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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".
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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Jesse 2 years ago
me sharing that one time i hit my head and my mother yelled at me for getting blood on the table instead of helping me be like
Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
I'm very much trying not to be that parent. Looking good so far, but she's only 20 months old
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 2 years ago
I bet ur gonna be amazing and remember all u can try ur best and that that's literally the best thing u can do for ur daughter :)
Load More Replies... Mindghost 2 years ago
A woman at work told us how she had not enough food at home and couldn't eat lunch at school when she was young and thought it was very funny. Nobody else did.
foxgirl158 2 years ago
Me but my mom got mad at me for freaking out that I made Allstate in my speech competition and when I said "sorry, I'm excited" went "yeah it's cool but you have to miss school". Its literally the most selective thing in my state AND this is my first year in the program. I just wish she would be proud of me.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
If it helps, this mom is proud of you and your accomplishment.
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P.A. Yearsley 2 years ago
Ah yes. I learned a long time ago that I should never mention my family. It's always dark.
Sandra Gleeson 2 years ago
My father pointing a gun at me and me stupidly saying, "I dare you".......felt that sucker whizz right past my ear....ah fun times
celeste hall 2 years ago
you should see the looks i get when I say " I was 5 when i was taught to make my first explosive" or my sister "I was 7 when dad gave me chloroform to clean my oil paint brushes with.
KnightOwl 2 years ago
I once told a bunch of my friends about the time when I was 5 and fell off my bunk beds. I landed on top of a scooter and a toy box, bursting my lip and nose and cutting my eyebrow opened really badly, my mum screamed at me for 'being an idiot because only an idiot would fall out of bed' my stepdad eventually forced her to take me to hospital. She refused to pay for a taxi and made me walk there 'as punishment' it was the middle of the night, in winter, in about 3ft of snow and I was only wearing my pyjamas and was covered in blood. The hospital was roughly 3 miles away, I got a bunch of stitches then was made to walk home again. My friends were horrified but i just shrugged, all my childhood stories are like this.
Audra Sisler 2 years ago
Me as a young kid choking on a cherry tomato,my mom did the heimlich, got it out, landed on floor and she told me to pick it up and eat it😳😳😳I threw it away
the_harbringer_of_doom 2 years ago
me telling my bestie about the time i had no friends and still have abandonment issues
Sherman 2 years ago
Biiiiiiitch.... this happened to me so much growing up... but I also have horrible social anxiety so on top of just spewing TMI when I'm nervous I have that extra layer of being scared that I'm going to say something that's going to make ppl uncomfortable... but I can't shut up and my brain likes to sabotage me!.... it's a catch 22!
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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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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
No way, I need to CHANGE my behavior in order to heal?? I didn't sign up for this
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I used to be a lot more resigned about unacceptable things I can't change, but now I'm really f*****g angry.
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
If only I could hibernate... No one needs November to February (Northern hemisphere)
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
I thank God my dad is a chef and now that he's retired cooks for all of us 🙏
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Dawn Marie 2 years ago
I use to be an extrovert. I taught public school for 25 years. Took early retirement to fight cancer. Now, I don't want to leave the house, don't want to deal with people. What happened to common kindness and goodness? Where went the days that you didn't think twice about helping your neighbor? Does it now cost to give of your time to your those less fortunate? Is family no longer the most important thing?
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Haywood Jablome 2 years ago
Children that are little adults are rarely happy children, or adults
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Kali Chaos 2 years ago
My fiance has a degree in psychology and he talks me through some things when I have anxiety attacks and whatnot. But it's irresponsible and very much not recommended to have a biased person treat you. It's not fair to either person.
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Sad Quokka 2 years ago
Haha, I've got this on one of my leaflets. I used to have medication for acne and it was such a severe medicine it said that one of the side effects 1/100000 people actually committed suicide. 1/100 people got depression. It was the closest I've ever been to depression and I always used to laugh it off. I've also had back pain ever since. Needless to say I wasn't on it for long
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Disney, 'cause Springer is as real as wrestling on World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
About how I felt when working as a psychiatrist. The work made me so sick I had to switch to another field
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Feeling nothing is even worse than feeling bad emotions is my experience
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
That's bullshît, you have to diagnose them first before you can decide on the right therapy
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Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
Since I can't make out the word this advice is really unhelpful
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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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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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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... 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.
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.
Load More Replies... 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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