Therapy sessions have always provided lots of fodder for self-deprecating memes. But now a new format is taking over Twitter, and it’s all about disappointing your therapist.
therapist: and what do we do when we need attention?
— Kaliah (@LicensedDoctor) July 15, 2019
me: copy a trending twitter format.
therapist: no
The meme format is easy to replicate. The therapist asks you why you feel a certain way, you give a bad answer, and the therapist says “no”.
https://twitter.com/TechnicallyRon/status/1137838460952297475
People have mixed the format with other memes, such as the line from a classic Vine: “I’m a bad bitch, you can’t kill me”.
https://twitter.com/ba3goraa/status/1146512556351262720
And “you hate to see it“.
https://twitter.com/Kev__odonnell/status/1150898607526219778
And Let’s Go, Lesbians.
https://twitter.com/lemmepetyourdog/status/1150604836104265729
They’ve even used it to promote bands.
https://twitter.com/silentcourtney/status/1146510383835992064
Naturally, the meme started to become absurd…
https://twitter.com/silentcourtney/status/1146529830827114497
https://twitter.com/Onlyone_Mkay/status/1148740932986167299
https://twitter.com/lindsritch/status/1150911888009715714
https://twitter.com/unrealAnnaAdams/status/1150908453751263232
…and people started making jokes about wanting to die.
Therapist: what do we say when we feel like this?
— Todd Edwards-Ragan (@realsNooVa) July 4, 2019
Me: Killing myself solves all of my problems? Fuck everyone else
Therapist: NO
Therapist: and what do we say when we feel like this?
— the return of lauren (@breakingthelaur) July 4, 2019
Me: time to die
Therapist: no
Therapist: And what do we say when we’re depressed?
— Dylan (@PylanDeters) July 15, 2019
Me: I wanna kill myself.
Therapist, spraying me with a water bottle: No. No. No.
https://twitter.com/Idzack2/status/1147091207430037506
https://twitter.com/NhilseMariel/status/1148738520095346695
Basically, the therapist meme is a perfect outlet for the hyperbolized performances of despair that are a common coping mechanism now, along with minor griping and complaints about the difficulty of opening up to a therapist.
Therapist: And what do we say when we feel uncomfortable?
— Becky (@BeckyH_34) July 9, 2019
Me: And I oop-
Therapist: No
my therapist: so what do we say when we feel like this?
— ro (@bubblegumdummy) July 15, 2019
me: it be like that sometimes
therapist: no
me: chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on
therapist: no
me: bottle it up and don’t feel
therapist: *squirts me with a spray bottle* no god dammit
https://twitter.com/SophieLorenUnd1/status/1146838567940960257
https://twitter.com/MrModestMan/status/1147344088179494912
https://twitter.com/smithkm217/status/1148724780591439872
https://twitter.com/Katlyn_Sucks/status/1146481971746336773
Therapist: What do we say when we feel like this?
— Alex Dinsmore (@Dinzleberg) July 15, 2019
Me: Uh oh Spaghetti Os
Therapist: No how many times do I have to tell you that’s not how we handle these emotions.
Me: [under my breath] uh oh Spaghetti Os
“It be like that sometimes” was a popular response in this meme.
Therapist: “what do we say when we’re upset?”
— Abby (@itsyagirlabs616) July 5, 2019
Me: “it be like that sometimes.”
Therapist: “no..”
https://twitter.com/soleiltaehyung/status/1147315430857555989
Therapist: Now, what do we say during times like this?
— Kali Woods (@artifexartem) July 9, 2019
Me: It really do be like that sometimes
Therapist: nO
As was “mood“.
https://twitter.com/_the_scourged/status/1146862925040291840
https://twitter.com/Kxleidxscxpx/status/1147251743555837952
It got political.
https://twitter.com/noitsgary/status/1150910154818367488
https://twitter.com/wlwamerica/status/1150891566132846594
Therapist: What do you see?
— Stephen C. Evans (@C00LpenNAME) November 24, 2018
Millennial: Ramen noodles
T: Now?
M: A one-bedroom apartment for rent
T: Now?
Millennial: An unbridled free-market economic system stealing from my future to fund a corrupted democratic system
Therapist: And now?
Millennial: Ooo, a kitty
This one mashes up a lot of recent memes.
https://twitter.com/mitrakiciman/status/1150885309728591874
Now that the meme has broken the fourth wall, does it mean that it’s over?
therapist: and what do we say when people use this joke format?
— Jesse Bercier (@Jessolido) July 15, 2019
me: say no more fam
therapist: no u idiot. that’s the barber from like 9 twitter joke formats ago
Perhaps it just means that you should remember to go to your therapist IRL.
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