This is self-work, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work, we discuss psychological and emotional issues and what you can do about them,

whether that's learning self-acceptance, taking action, or seeking therapy or treatment.

Eight years ago, I extended the walls of my practice to reach those of you who might already be

knowledgeable about middle health treatment, but also to those of you who might say you'd never

darken the door of a therapist. And yet, you are here. I'll answer your questions while I invite

you to take a few minutes for your

own self-work. But we all need to learn to regulate emotions. That's not shutting them off

or down, and it's certainly not aggravating them. It's managing them so they're not overwhelming,

but are informational and even helpful.

Even if they're unpleasant to feel, you can gain a huge sense of competence when you're able to feel and manage and work through your emotions.

Welcome to this week's edition of self-work.

It seems that therapy speak, the words used by psychologists and doctors and therapists, it's kind of blown up in recent years. Some people are calling it therapy misspeak.

What is it? It's words that are either used in the mental health world to diagnose or describe

certain mental illnesses or traits of mental illnesses. But somehow these words have

become part of everyday language to describe things, or frankly, to justify or even defend actions

or attitudes, or to label. They're way overused and are often doing more harm than good.

Today, I want to talk about what I've seen

over the years. I also want to explain what some of these terms actually mean and how they're being

bastardized by a movement that I think started out great because it was all about, we've got to talk

about mental health more, but there's been a bit of an overcorrection, as movements often do.

And now some people are shrouding or labeling their experience of themselves or others

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