Family therapist Archana Singhal warns that social media trend words like 'toxic' and 'gaslighting' on platforms like Instagram encourage black-and-white thinking in relationships.
While therapy-speak helps recognize emotional abuse, short online clips often strip away essential context, frequency, and behavioral patterns evaluated in professional therapy.
The therapist advises focusing on behavioral patterns, mutual respect, emotional safety, and conflict resolution rather than judging a relationship by a single disagreement.