Toxic Them Syndrome

That feeling that you get when you sit down with a therapist and they use your entire 50 minute hour to tell you how toxic the world has been to them and why it makes them the best person for you to talk to… “because they understand.”

Also can be used to describe a therapist who says that they used to be a lawyer but they found that the opposing lawyer created too toxic of an environment for them so they decided to help you work on your problems rather than figuring out their own.

I finally did it and scheduled an appointment to get some help and holy shit, in 50 minutes I figured out that my problems are nothing compared to the ones that the therapist has. They kept talking about how toxic everybody and everything has been to them. I’m no shrink but I’m pretty sure that they had Toxic Them Syndrome.

Toxic Them Syndrome by Just Kenny March 11, 2026