I don’t know if there’s an actual term for this but I’m convinced that I’m not the only one who notices this. New slang terms and meme culture severely impact how we perceive ourselves and our mental health. Like for example ever since the term “chopped” came to be a lot of people are more eager to insult themselves that way because it feels funnier and more harmless than saying you find yourself ugly. Same goes for calling yourself delulu in order to excuse not confronting your own behaviour etc.
Then there’s also terms such as crashout, grippy sock vacation, unaliving someone or oneself, “funny” censorships for really awful and traumatic things, “stressy depressy” and so on
I feel like we hide behind funny language to make problems seem less bad or unimportant but I genuinely don’t know the term for it. But it’s a huge issue and I’d love to read a book on it
by Zestyclose-Stop9628