🔤 Wordplay

I told my therapist about my fear of backstories.

She said, "Let's go back to the beginning."

Why This Joke Works

The irony is perfect — telling a therapist about your fear of backstories is exactly the thing that triggers a therapist to ask for your backstory. Her response ('let's go back to the beginning') is both clinically textbook and completely tone-deaf to the stated fear. She has diagnosed herself as the problem.

🎤 How to Tell This Joke

Say the therapist's line in a calm, warm clinical voice — the professional detachment is what makes the irony so satisfying. She's not being cruel, she just has no idea.

Perfect for:

•In a therapy-adjacent conversation at a dinner party
•When a friend complains about their therapist asking too many childhood questions
•At a book club when someone keeps demanding character backstory before plot

💡 Did You Know?

The average adult hears about 1,500 jokes per year but can only remember about 10% of them. The ones that stick? Usually puns and wordplay — the backbone of dad humor.

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