12 Things Only New Yorkers Spend Major Money On

Actual conversation I had with my shrink once:

Me: Do any shrinks or psychologists in New York take insurance?

Shrink: None that I respect. 

There you go. Beyond the cosmopolitan sphere, you're deemed crazy if you are medicated and in therapy and normal if you aren't. In New York City, though, you're deemed crazy if you aren't medicated or in therapy and only kind of crazy if you are. Both of these are shitty stigmas and being in therapy is a good thing! However, we need to face the fact that all New Yorkers are at least a little bit crazy. Well, unless they're boring. New York is the most stressful and intense city on the planet - so seeing a shrink is a must! And for shits and gigs, here's another conversation I had with my shrink:

Me: I really don't like Ambien you gave me, it gives me a weird high and-

Shrink: Remember that scene in Role Models where Stifler takes a bunch of Ambien and tries to jerk off before he falls asleep and ends up naked in front of an entire camp of children the next morning?

He then went on to say that Paul Rudd is a good looking dude who aged really well, but he thinks this in a not gay way. That exchange alone cost me $11.12. 

[Photo via @lindsaylohan...our favorite recovered wild child who still keeps it interesting]