Why Do Teens Use TikTok for Mental Health Diagnoses?
Why Do Teens Use TikTok for Mental Health Diagnoses?
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Because many people can't afford a diagnosis or don't want to get an official one for fear it could be used against them.
Also finding other people that share your issues is incredibly comforting.
Also, if you're a teen, and your parents have unexamined problems or are abusive, they will not give resources to get pro help or might target you for mistreatment if you try.
There are plenty of families who have severe problems and desperately hide them and lash out at anyone trying to get help and fix it.
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We need to revive the antipsychiatry movement. The article hits hard because for way too many years I was caught up in this shit myself, first as the teen (self-diagnosing before social media, based on books), then as parent. Now I tell my kid differently, but hell they've convinced so many of us that everything is fine and it's us who have a problem.