therapism
n.— «Therapism is an overvaulation of feeling. In a real sense, it is a tyranny of feelings where women have come to believe that what realy counts in their life is their “psychology.”…We might say that therapism promotes a psychological hypochondria with women as the major seekers of emotional health.» —by Janice G. Raymond A Passion for Friends , 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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