We like catchy names, diagnostic sounding appellations, new phrases that parse old behaviors or narratives. It’ll get a click or a share or a link, the coins of the social media realm. For the lucky coiners, they may get an article that includes a number – “Five Problems in an Insecurely Attached Team,” “Eight ways to tell if your partner is a narcissist.”

Remember that old Ramones lyric “I want to be sedated”? Nowadays we want to be diagnosed. Or to diagnose others. Listen to find out why this is a problem.

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