Going to therapy for your mental health is a great idea.

Using therapy talk in everyday conversations? Not so much.

Terms like “narcissist,” “ love bomber ,” “trigger,” and “ gaslighting ” that were once only used among the four walls of a shrink’s office have increasingly made their way into everyday conversation, flipping clinically-recognized diagnoses and concepts into catch-alls for unwarranted behavior.

Just because someone might show some signs of narcissistic behavior or turn something on the other person in conversation, doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve been diagnosed as a narcissist or are gaslighting.

Everyone seems to be throwing around terms like “narcissist,” “love bomber,” “trigger,” and “gaslighting” these days.…