“On some level, we all expect that what we'll get back from a text exchange is a sense of belonging, but that’s not always what happens, especially in a group chat,” says Patrick Walden, a therapist in Philadelphia. “Group chats can recreate family dynamics: People start asking, ‘What's my role here? Where do I belong? Is my voice valued? Why did he get the ‘haha’ reaction and I didn’t?’”