'Boundaries', 'toxic', 'narcissistic' - should we be using therapy terms in everyday speech?

"Therapy speak has become a new way of communicating as this decade's mental health crisis has become mainstream as mental well-being declines. Are we expected to understand these terms meaningfully outside of the therapy room?"

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We navigate, ruminate, and sit with our feelings. We are mindful, build boundaries, distance ourselves, have coping mechanisms, and eschew toxic relationships. 

We feel seen, heard, and then not so much, so we are triggered, fragile.