India, March 4 -- A woman was accused of 'trauma dumping' after asking a friend to meet, sparking a wider discussion on "therapy speak" and its place in real-life situations. In screenshots that first surfaced on Reddit, the woman apparently reached out to her friend and asked if they could hang out sometime. She went on to explain that she had recently lost her grandmother and had her birthday last month, so she could "really use a friend."

Her friend's response was deemed surprising and unsupportive by a large section of the internet that chanced upon the exchange. The friend accused the woman of "guilt tripping" and "trauma dumping" while refusing to meet her.

The exchange began with the unnamed woman wishing her friend a happy birth...