TikTok mental disorder trend raising concerns | Morning in America

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[vitoarchitetto]

Good Lord, I thank God I was born before the invention of the internet.

[kf]

I think some of this is also looking for an excuse to explain away bad behaviors at times. Maybe I'm wrong, but I have a feeling some of that's going on as well. It is true that a lot of kids struggle with their identity especially when they're stuck at home all of the time these days.

[sheilawalsh]

Turn tick tock off that's all simple

[realpocahontas]

People acting disabled is a disgrace to actual disabled people. People are sick!

[bettygg]

I self diognosed myself with EDS. I asked my GP, eventually got refered to specialist, 6months after first being laughed at for it being so rare... guess what! 🙄 Algorithms can actually work.

[taylorfrink]

yup the amount of kids on there who have convinced themselves they have anything from tourettes to DID (which a child can't even be diagnosed with nor would anyone actually diagnosed on the younger end be capable of the complex on cue alter switches etc)

[LourdesGzz]

I wanted to see the 2 colored wall behind the doctor, btw I self diagnosed with add before social media (2000/2001) just by acquiring knowledge by reading

[samstone]

None of the steps to correct this problem include giving it more media coverage. And they know this.

It's likely the entire issue was created by the media's social engineering in the first place.