it's "Oh just leave me the f**k alone!!"
Load More Replies...The rest of the time is spent swearing because our sleeve got caught on a door handle.
I can't count the number of times my safety vest has been caught on the door bolt of our change room at work
Load More Replies...Perfect solution, get a dog triggered by the phone ringing. Sets mine off barking. Told everyone 'sorry can't answer the phone, won't be able to hear you over the dog'.
Here’s another meme like this I saw on bp: when sleeping beauty spends all day in bed, she’s a “beautiful princess”. But when I spend all day in bad, I’m “clinically depressed” rofl
Holy Crap. Kinship. I call it Luxuriating when I refuse to leave the bed for long spans. Love you Pandas!
True story: I didn't know I was depressed because I actually ENJOYED being in bed. But I did know I had ADD, and the same medicine works for both conditions. I still like being in bed, but now I can also have a life. (And no, I wasn't just lazy because my brain would fall apart when I did too much.)
Cool, i got downvoted without even an explanation as to why I'm wrong. Thanks, people.
Load More Replies...My dog likes to stare at me and cry for the hour before her dinner time. She's channeling her inner Karen
It is how they relax their whole body. A big sigh and let it all go. So yes, they are comfortable.
Load More Replies...My cat looks at me and yawns. What is she trying to tell me, I wonder?
My cat sighs because she's just looked at me and can't believe what she sees
your dog knows what a government is. He just doesn't know what other governments are like.
Lola said that the idea to publicly talk about mental health would legitimize the advice they themselves had received to the point where they would have to take it.
"This new generation, however, is so open and verbose on all things we used to deem inaccessible or unapproachable," she said. "I think it's going to do a lot of good for people in the long run, not having to feel ashamed or ostracized for feeling, or being, a certain way."
That meme about being late because I didn't want to come has been stuck in my head since I first saw it because it's soo true
shoot, i wake up an hour before i should and than TRY to go back to sleep...nope ! stress already peeking before I get to work....grrrrrrrrr
I agree, I feel like this is my usual operating state: Tired.
Load More Replies...I wanna take back all the times I protested a nap as a child. Also, all the fuss I made when told to go to bed early, I want all those back too. I want a redo
Adulthood?! I feel like I've been a little sleepy since the day I was born
In case anyone is wondering why so many people over a certain age drink coffee, this is why.
Not sure depression is an introvert thing either. I'm an introvert, but I'm not sad.
Depression isn't sadness. It's more like anger that can't get out. It clogs up your mind and you can't move.
Load More Replies...Lola said that "laughter is a powerful thing," adding that humorizing and satirizing a mental health issue helps "take away its power over you." And she's not alone. A few months ago, for example, we covered a social media manager who said making silly comics about his depression and anxiety have helped him tremendously in dealing with them.
Throughout the pandemic, the women behind My Therapist Says have shared and created quite many memes about quarantine, online dating, and Zoom calls, but they admitted there was an added pressure to not cross the line during a year that was clouded in tragedy.
"Each day was a fog of uncertainty, of worry, of what news tomorrow might bring — but we knew we had a responsibility to find the lightness amidst the dark," Nora said. "We certainly felt entitled to our own grief and confusion, but it was almost therapeutic trying to alleviate other people's worry with memes so as not to focus on our own."
It’s because it makes it look abandoned, which therefore makes it seem secluded and far away from the humans 😉
Load More Replies...omg where do i get this on a business card for handing out in everyday life?
That would make sense. With all the firework, nobody will hear the screams... That sounds creepy, but is perfect!
The kissing thing is american - in Denmark we jump off the couch/chair, so as not to take any of the old year into the new year.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and remember the time I missed the end of recess in elementary school. When I finally realized it I had to sneak back to class.. and everyone looked at me and giggled. That happened 40 years ago.
F**k government paperwork. I asked the other day in the city hall what i needed to do something and they asked me for my birth certificate. I gave it to them TWICE in the last years and they have it on my file. But its nit valid "bevause it needs to be a copy from the last 6 months". What? Its a birth certificate, it doesnt change! F*****g beurocrats
..but sometimes people do change the name and/or sex on their birth certificates.
Load More Replies...In October, the gang published their first self-help book, titled My Therapist Says: Advice You Should Probably (Not) Follow, which they wrote in collaboration with — guess who? — their therapists.
"Our therapists were incredibly involved in the writing of this book, not only with the lessons they imparted on us, but the advice they took the time to give out as they heard some of the questions we were being messaged," Nora said.
We introverts aren't afraid of extroverts. The word you're looking for is 'annoyed'.
Come on, we introverts do this at home when nobody's watching us. ô.ô
True, but it's their audacity to force this on others that is disturbing.
Load More Replies...Weird: a doctor who hasn't heard of climate change, inflation, health care costs, Covid, Republicans, or Donald Trump.
I had acute hives all over my body. I told my doctor that I had a lot of stress. She snapped at me "if stress caused hives, everybody would have it". Sorry doc, I guess I was adding to her stress by having a condition she couldn't cure. Btw it does go away but you never know how long it takes. Mine took roughly 7 months.
my dog can drop the ball. She also picks it back up immediately...
My older dog drops the ball but a few meters away from me... Thanks girl...
Load More Replies...my dog loves all my family. but he will fight like he's a tiny gladiator when we have to give him a bath
Maybe it’s not “fetch to a dog” maybe it’s that they revere the tennis ball and at first they bring it back because they can’t fathom that we threw such a wondrous thing away and then they keep the tennis ball because they don’t trust us with the tennis ball “ You’re not going to get it back because you don’t respect it— Must keep away at all cost.
My puppy will beat me with her paws so I will throw the ball but will also fight me to the death before she would release it from her mouth. lol
It wasn't my idea - I read it somewhere, but it worked for us. We used dog treats to teach our past dog to drop the ball. She would want the treat, so there would be an exchange. Pretty soon, we didn't need the treat and she would just drop it. Maybe it will work for you?
Load More Replies...I used to throw a ball for my neighbour's dog. His attitude was you threw it you pick it up
Accurate, except I'm keeping the tiara. Needing a machete is no reason not to feel special.
Each of the women contributed to the book and incorporated different aspects of their lives, but it's written in a singular voice to make it more cohesive.
"We decided to create this character, an alias almost, that embodied fractions of us all to make this wonderfully flawed whole who people could resonate with," Lola said.
Just like their memes, this book covers the ins and outs of almost every area of one person's life!
Sure. I'll bring some for myself as well and we can curl up together and play snugglebunny.
i don't. i am 31 and old. i want to apologize to people that society has made feel that their natural aging process is bad or undesirable
30 is not old. Your brain just finished developing about 5 years ago. You have not been around as long as Bart Simpson, and he is like 10. You have more than your lifetime to go before you can even get a discount on coffee at McDonalds. 30 is not even kind of old, and normal aging is not old at 30. Sheesh.
Load More Replies...I thought the same thing. And then as soon as I got to 7th grade, I thought 6th graders were basically 6 year olds.
Load More Replies...Fun fact: We get old older now. When Cheers started, Norm and Cliffy were 33 and 34 years old.
Apology accepted. Wait until you get old enough to think a 30-year-old is a child. I'm 70 years old and I don't care one way or the other. It just weirds me out some times when I notice that every day there are more adults who are younger than I am. (If I had a dime for every time a stranger in the street offered to carry my groceries for me . . .)
So true. I text my best friend every three months, she texts me back a month later, and we’re perfectly comfortable telling each other everything :)
because when we're together, we're too busy catching up with each other and living completely in the moment. Any photos we may have were taken by others while we were completely unaware. <3
My job: "Thanks for always giving 100%!" Me: "I am frankly insulted that you think this is my 100%, you get MAYBE 85%, and that's on a good day."
On facebook it says that I "Jobbar på att bli glad" which translates to: "Works at becoming happy." and it is a really hard work.
This brings up something I have been pondering for decades. Why do we ask what people do for a living? It’s always one of the first 10 things asked by someone new. What do you do for a living? It’s such a curious thing. Does the right answer make a person more valuable?? I don’t get it. I want to know if the person likes hiking or outdoor activities or likes movies or a particular book. I feel the work thing is just so random, especially since most people change professions more than once in a lifetime.
Search history affect your results but It helps solve a lot of petty discussions. If the pumpkin came to England before the orange did, what color was it?
Load More Replies...those are literally my dads exact words when he is proven right in an argument with me
I had an argument with my step-mum once, about the purpose of the clutch pedal in a manual vehicle. I was surprised she didn't know, after all, she drove a manual, and taught driving. After me being sarcastic teenager at her, she checked the internet (pre-google), and admitted I was correct. I will forever remember this as the first time she ever apologised, then began taking me seriously as a person.
*Googles it...you're right, the vaccine DOES change your DNA! /sarcasm
That's not the issue, it's that secret tracker, shhh, tell no one. /s
Load More Replies...My favorite was some people at Google asking me questions and finally telling them to Google it.
What sort of wizard are you that Google comes to you for wisdom??
Load More Replies...2022- 'Smores anyone? Good, but we couldn't get graham crackers because, shipping. Use saltines. And chocolate cost %400 more so ....
Thank God we're all in hell; cause here in the UK, none of us can afford our heating bills 😭
I'm convinced that at the end of 2019, something happened and our reality jumped track and we ended up on some alternative reality. It's the only thing that makes sense.
Pennywise is thinking, "you know I'm a hundreds of thousands of years old demi-god, right? You puny little crook?
I once had shingles in my eye and I played a VCR of Disney's Fantasia for almost a month to relieve my pain!
yes, unfortunately I resemble a rabid, depressed raccoon
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Load More Replies...The only problem here is that my hair are all messy and I look like a boiled dumpling
If he is in a constant state of being high, is he really high?
1. That's an early reaction. Next comes "A credit card bill? I can't pay it. Throw it away." 2. Then: "Is this thing maxed out? I'd better call for a balance increase." 3. Next: "Hello Life Lock? My card's been stolen. Someone else has been using it." 4. Finally: "What? Why can't I get approved for a new card? I don't know why my credit score is 0."
Covid-19 caught Chuck Norris and has to be quarantined for 3 weeks.
Load More Replies...I've been tested like nine times, almost all my co-workers have caught it and I still haven't tested positive. Maybe I've been getting a lot of false negatives.
I haven't been tested so many times but been around so many infected people but nothing happened and I was like OK maybe I am just resistant. Until 3 weeks ago a week after 3rd shot of the vaccine I got it from my coworker. Still recovering.
Load More Replies...Still haven't got it. I start to worry what does that say about my social life..
when even a deadly disease doesnt want to be around you *sad weird noises*
Actually they are starting to study healthcare workers etc.. People who are continually exposed to covid and are not vaccinated and have no natural immunity that are not getting covid. Just like with the bubonic plague there were people who werr exposed who didn't get infected. We don't know hardly anything about COVID i guarantee that in 10 years from now we will know a lot of what we thought was true about Covid isnt
Harnessing the humorous power of memes, the creators of 'My Therapist Says' focus on crafting relatable content that reflects the everyday struggles and quirks of modern life. Just as memes serve as a universal language to communicate shared experiences and emotions, they are used by this Instagram account to address topics like anxiety and the challenges of young adulthood.
For those interested in understanding how memes can capture these relatable aspects of life, it might be worth exploring where memes reflect universal truths and bring us together in shared laughter.
No, I am more like "wow, they are so weird and awkward and annoying and boring... I'm glad I left this shithole."
chhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee ballllllllllllllllllllllllllsssssssssss
im the 2nd pic 24/7. watching the world burn from a little blanket of false comfort.
I would probably say something like: “I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but I do not think I understand fully. I hope it’s not trouble for you to explain in more detail? Only if you can of course”
Load More Replies...When people ask "What's up?" and I say "Not much", I'm telling them good news.
needs to be a song called "you make it hard to lose weight"
Load More Replies...It's all fine until she passes away and find the gifts you gave her unopened from the packaging they came in. Just dated when she got the gift an from whom. Sad but true. Spend more time with loved/like ones. It's better on you and them
yo you wanna play mario kart? i promise to stop pushing you in the grass
“Accidentally” remove ‘hesitate to’ so it says ‘Please do not reach out with any questions’
Load More Replies...My introvert self would never let me be in this predicament mainly cause I would never host a party
Omg this is so true! My husband is the early riser I'm still not asleep at 5am today.
Same, my husband is in bed by 11pm and up by 8 even on weekends. Today I woke up at noon and was happy I didn't sleep in.
Load More Replies...Take me back. These past three years have been hell, I wanna be happy again.
Me. I try to make it through this long October since my mum died and it's almost March now
The first time I got that message from my brother, I thought he was making a point that he had an iPhone. When I got it repeatedly I realized it wasn't him writing it...
Story of my life... and I've actually had a pretty successful career to date.
but if you leave things further, then you have more experience to do... hahah
Then there's Tina Turner who just might be able to dance circles around both of them.
I would imagine dancing for 20-30 years or more would keep you in pretty good shape. JLo started as a dancer so this really isn't surprising.
If you get paid half as much as them, you would dance your ass off too.
I doubt it. I work at a grocery store. I go home to get a mental health break
My workday is 3.5 hours long and I get paid for 6, unless I work 6 or more then I get paid what I work. My break is 4 hours and I make a living wage.
Well rub it in, will ya?! Lol jealous as F**K. Congratulations. I hate you. Lol but really though, congrats. That's what's up!!!
Load More Replies...Me, every afternoon on my way to snacksville, because I feel I deserve it even though I did nothing to specifically deserve it.
Oh! Sorry I missread it to read 'Sorry I'm out of today. ' As in I have no more energy for any more drama or crap the day wants to throw at me. I reached my quota for the day
Eeeeeh have you seen that video? That dude actually turns the fckin car on that road.
This is so appropriate I actually felt light-headed for some seconds
Same, I got it three times- well the different variants
Load More Replies...I'd do small chores more often if I turned into Anne Hathaway afterwards.
Woke up today with my back hurting. It was fine when I went to bed. Like, wtf? Why is my back hurting from Sleeping?!
Europeans in 1349 were all "I'ma go out to the country for a few days 'til this Black Death thing is over."
I asked for three hours off and I was denied. So I called in sick and took the whole day.
Not "request" but "information". You don't ask them for permission, you inform them.
"Hmmm... I'm bored... Let's be mad at him for no reason... Yeah... It will sustain the fear...."
The orange that got elected literally as a joke DID NOT help matters
My hubby and I do this with my adult step son (his son). He plays his portion and the bill is cheaper. Works great with responsible adult children.
I could never be on my parents plan because they don't pay things on time. Actually nobody in my family pays things on time but me which kinda sucks
Load More Replies...Pretty much keeping the adult kids on both the phone and the car insurance until they get married. It's just a lot cheaper that way.
One time, in 1927, my grandfather's older brother came home from school, shoved his school books in the woodstove and left. They got a postcard from him 35 years later saying he was fine. This is a true story.
it feels vaguely wrong to me that i found my entire personality in this article 😭
Reply if don’t have social anxiety, like I want to know. Is there anyone?
I do not know any person below 40 that is not depressed or anxious. Its sad how f****d up we are.
Load More Replies...I feel like the last 10-15 were supposed to be gifs and although i can guess what happen in them, think the jokes would have been that much funnier.
it feels vaguely wrong to me that i found my entire personality in this article 😭
Reply if don’t have social anxiety, like I want to know. Is there anyone?
I do not know any person below 40 that is not depressed or anxious. Its sad how f****d up we are.
Load More Replies...I feel like the last 10-15 were supposed to be gifs and although i can guess what happen in them, think the jokes would have been that much funnier.
