Spoken like someone who lives in a country with a pragmatic healthcare system! I jest, but I think you are right on the money that this talk of "you need thera

Spoken like someone who lives in a country with a pragmatic healthcare system! I jest, but I think you are right on the money that this talk of "you need therapy" is very American. The deep irony of someone telling someone else "you need therapy" is that it is spoken with the implication that it should be considered a punishment for a moral failing, rather than resource to live a one's existing life but better. It all feels very Puritan.