I'm not trying to jab or anything, but I think this is highly due to social media. Some people genuinely have issues and difficult mental problems, this isn't a

I'm not trying to jab or anything, but I think this is highly due to social media. Some people genuinely have issues and difficult mental problems, this isn't aimed at them, and they do need professional help. But there is a whole cottage movement of people advising people to go see a therapist to deal with all sorts of (controversially and arguably) benign stuff. Everything from bad breakups, to "toxic traits" they need to address, to family issues, to "issues" they got told is the cause of their dating woes, etc. I haven't been able to put a finger on it definitively, but it's present and is definitely influencing people. If I were to put my "right wing" hat on, I'd respond and say it's because of all those damn lefties urging people to "talk about their feelings and stuff". That might be a tad too dismissive, but there is something to it behind the pointed accusation; and we all know how heavily pervasive social-media is at driving the behavior of the American populace, aided by the heavily-left-leaning tech companies which actively don't allow the natural immune reaction society has to large-scale gaslighting. For all we know, people are being gaslight on a large scale, and therapy is trying to put a bandage of it because all these affected people can't reconcile the real world with the craziness of "The Narrative". Some people maybe just need someone to talk to too, you know? Maybe there is more of that in America because they're all forced to self-censor and repress themselves. </rant> This turned out to be a rant and I let my bias show. Edit. Now that I think about it, there is arguably even more censorship in the EU so maybe that's not it. Perhaps it's more blatant and people all know it's "forbidden" speech, rather than being forced or gaslight into thinking their thoughts are wrong.