Yeah, it's a good example how language can be disconnected from what a certain word means. A wise man once told me that "It's like "People's republic of China" - it's not the people's, it's not a republic and some would even argue it's not China".
I have an inherent rhetorical problem with the term "emotional baggage". It implies that by design, anyone who haven't had a perfect life without any trauma must be annoying anyone they come in contact with in a close relationship because of some bad things they experienced and still impact them. Which is both generalizing and stigmatizing on the same level as some of TRP ideology is. And having a therapist is not the silver bullet people make it out to be either, some things just stay with and …