r/therapyabuse is a subreddit with 23k members. The community frequently discusses therapy, therapist, abuse, therapists, and mental health, and the most common flair used is therapy-critical, therapy abuse , respectful advice/suggestions ok, anti-therapy , and rant (see rule 9).
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Popular Topics in r/therapyabuse
#1
Therapy
255 posts
#2
Therapist
128 posts
#3
Abuse
62 posts
#4
Therapists
30 posts
#5
Mental Health
29 posts
#6
Struggling
26 posts
#7
Help
21 posts
#8
Hate
19 posts
#9
Trauma
18 posts
#10
Struggle
16 posts
Flair Used in r/therapyabuse
#1
Therapy-Critical
: "A lot of therapy is basically trauma re-enactment"
34 posts
#2
Therapy Abuse
: "Backlash against survivors of therapy harm has begun."
24 posts
#3
Respectful Advice/Suggestions OK
: "URGENT!!!! my fiance is on a 120 hour hold at a psych ward. They need to get out, they are not being helped in there, please help me get them out"
19 posts
#4
Anti-Therapy
: "Therapists are feeling "burned out". How can we make it worse?"
16 posts
#5
Rant (see rule 9)
: "Therapist friend admitted that private therapists often manipulate clients into thinking they need longer treatments than what they actually need"
7 posts
#6
DON'T TELL ME TO SEE ANOTHER THERAPIST
: "I tried therapy again..."
6 posts
#7
Therapy Culture
: "“It’s not my job to support you”"
5 posts
#8
Awareness/Activism Project
: "Everyone here should watch "The Century of the Self" by Adam Curtis. It's free on Youtube."
4 posts
#9
‼️ TRIGGERING CONTENT
: "My therapist retraumatized me but I can’t let go"
4 posts
#10
🌶️SPICY HOT TAKE🌶️
: "I have done more healing with AI/Chatgpt/Gemini/Deepseek than I have with any mental health crisis line i ever been too"
4 posts
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Last updated: August 11, 2026