I’ve been a therapist for 16 years and on TikTok for six months … for entertainment and research purposes, of course. Lately though, the two worlds have been colliding.
My colleagues and I have been discussing a trend we have all started to experience. More and more clients, primarily teenagers, are coming in and reporting that they have (depression, bipolar, anxiety, ADHD, personality disorders) based on a TikTok that reviewed symptoms of the disorder, or someone who shared their “day in the life” story.
Let me first say that I am completely in favor of normalizing mental health issues, and social media is a great, large platform for doing so.
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