The misapplication of psychology jargon into everyday vernacular is interesting. Maybe it is just the natural progression of language, but it doesn’t happen with biology or astronomy, people don’t go around misusing “titration” or “heliocentrism”. It may happen a little with lawyer jargon, “I plead the fifth”, but we all know “deposition” or “subpoena” is somewhat above our pay grade. Psychology it’s a whole different story. Trauma, narcissism, psychopathy, OCD, antisocial, and practically every single psych diagnosis have made their way into everyday speech and been made applicable for everyday behaviors. Most of the words do not dictate everyday occurrences! Are you sure both your mother, ex, and teacher are all narcissists, because you’d have to be pretty unlucky considering it’s a personality disorder that only affects 5% of the population, but sure, maybe. Are you a schizo ‘cos you have two opposing thoughts on two different days… or even the same day, hour, minute. You’re not bi-polar because of your down days or clinically depressed ‘cos a movie makes you cry! And no you aren’t an empath; of course you felt bad when that person’s dog died! Like yeah, they all just mean you’re a human being.
Monday, Apr 6, 2026
