Gen Z therapists are actually jumping on the viral “Betrayal List” trend on TikTok, which is a massive meme rooted in Kanye West’s public mental health struggles, and it’s absolutely ticking off people in the mental health community who think they should be focusing on actual issues in their field. Social media, always the chaotic new outlet for our daily frustrations, has taken something incredibly serious and warped it into a cathartic meme format, but this time around, when professionals got involved, it felt like it crossed a line.
The whole thing started with an erratic, now-deleted post by Kanye West (Ye) back in September, where he posted a wild list of people and characters he felt had betrayed him, per Daily Dot. He dramatically tweeted, “I AM IN PAIN THAT NO ONE PERSON CAN FIX,” and titled his bizarre inventory “THE BETRAYAL”. The list itself ranged from his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and President Donald Trump to the fictional cartoon monkey Curious George and the SpongeBob SquarePants character Patrick Star.
