Nepal, June 2 -- Lately, I have noticed a growing trend on social media and in casual conversations regarding how we talk about our everyday struggles. After doing some research, I learned that this phenomenon is often referred to as the rise of "therapy speak."

It refers to the increasing use of psychological and clinical language to describe ordinary human experiences. A demanding boss, an insensitive partner, a disagreement with a friend, or simply having a bad week is no longer seen as just that. Instead, these experiences are often assigned heavy psychiatric labels. We have gradually replaced words like "selfish" with "narcissistic", "sad" with "depressed" and "stressed" with "traumatised".

In my view, this casual adoption of clini...