The rhetorical move of suggesting that someone's strongly held opinion, emotional response, or ideological stance is not a legitimate viewpoint but a symptom of unaddressed personal trauma or mental instability requiring professional intervention. It pathologizes disagreement, implying the opponent isn't rational but damaged, and that the debate table should be swapped for a therapist's couch. It’s a way to cloak personal attacks in a veneer of faux concern.
Example: When someone expresses deep anger about systemic injustice, a reply like "You need to log off and play the therapy card, bro. This level of rage isn't healthy" attempts to reframe their political critique as a personal psychological problem, invalidating the content of their argument by questioning their emotional fitness to hold it.
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Example: "He spent hours provoking her—insults, digs, reminders of past trauma. Finally, she snapped, calling him out in frustration. His response was instant: 'Wow, you really need therapy. This level of anger isn't normal.' Therapybait had worked: he'd provoked the reaction, then used it to dismiss her. She was the crazy one now; he was just concerned."
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