Can TikTok Be Good For Your Mental Health?

[@AboveTheNoise]

Do you watch any mental health content on TikTok or other social media platforms? What do you think about it? Share any insights with us and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already!

[@thecunningkrugereffect]

Happy belated birthday Myles!

[@Scorpiogirl_1029]

Social media IS NOT our doctor. TikTok is the LAST place anyone should go for your mental health or issues of any kind. I'm not someone who uses social media for my mental/emotional/physical/spiritual health. Why? I use it for what it's meant for. Being social online, but also living life offline as well.

[@RawiyahSofyah]

This!!

[@alyj6398]

Pay attention to if the video is trying to sell you something. If the poster monetarily benefits, you need to research.

[@air.internetH2O]

this channel is good 👍

[@wangtoriojackson4315]

"Reducing Caucasity"? Why does it need to be framed like that? Why not the simpler and more positive "increasing diversity?" As a white male who generally enjoys most of the content on this channel and on other PBS channels, this wording just feels needlessly antagonistic. "Caucasity" isn't something that is necessarily inherently negative or in need of "reduction". But diversity, I would say, IS something that is inherently a positive and should be promoted. Framing it in a way that is needlessly antagonistic is exactly the kind of thing that turns the more fragile and impressionable Caucasians among us to believing the kind of ridiculous and dangerous rhetoric having to do with things like "white replacement" or "white genocide". I think we can all agree that driving people toward that is not something we want to do.

[@davidwilliama.7296]

A big part of my feed on TikTok is mental health videos. A lot of it is lesser known people. I think I'm fairly good at sorting the good info from the bad.

[@theysisossenthime]

I've watched a limited amount of mental health videos on TikTok. I can get really negative feeling trying to find any sort of health information online. And I have had to do so far too many times. If I managed to find creators that were delivering positive and helpful content relevant to my needs, I would be much more likely to watch. My life circumstances just don't allow me to take time out of my day for mental health even if I wanted to. Time I can devote to me uninterrupted for more than 5 minutes doesn't start until 10 PM. On demand content could be life changing.

[@DrPatriceBerry]

Such a great convo! Thanks for sharing this info ❤

[@AboveTheNoise]

Thanks for participating in the episode and sharing so many gems of insight and wisdom!

[@utikayrtorrentor3323]

first

[@skybluskyblueify]

Who were the original people that measured mental health logic? The people in power. If you are disabled your objections were often seen as irrational. Same with kids vs parents. Empathy helps but no one know you better than you the individual.

[@alberttran9111]

Actually, you can find mental health misinformation posts in other social media sites (i.e.: Instagram, KZbin, etc). This era is many people are seeking mental health support. Maybe we should ditch using smart phones and social media to do something productive.

[@SunflowerHeather]

I have seen grown adults get off balance and do things suggested on that app. Imagining how it effects children and teens is daunting!

[@MarenAnne66]

TikTok is great for finding other people who have the same struggles, and who have found hacks in their life for living with that struggle, but anything to do with diagnosis or treatment should be ignored. I would only go to a licensed professional for that kind of help.

[@flymypg]

PsychShow / Doctor Ali presents great info on understanding and addressing anxiety and associated issues.

[@Bitsmap]

I think most of the increasing number of people with some mental health problem is because we are talking about it and more people are looking for a diagnoses.

[@jasondomican1991]

The world needs this video! Everyone is becoming weaker and weaker!

[@jeanabram]

40 years ago, I bought the exact same T-shirt Myles is waring (in infant size, of course) for soon to be born son while in SF. He wore it home from the hospital. I haven't seen another since. Does anyone know where I can buy one online? Would love to buy one for son's 40th b'day

[@AboveTheNoise]

Ha! That's awesome. Myles got the shirt on Depop, but if you type in San Francisco cat on ebay you can probably find one!

[@elsandosgrande]

Second!

[@Kenkire]

I have learned more about my ADHD and ASD from Tik Tok than I ever did from Health care professionals. And I married a therapist. She's learned a lot too.

[@NWforager]

HOw and where to get "an assessment " tho?

[@AboveTheNoise]

Check out our resources in the description - great places to start finding affordable treatment options.

[@NWforager]

@@AboveTheNoise suggested sources links are malformed

[@thomasr.jackson2940]

More good stuff. “Mental health” has become a pretty broad concept, and it encompasses a lot of pretty normal non professionalized things, like sharing experiences, offering support, tips and strategies. People have been doing that for ages, and social media (why single out one company? Don’t get caught up in brand wars) is just an extension of what we have always done, for good or ill, but likely more of the former.