How TikTok manufactured a mental health epidemic

[@SydneyWatson]

Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there! I didn't think I needed to say this in the video because I hope my stance is obvious by now - but I'm not trying to take aim at the people in this video. I think a lot of folks are hurting. But I also think many more seek attention. Knowing who is who is very hard. So, I do think some of these people ARE suffering - I'm just not sure from what. Keep your kids away from THE TOK!

[@rhettwilkerson1828]

Get a new intro please this one is awful

[@theupwardspiral6587]

Feliz día de la mama para ti mamasota!!!

[@gyromurphy]

.... I'm sure you've been asked this and I'm positive you won't/can't reply, but what's up with You Are Here? Anywho...we miss you over there. Hope all is well.

[@OutlawTwo]

@@gyromurphy Sydney and Elijah have both stated the show is on hiatus. There has not been a specific reason or duration given.

[@adamgoodrich9807]

I discovered your channel a week ago and I think you’re awesome & hilarious. I can’t say I agree with all of your views and some in particular lack facts & context but I can’t deny how skilled & entertaining you are. You break down certain topics brilliantly and your comedic timing is something to behold. It was an instant subscribe for me and I hope it will be for many more.

[@tylerhuntley9454]

My mum was diagnosed with D.I.D about a year after I moved out of home. Some days she would beat me, then the next day ask - with great concern - who gave me the bruises on my arm, forgetting it was her. During one of her dissociative episodes, she cut off some of her fingers that were due to be operated on after an accident. You do NOT want D.I.D, it is not some fantastical illness. To see people faking D.I.D for online attention is fucking disgusting and they should be ashamed.

[@SakuraChan-cp6cs]

I'm sorry that you had to go through that and hope you're better now. And I hope your mom is finally getting the help she needs. That sounds like a really awful thing to happen to anyone

[@westonforced-last-name-dis3560]

Don’t let these people get away with this. This is beyond sick. Sorry for your experience

[@oktagon4546]

I am sorry to hear that and cant imagine the fear you must have went through during her episodes. What people fail to realize is that faking such an illness and not being able to get rid of it can litteraly change your life. I thought being depressed, wearing all black and smoking was cool when i was 15 - at 25 it aint that cool anymore sadly. Imagining illnesses, disabilities or tics has an impact on your development, these people will have to learn that the hard way. Imagine what an asylum future workspaces will be...

[@GERRaze]

How can you be sure that she isn't aware of it and just lies to you? Sociopaths and narcississts have the same behavior.

[@sjadkins6451]

I mean he said she was diagnosed

[@MiniLinlin]

This all reeks of when boring girls decided to claim they were bipolar because they got angry, then sad, then happy. It infuriated me because I did have close contact with people with actual bipolar disorder and it's not like that, and it's definitely not quirky or fun. I'm so glad I'm not a kid in this era because it's gotten worse with each year.

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

Don’t tell me what is fun and what isn’t

[@argo8276]

@@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 ??

[@breannawilliamson9787]

I have real bipolar disorder. This really bugs me.

[@tziirkq]

They did the same thing with autism and aspergers.

[@lmahu6627]

I have a friend who said she was "bipolar" back in high school. I had to tell her that was just teenage hormones.

[@doublea125]

My how interesting it is that *all* DID Tik Tok users are able to capture their alters on camera, are aware of who their alters are, the alters are aware that they are alters, and that they all understand what is going on immediately and all share the same goal of producing Tik Toks about themselves. What a marvelous and overencompassing coincidence.

[@turkeybaster6274]

Curious isn't it?

[@whyme7996]

and don't forget they set up their videos with exactly the same angles and poses.

[@laurisaarinen1126]

Yeah... It doesn't exactly work like that 😏 As people 10 years ago on internet would have said: FAAAAKE!

[@ksp6091]

Yes, i noticed that they magically always know what they are doing like if they all had access to what is going on outside and could communicate together. Which would mean that all their "personnalities" are alive and conscious at all times

[@dantethedemon9277]

What i dont understand your comment could you help me understand lol

[@DonCarlosofFreiburg]

“I’m glad I developed a personality in a time before TikTok”… That’s spot on!

[@quillsystems5563]

I'm 48 yo and have personally met only one person with true DID. She looses hours of her life when her alter personality kicks in. She suffered from this sense shortly after high school. It lead her to self medication. If you were around her when the alter took over you couldn't recognize her. Her face changed a little and she looked like a totally different person. I speak of her in the past tense because she took her own life a year and a half ago. Before passing away she wrote a book documenting her life long struggle with DID. The book has never, and maybe will never, be published. These people on Tik Tok that claim to have DID are all frauds. You can't control the alters from emerging. They emerge to protect the inflicted from psychological harm.

[@aarongerdts216]

My cousin was this way, and he also took his life two months ago.. watching people on tiktok pretend makes me sick to my stomach

[@fluffystream3772]

@@aarongerdts216 sorry for your loss

[@finished6267]

Sounds like you're painfully desperate for a woman's touch maybe. Hogwash.

[@saltycat662]

Do you live in a big city? I live in NYC and I swear, I keep coming across all kinds of disordered people. I can't seem to find any normal ones.

[@kristinec212]

@@saltycat662 NYC is a cesspool full of mental illness for so many reasons lol I doubt you'll find many normal ppl 🤣

[@frantheman3825]

"Im glad i developed a personality before tiktok" truer words havent been spoken

[@kents.2866]

Hopefully Tiktok is dead before my nephew gets older or I have kids. But I'm sure there will be something worse. I'm never letting my kids have access to this shit.

[@Sun_Moon77]

@@kents.2866 Well done. Keep it like that. It's not easy keeping them away from that shit, but as long as you talk and spend time with them, encourage them to read, do cultural activities and socialize in a healthy way, they will be fine.

[@YaboySyx]

This is why I refuse to use tiktok

[@anomaly9156]

@@kents.2866 You can just restrict that. Maybe ask a computer expert.

[@Amira_Phoenix]

Only 342 people happen to have a personality, apparently

[@Oegyeindraws]

I had a friend in highschool with DID. Real bad homelife, and saw only one of her alternative personalities. It wasn't this romanticized bull**** that you see on tiktok, it's terrifying. It's absolutely clear it exists as a survival tactic for traumatic experiences. There's no edgy little party of zany characters.

[@filmandfirearms]

It's honestly insane. It's like these people took the curiosity that everyone has, wondering what life is like with one of those disorders, and rather than use it to build a sense of empathy, they decide to make that their life

[@xironevarus576]

Not to mention when you have did. You don't make that your personality. I'm fact your spending much of your time appearing normal. At least when it comes to comman people. I can't understand wanting to broadcast it

[@QuestionS0cietyTod4Y]

I truly do have the associative identity disorder I was diagnosed at 18 I was in molested from the ages of five to seven and my home life has been horrific I felt really bad for the mother of my son to deal with me and I'm still trying to work through it and I turn 30 in 2 days this is not what it is in this fucking disgust me it hurts me and makes me so fucking pissed I don't know how to say it and I don't even want to add this comment because I feel fake doing it but trust me you guys are a 100% right thank you for your comments and the fact that you know and you see the truth behind it

[@xironevarus576]

@@QuestionS0cietyTod4Y it's like feeling like your body is a prostitute and you just get to take care of it afterwards with no benefits

[@xironevarus576]

@@QuestionS0cietyTod4Y not to mention the years of time you just lose. I know my dad had committed s(fill in the blanks)e When I was 8 . My alter appeared shortly after . His purpose was pretty distinct. To be an adult for me since I had no adult. At 16 I went through some heavy sexual abuse and that's when my last alter appeared. In direct response to sexual trauma(to the point they are hyper sexual where I am asexual) I'm 34 now and I had to have lost a collective decade in lost time .. it's hell

[@Falconer1128]

The true madness behind this is that the basis of multiple personalities is the fact that each personality doesn't consciously know or are aware of the other personalities. The fact these people can magically pull up any personality tridiculous at will is rodiculous.

[@LVTHORAscending]

Seriously, it's so cringe watching these idiots living in non-stop LARP mode. I wonder what happens when the camera is off and their alone in their rooms, probably not quite as dramatic.

[@chrisbanbury]

How does the alter at 20:17 know exactly where the camera is?

[@reinaldocaraballo4657]

F****** thank you That's what I've been saying this is so stupid My cousin saw her from this and I don't with this s*** The blackouts the range to confusion the fallout it's serious it destroys lives it hurts people it causes lawsuits jail time running with the cops therapists psychiatrists it's f****** horrible and these kids are idiots for doing this just because they're not special enough on their own Jesus maybe fine so hobbies try different things so you can find something you love and get good at that then you'll have your own little place where you can be special by being great at that one thing that you love it shouldn't be emulating other people copying people listening to people's opinions to form some kind of preferred state of mind that you're comfortable in so you can smile more get a grip kids

[@t3hpenguinofd00m]

Why is that ridiculous?

[@CatallenaLalalala]

Did you not read the comment...​@@t3hpenguinofd00m

[@seannorthern8854]

Just a thought: There is a long-known mental health condition known as folie-à-deux (French: madness of two). This is where an influential figure with a mental illness is placed in a position of authority over a person without mental illness... soon, both exhibit similar mental health illness. Since this has been widely known for over a century, and is now become a public health crisis on social media; then perhaps the influencers and platforms may want to take a really hard look at their own culpability.

[@michael5460]

When I saw your post, I immediately thought of the old saying I always heard growing up," Careful who you hang around". I took years for me to fully understand what that meant. So basically it's when you hang around a person or group of people ,long enough, you will unconsciously start to act or behave like them to a point. I saw it a lot growing up. I am 40 years old, and this Sh*t truly concerns me...

[@m_d1905]

This could be it. Social contagion is a thing too. It's especially potent woth young women and girls. The Salem witch trials come to mind.

[@realorfake4765]

And let's add Munchhausen's by proxy.

[@johntowers1213]

@@realorfake4765 I think you mean just Munchhausen's but yeah.

[@jackreacher5309]

Someone a a fan of Mr Ballen/Top5s

[@SpecialEDy]

A-Spec is American Specification, which is a car built to USA Department of Transportation safety and Emissions standards. Similarly, J-Spec is Japanese market or JDM, and E-Spec meets European standards. So clearly, the D. I. D. lesbian lady identifies as an American automobile, which I can't shame since I identify as an Apache Attack Helicopter.

[@Crow23346]

LMAO

[@jocypare6019]

Good 👍

[@christianpethukov8155]

C, D, or E model of Apache?? 😄

[@Crazy-Chicken-Media]

Have you sent your bil to the government for your $5,000 daily maintenance?

[@ImaginaryCyborg]

Shit, you almost made me spit my rice 😂😂

[@Lennykins3120]

Most of us with ACTUAL mental illness would do, and definitely try, anything to be normal. Anything to be able to function on a daily basis, and be there for not just ourselves, but our loved ones. I absolutely hate social media for what it's done in this topic.

[@7GSC251]

Its always about attention for them. Very vile humans

[@NODnuke45]

Yeah, I thought the same thing, most people with genuine disorders and/or disabilities don't WANT THEM!

[@cardenasr.2898]

As someone who had a psychotic period with delusion and paranoia, I can tell you all I wanted was to recover my sanity and the least I wanted for a time was people knowing about that episode. They're just romanticizing mental illness because they feel that would make them unique

[@suejorgensen46]

Absolutely

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

Yup exactly. I suffer from C-ptsd, and anxiety from childhood trauma. And most people who know me, don't even know about it. I try to just stay normal, do therapy, and live my life. When it's hard i just isolate and figure it out. These people are looking for attention and it's sad. Cause they don't want this....It's like living in hell sometimes. And it was way worse when I was a teen. I am a survivor if childhood sexual abuse, and physical abuse, and gang related trauma. That stopped 15 years ago, and I still go to therapy. I hope one day I will not need to anymore.

[@Wafflefrieslmdh]

As a psychology student, seeing those tiktoks has brought excruciating pain and stress.

[@dylanlewis5113]

During my late teens, I made a major mental breakdown. The result of my parents divorce, the pressures of high school, being a teenager, and undiagnosed autism. It was the darkest point in my life. I was just full of anger, rage, hate and desire to do harm. There was this voice in my head that seemed to personify all of my negative feelings. Egging me on. I was scared of what was happening to me. I went online to try to find out anything I could to explain was was going on. I learned more about DID, and a lot of what was said seemed to apply to me (so I thought). I tried to convince myself that I had DID. That the voice was another person in my head, because that's what it felt like. I didn't want to think that I was capable of thinking that way. I know now that it was me having a break from reality. I ended up seeing several doctors and therapists, eventuality I got better. Some days are harder than others, but the key is to keep moving forward. Moral of the story: If you're having a mental issue, don't try to diagnose yourself. Go seek professional help.

[@able34bravo37]

Mental health counselor here. You hit the nail on the head here. Keep moving forward. Seek professional help. Preferably not from somebody that only tells you what you want to hear.

[@tracker904]

Same buddy I was convinced I had psychosis because of random thoughts telling me to pull strangers babies from their strollers and throw it or walk into traffic and kill myself, finally went to therapy and they said it’s just intrusive thoughts and everyone gets them. Luckily I’ve found that working out helps me stabilize my shit.

[@TheFiteShow]

i had a really similar experience a couple years back

[@able34bravo37]

@BassBoss If you live in the US and can't find help, you evidently don't have the internet.

[@100thlamb8]

Jesus loves you❤️kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHTSdYeLja2Am8k❤️

[@gabrieldrummond8647]

I couldn’t make it to the end of this one. Trust me it’s not your fault. The more I see these folks trying this hard for attention my next thought is usually, “ Noah, Get the boat.”

[@kylekatarn5964]

The Gulag full of fake DID people is going to be lit.

[@iamnotamused317]

My thought usually boils down to "C'mon asteroid".

[@scarlettrose9543]

🧔🏽‍♀️⛴️🌧🌊🌎🌊≈no more bad and crazy people

[@jacemay5197]

good one..

[@zarlok5294]

Indeed. It’s pretty hard to watch these poor, flailing souls. Sad.

[@ixcellestev12]

I'm finishing my Clinical Psychology MS and I'm baffled that the side that belive in science keeps actual behavioral scientists and Psychologists out of the conversation.

[@zarlok5294]

They do so under threat of being fired. Welcome back the third Reich second edition.

[@paulw5039]

Not too long ago I read a couple of papers which found that concepts like safe spaces and microaggressions are actually harmful to people suffering issues like anxiety, PTSD, etc, as this reduces their resilience and ability to deal with day-to-day living, which is the opposite of the desired goal (being to reduce their anxiety and PTSD).

[@brittanynye4268]

You'll know more about this than me - I'm premed with a concentration in anatomical and physiological basis of disease - isn't memory loss a hallmark of DID? It's my understanding that there is often a lack of awareness of the other personalities, which leads to missing chunks of time the patient can't account for or remember. Isn't it odd the people on TikTok never seem to have the distressing symptoms associated with their disorders? Also, hats off to you for going into psychology. I couldn't do it. I plan on being a GP, but the younger generation makes geriatrics look more and more appealing every day.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

The side that doesnt know what a woman is doesnt like scientists? I'm shooked. Shooked! Well, not that shooked.

[@nathanaelculver5308]

I’m not surprised at all. Remember, this is really a perverse form of attention and affirmation seeking. Actual scientists and psychologists aren’t going to provide that (attention, yes; affirmation, not likely).

[@joancruz2785]

One of my close friends genuinely has DID. She doesn't brag about it or put it out for the world to see. She confided in me that she has had a troubled upbringing and it took her almost a year to tell me about her diagnosis because she was scared I would see her as lesser for it. She doesn't switch personalities on the fly, and is often confused and distressed whenever it happens. She's just trying to get by and have people in her life that support her. So when I see people faking DID, it just feels... Gross

[@heavnxbound]

Thank you for sharing that, those are important details. The first clip in the video, it looks like the girl filmed the video within the span of a few minutes, which means it was faked. People with DID can’t decide which personality appears and when, it happens randomly and unexpectedly, and they’re typically not aware of what the different personalities are or what they do during dissociation. The second girl was clearly acting, and poorly.

[@vvmn9442]

Same for me. I had a friend who also has DID and they trusted me enough to open up about it to me and she was very scared of my reaction, that I would dislike her for it. One of her Alters genuinely doesn’t know she is an alter and when her parents kept pushing it on her she had a mental breakdown and was extremely distressed. It’s genuinely not something anyone would want to

[@shawnmccullough9374]

One of things that makes me so skeptical of all the supposed cases of DID is how cool they try to make the names of the other personalities. It's always something kinda edgy and avant garde like "Rogue" or "Whisper" or some nonsense. Where's all the Bob's, or Theresa's? Where's the disgruntled middle aged alter named Richard that makes sure they put some freakin oil in their cars or something.

[@Meilk27]

on behalf of all mid aged Richards, please leave us out of the generation-ruining degeneracy

[@treceslez]

And all the alters are conventionally attractive and dress in an alternative fashion.

[@TheBridget272]

Lol. Theresa likes to grocery shop on Thursday evenings after Jazzercise. She uses a lot of coupons.

[@MamaMOB]

Even United States of Tara had a Bob!

[@MamaMOB]

@@TheBridget272 Her husband Bob went fishin with the boy's on Sunday morning. That's why he couldn't come to church with her.

[@GreatRottweiler]

Never have I seen such a place where a generation is so proud of accomplishing nothing like on TikTok.

[@jonjon5137]

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[@jonjon5137]

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[@BlazRa]

I really wish I could be there dad and just simultaneously give them all a spanking at once And then make them go do some chores

[@theblackbaron4119]

Tumblr, back then all those degenerates, furries and "self diagnosed" mental illnesses came from and congregated.

[@duewhit310]

Narcissism + confirmation bias + EXTRA(***) Dunning-Kruger

[@kelciebrahce6872]

TikTok scares me. Sometimes I feel like it's just a social experiment to see how fast people can be brainwashed. I feel for these kids though man, they're just putting out what they're taking in.

[@johnyoung823]

No joke I think you’re onto something… maybe it’s a sick joke/experiment… would I be surprised? Not at all.

[@allanmonroe692]

It's absolutely an experiment. The algorithm used in China is very different than the algorithm imposed on the rest of the world

[@slynoodle4013]

It's a Chinese platform with Chinese algorithms running it (and taking all your user info). Of course China would have nothing to fear from a nation of mentally broken people.

[@lolbajset]

It's a Chinese psyop to brainwash western children

[@victorangeli7359]

You should read about the former KGB agent, Bezmenov, who casually explain how ussr planned to destabilize the US.

[@HayK_730]

I can’t believe that I’m just now seeing this video of yours but I’m so grateful that you’re bringing light to this. I am a young person who does not have Tik Tok and I will not ever get it, but the stuff I see my peers do because of this app is becoming boarder line dehumanizing. I have a friend who ACTUALLY has DID and she has such a hard time through her day to day life. We help her in class a lot just to remember what we did the day before, and it’s horrible to see how much this illness actually affects people with it. Meanwhile, I have also seen the other side of it with an ex of mine. He tried to justify cheating on me with the fact that “it wasn’t him, it was his alter”. And his symptoms are NOTHING like my friends, he plays it up so much and is nuts. When I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and ask if he’s ever tried to get help, he said that he’s so “traumatized” that he’s too afraid to even SAY the word therapy. Now I’m in college and I see more and more of these wackos everyday, I’m just glad there’s people like you out here Sydney, thanks for what you do! Keep up the good work!

[@spyr0guy]

I'd have "multiple personalities" based on TikTok's definition. I call it "behaving differently with different people because literally everyone does that, it's normal human behavior." Like, you don't speak the same way to your friends as you do to your parents. That doesn't mean you're literally different people.

[@Lucid_high09]

Thats literaaly normal behaviour

[@TrafalgarWaterDLaw-dl5cm]

What they do seems more like internal roleplay to avoid your real persobality. So while in the past roleplay was like acting in a movie where you for as long as "cameras rolled" you acted as your role but could break it whenever nessesary or engaging in real life. The case Sydney mentioned is particulary interesting as it comes from a pisition of being unhappy, confused and struggling with who you really are as many teens do. But engaging so much in what you wish to be that she skipped seeing where whe is irl and how to get there that all those people she crratedxand found cool grew more relevance and became part of her. All those non binary and self diagnosed individuals do the same thing. They create characters with "cool" names and ",cool" looks having "cool" back stories and personalities. Turning their percively weird/underdeveloped but normal selves to Wolfie Firespark the edgy rebel who is all this labels and also invents their own pronoun. Self diagnosed DID just says one of those identities is not enough. Iam a whole gang of quirky characters that live together and act like a funny sitcom.

[@SpaceViking2000]

I know right? Moved to the US and as a kid I was so impressed at how I can go from vulgar teen to proper good boy or how deep my accent would get depending on who was around me

[@imjustaturtle641]

I remember when everyone on Tumblr would claim to have severe anxiety and depression. The parallels between that and this are wild.

[@cliffordbendtsen4848]

I agree, but these people turning their cameras on and pretending to switch to a new identity at will is a whole new level of ridiculous

[@trashman11]

That anxiety/adhd/add is because they eat junk food and the depression is them feeling sad one day out of the week.

[@thep3rf3ct57]

Or anorexia

[@keonkla]

@venswim mostly whiny teenage girls with no actual problems lol.

[@kingcrimson5005]

Biggest mistake of the modern world was tumblr banning porn

[@Decepticrumb]

I am trying so hard to get through this. The second hand embarrassment is absolutely killing me. God bless you for going through who knows how many more TikTok’s in order to edit it down.

[@radiofreealbemuth]

Its cringeworthy as f

[@zeropoint546]

@@radiofreealbemuth Had to skip through the example videos. Seriously wanted to gouge my own eyes out.

[@Vapourwear]

Ah yes, “Fremdschämen,” Schadenfreude’s friendlier cousin.

[@Foundry_made]

If someone's behavior makes another person feel embarrassed FOR THEM, you KNOW it's bad.

[@mightyblaster3320]

This is like the late stage version of the girls that I went to school with faking bipolar disorder or having serious trauma issues to garner attention and make them seem quirky and unique. Its both sad and infuriating.

[@Anonymous-bi5pv]

E-girls

[@unicornmercedes]

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 13 and manic depression at 18. I am in fact neither. I was a hormonal teenager.

[@susanvanduyn2847]

They were called 'imaginary friends' in my day. It was a phase kids (young kids) went through and came out of.

[@liljatupsu]

That... is not the same thing

[@therealkassith7037]

....no, back in my day we just cut ourselves, starved ourselves, and had suicidal ideation and/or attempts.

[@MrMatt-qs2ck]

Right. The kids have imaginary friends, but they describe those imaginary friends as "personalities" Imagining oneself to have a different personality is just. called. acting. Except they won't admit they are acting...

[@p.d.l7023]

My imaginary friend was a dead guy. Its ok if you don't believe me. No one did back then either.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

@@p.d.l7023 lmao

[@laiorwyn]

When I was 14-18ish I created an elaborate character, an alter ego that was strong and independent because I was lonely and had difficulty communicating with others... But I never identified as that person. Role play and imagining alternatives is part of healthy development and a coping mechanism everyone employs at some point. Imagined winning lotto? But... This is taking things too far.

[@167logan]

You're not alone. I thought I was the only person that did this. When I was a teenager I was rejected a lot socially. To cope I had a very very elaborate fantasy life. I love talking to adults but people my own age just weren't worth it. So I stayed in my head a lot of the time. My alter ego was two years younger than me. Of course she was. Her life could be so easy. She could say all the things I wanted to say and I knew how to say. Had great friends and a loving boyfriend. But I in no way identified as her. I never even told anyone about her. I had a very firm grasp that this was all fake.

[@Ema-sv4yr]

i have something similar and it’s calked paracosm you can look it up!

[@raymcgregor1783]

I didn’t have an ‘alter ego’ but I did create names and personalities which I sort of secretly ‘put on’ to try to get better at school, or with making friends. I’ve never told anyone that ha ha ha. Like when I had to go to math classes I wasn’t ME, I was this really smart studious person who was great at math ha ha ha. The weird part was naming that (math king was Alfred), rather than just being able to just draw up those skills. I’m so glad I grew up where that would have been so weird and fucked up to tell anyone about. I could so easily have fallen down this rabbit hole

[@laiorwyn]

@@raymcgregor1783 The funny part is, tho, that that is how a lot of actors work, putting on the character before they begin filming. perhaps if you'd told your drama teacher in high school they'd have been excited to support that skill.

[@djvn229]

The difference with DID is you split to cope with severe, inescapable trauma... Because you can't physically escape.. you split and you decide to ceeate a part that will take it on. so yoy can remove the rest of you from it.. its nkt the same as xrearung an alter ego. through trauma the mind cant habdle it fragments, and this has already started before ages 6-8.. depending on the severity and how long, will create complete and nore alters or fragments.

[@emilyvanhaausen3728]

I can't help but roll my eyes at these people. Yet at the same time, feel incredibly sorry for them. They will claim to have these mental illnesses, then actually believe it, then take dangerous prescription drugs for them, and then actually turn out really screwed up in the end. Going to be horrific seeing them in their 20s and 30s.

[@inoue6]

I also feel for them, but mostly because they probably have to have some deep insecurities or unsafe living environment to go around and pretend to have a mental health problem. It's kind of a cry for help but not in the way they think it is

[@emilyvanhaausen3728]

@@inoue6 Precisely

[@Fatbitchesfighting13]

@@inoue6 not always

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Attention seeking chicks(primarily).

[@mclijah6472]

there isn't a catchall drug that treats DID and dissociative disorders though. there aren't rlly ANY drugs for dissociative disorders

[@monQsurlaKomod]

i repeat it: i'm a nurse in psychiatry (in France) for 24 years now. i've seen a lot of patients in psychotic crisis but never saw one single DID case. NEVER.

[@dkfflsk5141]

It seriously feels just like a slap in the face, everyday I'm trying so hard to get my life together and then I have to endure people pretending to be mentally ill for clout lmao

[@woodlandbiker]

Turn it off. Don't watch it. It just makes things worse.

[@thekeyandthegate4093]

If it's any solace, their day will come. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but these perpetual liars will eventually build themselves into a castle of lies on a false foundation. All it will take then is one loose board to destroy the whole structure. And then when they complain and bitch and moan about their grift being revealed, you can say "I told you so."

[@patrickvalentino600]

I think the issue at hand is not only that they are faking mental illness, which could be as you say a slap in the face, but that by trying to embody that reality hard enough they are developing actual mental illnesses, which is disastrous for the future of humanity

[@dkfflsk5141]

@@patrickvalentino600 my god you're right D:

[@samyud1819]

Just get rid of tik tok it’s healthier for your mind honestly

[@daikansanchez7674]

This trend of "adopting mental illnesses" actually makes a lot of sense in the social context all this kids are growing up: - No role-models (parents) at home, or at least unstable role-models. - Lack of meaningful social relationships/connections. - Whatever relationships they have are mostly shallow ones. - Low self-esteem compounded with abandonment issues and a huge need for attention. - Lack of a sense of belonging. - Complete shift from natural human interactions into (almost exclisively) virtual "relationships". - A lot of role-playing in their lives through their social media personas and through video games as means of escapism from their bleak realities. The psycological and emotional rewards they get through social media can be massive; and even the smallest of recognitions can mean a lot to these care-deprived kids.

[@dawid6180]

That’s a really good analysis

[@eastonanderson4674]

Great explanation

[@marinavasquez8813]

Agree🎯

[@black-listed]

All you described is how I grown up and seriously I think they might be pretty aware of what they’re doing sadly. Personally I would never fake a mental illness because hmm what’s the point anyway ? if they’re that lost in their life they should focus on it instead of embarrassing themselves on the internet. Because they grow like that doesn’t mean they should behave in a way that invalidate REAL PEOPLE that suffering from mental or physical illness.

[@marinavasquez8813]

@@black-listed agree

[@oceangravy799]

Medical students are warned in their first semester of something called “Medical School Syndrome”. This condition is brought about by students delving so deep into different diseases/disorders throughout their studies that they begin to believe they have the condition they’re studying. We’re seeing this on a massive scale with the far more impressionable minds of children via TikTok. It’s EXTREMELY rare to truly have multiple different mental health issues going on at once. You probably don’t have OCD, ADHD, ADD, anxiety, etc. You could just have ASD or your anxiety could be so severe that your exhibiting other symptoms which furthers said anxiety. People want to be special and unique. It used to be emo/punk and now it’s mental health disorders.

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

Excuse tf out of me?

[@LUR1FAX]

Speaking of ADD/ADHD I can't tell you how many people get diagnosed with ADHD as children and are put on amphetamines, then as adults it turns out they actually suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, etc. ADHD in my experience seems to be diagnosed to kids just to put them on speed and get them to shut their feelings inside until they reach adulthood. I was on Ritalin from age 9 to 16. It turns out I never had ADHD, but PTSD.

[@sluttymctits4496]

This just reminds me of the old saying that people only go on to study psychology to help determine their own problems/neuroses.

[@Skitdora2010]

In psychology they make a point that to be diagnosed with a mental illness you must fit all of the criteria, not just have one or two symptoms and another key- only a licensed professional can diagnose. With people who claim diagnoses, unfortunately HIPPA makes it so doctors can not say that their patients do not or do have one due to medical privacy, so we really never know. Also, you only have one personality disorder, but you can have as many co-existing addictions as you want. Alcohol and drug abuse causes anxiety and depression and irregular thought processes. Drug abuse is a coping mechanism used by many people with disorders. You can not say the symptom is from a mental disorder until the drug addiction is stopped in case the symptoms came from the drugs. Also, anxiety is the true underlining motivator of obsessive compulsive disorder.

[@rainestar82]

I'd agree with this but also say there ARE MIs that cluster together--many people with untreated ADHD (like I was) tend to experience symptoms of depression and anxiety. I was diagnosed with both YEARS before being diagnosed ADHD. Meds for ADHD DEFINITELY help the other things, but I very obviously have separate MH conditions that require meds too. This is common in untreated conditions or personality disorder clusters but yeah, most of the time its one diagnosis that hasnt been treated properly, which CAN spawn clusters of other issues. This is why we NEED to focus mental health care on kids and teens as well as adults!

[@ncranger78]

After watching this…it just reaffirms what I’ve have been saying about tic tok and other social media platforms, I see a silent war being waged against young impressionable minds and it’s scary. This can lead to an entire generation of kids unable to properly function in this world which can lead to the destabilization of any country, but as an American, tic tok is destroying our youth.

[@elatomala1976]

That is their plan!

[@slartibartfast2452]

They don't have disorders, they are simply authentically boring people. A sea of less than average. Not everyone has to be special, and most everyone is definitely not special, aaaaand there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Most of the world, from forever until now, has not been special. We did not get this far because of people that were special. We got this far because of everyone else. The people that ate average food, did average things, worked average jobs and had average kids. That's almost all people thought history, and that's just fine. Best way to at least be average, is to not pretend you are more than.

[@darkminstrel2041]

They're the participation trophy of personalities, if you will. But yes. You are nail-on-the-head correct. In a world where you're able to project your mediocrity across the vast sea of the populace there will be subcultures that develop which bring no positive effects to the people as a whole.

[@DeadpoolX9]

they need a creative outlet gdi

[@manwithnoname3024]

They think having funny hair makes them, uhh what is it they say, neurodivergent?

[@theadmiral4625]

........actually we got this far because of geniuses, and we'd be a lot farther if it weren't for the dead weight slowing down humanity from ascending...................

[@headkicked]

Yep, they're all just desperate for attention and validation. And in a world where crazy people can network over the internet, they enable each other by validating each other from the safety of their preferred "safe zone".

[@neosouldancer89]

High school teacher here. I have taught for 10 years so far and I DEFINITELY believe that tiktok (among other things) is greatly contributing to thr uptick in mental health issues in kids today

[@user-gdxt-7399]

Yes, it is known as the uptick tok phenomenon

[@funtourhawk]

It's by design, why do you think China owns it?

[@loisakinyele3452]

Forreal I've seen so much traumatic shit TikTok and a lot of kids these days are easily led.

[@mutley3]

@@funtourhawk the algorithm they use for tiktok was one of the best AI China has ever created. Says alot for it and its scary as fuck people haven't realised. Trump should of got it banned

[@MarkLee1]

@@funtourhawk And why do you think Biden had revoked its ban?

[@deficientgirl4224]

I’m in the, how you say, “disabled community”. Even worse, it’s an “invisible illness”. The amount of histrionic, munchausen’s, hypochondriac, misery-loving people in these communities is kind of astounding. Best advice I got from a doctor was to avoid support groups at all costs and he was right. I genuinely wish nothing more than to be treated normally, not specially.

[@CigaretteCrayon]

Same but it is also something that I've observed as an able bodied cisgendered male, that societal toxic trait of never helping men.

[@RipleysSanatorium]

@Rach yes! Omg it is infuriating! I would give anything not to be ill. IG used to be a great place for support, until the fakers showed up and took over. I call folks out irl for this behavior.

[@redlight3932]

Respect is worth more than sympathy

[@peskylisa]

kind of agree with you, there. That kind of thing just pulls you into a kind of hell

[@silentalliance3269]

Yup support groups encourage negativity and are supposed to help you feel like you aren’t alone but in reality they at best do nothing OR make you feel worse

[@Sciencegames21]

These people are literally just giving names to different moods they are experiencing

[@Schoolofmonkey]

In 2008 my wife was diagnosed with DID by a expert, she had experienced severe sexual/physical/emotion abuse in her childhood which she had repressed, it is NOTHING like what they show on Tiktok. She would have conversations with you, then 20 minutes later not remember, ring me from places with no idea how she got there or where she was. She sure as hell doesn't face down and switch, it happened on the fly depending on the situations, each "personality" would deal with each encounter she would have, stressful ones were the worse. None of the alters we aware of each others until 2-3 YEARS into weeks therapy with a Psychiatrist, after 8 years she was able to integrate her "personalities" into he main personality, but as her doctor said these personalities have their own mental health problems, so while she is now fully integrated, she does suffer from BPD/PTSD due to remembering the past abuse. This Tiktok "trend" seriously annoys the hell out of her, seeing it's taken years to break the DID stigma, these people are setting it back years of proper acceptance.

[@pazu8728]

My wife is dealing with DID also. Just as you mention switching takes place spontaneously depending on the situation. Also, there is amenisia, headaches, and mental exhaustion. She will not remember watching a movie with me or have certain conversation with me. Not a fun event to switch like those in TikToker conjuring up an alter for the camera at will without triggers. Makes me sick that TikTokers/YTubers sensationalize this mental disorder and even monetize it.

[@michellestelle]

I have DID too. I'm a university teacher, and I only recently started to remember my abuse and become aware of my alters. I'm frightened of EMDR (therapy that has been suggested) because if I remember the abuse completely, there's no way I'll make it. There is protection in amnesia and these kids are making a mockery of child abuse.

[@Heather-xm9ul]

That's so hard! I knew someone who had an extended dissociative episode. After an extremely traumatic event, he broke, and didn't come back to himself for over two years. He was absolutely terrified when he did, he had no idea he'd joined the army, he had no idea where we were stationed... he ended up tackled and restrained until the ambulance arrived. Forensic psychology met with several of us in an effort to piece his life back together. Last we looked, he has a decent life, very much unlike who he was during that extended episode. I really hope those who REALLY have DID aren't permanently harmed by these stupid social media trends.

[@gw7157]

Sorry to hear this and my thoughts and prayers are with you all, this condition is also one of the leading causes of mysterious dissapearence around the world.

[@Tyler_W]

@@AmoebaInk what you describe at the end of your reply isn't uncommon. People don't all think, imagine dream the same. Some people literally don't even have an inner monologue and inner voice. That's why they have to verbalize everything that pops into their heads. They just have no internal life. Likewise, people don't dream the same, while others with vivid imaginations have extremely vivid dreams and can think in other voices. Personally, when I read things, I can "hear" different characters with unique voices. Case in point, whenever I read a Batman comic, for example, I often read the character's dialog and hear it in the voice of Kevin Conroy, the guy who originally voiced the character in the 90s Batman: The Animated Series and in the following animated shows and in various animated movies and video games. When you simply have a fully fleshed out idea of who a character is, a creative person can absolutely imagine fully fleshed out conversations consistent with their respective personalities. That's just what fiction writers do when brainstorming plot ideas.

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

As a person diagnosed in childhood, a long time ago I'm afraid, with ADHD and Aspergers Syndrome, I am saddened by the way young people are being drawn into being mentally disordered while I have worked to overcome my own disorders to function in society. BTW: happy Mother's Day for the future mother that you are. And I raise a toast to all your pudding people.

[@TeamFriendship8600]

I still struggle with my autism. I don't see why people trying to make my disability quirky. It's not fun having to stim in order to deal with my surroundings or feeling paranoid that I might be seen as rude.

[@Polomance862]

They view these mental disorders as excuses to blame their "quirky and unpredictable" behavior on. They are attention seekers and Social Media eats this up like hot cakes. If these people didn't see a shred of popularity or acceptance. This fad would pass, but we have to wait for the day that this whole thing goes away. Tik Tok needs to die and the impressionable peoples stripped of their access to harmful idealogues.

[@13thMaiden]

Same on the Autism and ADHD (ADHD they found in childhood, but kinda missed the autism until I was an adult and past the age of most autism help programs -_-). I've struggled so much with both and just get so irritated when ppl claim it as some little quirk of their personality and turn it into a joke that has ppl giving us real sufferers side-eye. Hell, now a days ppl use autism as a replacement for 'stupid' or 'crazy', if that doesn't say how much the rest of the population looks at us, nothing will!! (Also who the hell thinks getting constantly overwhelmed that you have to do something to help you calm down is 'so quirky!' UGH)

[@whoknows8225]

because it's cool to mentally ill, and it means you can blame all your shit on being ill... it's a coping mechanism for these kids... escapism.

[@nude_cat_ellie7417]

Right there with you. I was diagnosed very late in life with Autism (common for women), and while it was eye opening and helped me focus my therapy and explain myself to others better, it did nothing to rid me of the struggle. I am still struggling socially, so much so that I am a 36 year old who has never been in a relationship lasting longer than 3 months, though I desperately want someone to share my life with. This. Is. Not. Fun. And it’s not something to wish for yourself or glamourize.

[@abBensch]

This trend makes it so difficult for me to make people understand that my OCD is not a fun quirky trait that makes me a great person to "tease," it's absolutely debilitating and I would give it up in a second if that was possible

[@shea5542]

So true. They don’t understand.

[@settame1]

Monk started that imo. There was a guy when i was in college who had to get to the parking lot at 3 am everyday and park in every space before going to class. He did that for all 4 years he was in college. Otherwise seemed normal but if there was a car in one of the spots over night there would be hell to pay.

[@mromutt]

I dont even have OCD but share traits from other issues/disorders and its frustrating to see!

[@gabi3742]

i have ocd too, i totally that too TwT

[@Ulthek]

Unfortunately, tiktok made sure all real mental struggles are invalidated or diminished while branding everyone you don’t agree with as a narcissist abuser. Social media is toxic as all hell in general. As a suggestion, not sure if this could help at all, but have you tried supplementing NAC? I have read a couple of studies about it genuinely helping, though i’m not sure in what way, other than it contributing to synaptic communication, as I do not experience compulsions. (my apologies if this is not helpful in the slightest) Either way, try not to internalise the stupid shit people say, your struggles are valid, and at the end of the day you don’t have to prove anything to anyone

[@ugib8377]

3:54 You make amazing videos. You're one of the few content creators that goes the extra mile with your ads. Even if I didn't come for the opinions (which I do) I'd watch your channel just for the ads. The inflatable cow costume is by far the funniest thing I've seen on youtube.

[@TheOfficialPatriarchy]

When I was a teen, chicks would watch the movie The Craft and then pretend they were witches for a year before getting back to reality. I never thought I would miss those days but I also never thought I would live in an era where thinking you are magic would be "normal" compared to today's standards.

[@MyOtakuCorner]

Lmao I liked that movie back in the day

[@hyacinthbucket3803]

TikTok is internet cancer!!! Look away.

[@TheOfficialPatriarchy]

@@MyOtakuCorner It was entertaining enough, I just didn't comprehend why it had such an effect on all the girls I knew who watched it. Mind you, I'm not hatin'. Teens are going to experiment in order to try and 'find themselves'. That's normal. I myself was a Goth kid. But at least back then there wasn't this narcissistic push to force everyone around us to acknowledge some overinflated sense of identity or be accused of being a genocidal bigot.

[@explorinjenkins349]

My aunt and her daughter said they were wiccan for like a year. I was really young and still thought they were dopes.

[@FrostyErica]

😂 I was just comparing this to that.

[@lysseast2380]

I'm a counselor and I've had a decent amount of teenagers and young adults in my office claiming to have autism, adhd, and did. Most of them did not have any classic symptoms and would say they lik3d the communities. So I'd tell them I did not think those things were what they had and diagnose them with something else and people would get so mad at me. A lot of them just dropped out of treatment bc I didn't want to feed into their delusion and instead target the main issue of why they wanted those disorders and why it was so distressing to not have them

[@theasorlins6027]

As someone with Autism thank you. I'm happy you aren't feeding their delusion. I'm tired of people claiming the disorders we struggle with everyday. For me some of these people it feels like they fetishize these issues.

[@justachannel8600]

@@theasorlins6027 They do probably have some issues and are looking for a place to fit in.

[@theasorlins6027]

@@justachannel8600 Oh yes they clearly do. I hope they find that place but trying to force an illness onto themselves is not the way to go. It only makes things worse for them and those who have the illness.

[@emillegal-search-and-seizure]

I was diagnosed with ADHD about a year ago after realizing that both my mom and grandpa were diagnosed with it, getting diagnosed with anxiety in middle school, and noting that I had like all the symptoms for the inattentive type following my research (on like actual reputable sites and not on TikTok, I don't even have a TikTok). And it frustrates me because I'm in the exact age demographic of people diagnosing themselves with the thing I just got (PROFESSIONALLY) diagnosed with, and I'm worried that people won't take me seriously because of all my contemporaries claiming they have it, and it's also unfortunate that psychologists are going to have to second-guess people like me coming in seeking a diagnosis when it's already historically difficult for girls to get taken seriously for an ADHD diagnosis anyway.

[@lysseast2380]

@@emillegal-search-and-seizure Yes! I fear this as well its incredibly unfair for those that suffer . I also fear people being treated for what they don't have, causing more damage. I hate it here

[@rachel3760]

God when I was young, like 13/14, the thought of having a rare difficult disorder (physical or mental) was appealing because it would make me different or special. It feels dirty to even admit that but deep down that's how I felt. But eventually I outgrew the profound insecurity that caused me to feel that way and I finally accepted myself. And now I actually do have two chronic, physical ailments and I cry in the car after every Drs appointment wishing I could be normal. I just hope these people grow up and find themselves and learn to appreciate their health.

[@beth4339]

Same! I already commented about this, but after some time and distance I learned I was basically trying to put a misshapen sphere into a triangle hole. I've got Adhd (not. fun.) and was tryin so hard to perfectly match diagnostic criteria of anxiety and depression but was always upset because it didn't encompass what I was experiencing but I tried to force it anyways. I despised and was disgusted by my younger self for a long long time. But as part of my healing process, I've given myself understanding and such for what I was going through. It takes time, but it's an everyday battle and eventually you get to a space that you don't hate younger you lol. Sorry bout the chronic illnesses though:-(

[@unprofessionalopinion3532]

As someone who's lived with a chronic health condition since I was 11 months old, I have wished for nothing but to be normal. My condition isn't mental, but still. Being in your own unique box is not always a good thing.

[@sadbb]

Same. Now that I have diagnosed anxiety & depression I wonder how life must be without it every day. Sorry for your pain. Hugs.

[@rachelpalm7403]

I am so sorry to hear you have two chronic illnesses. That is so rough.

[@mromutt]

I was on the other side of that. From a very young age (basically before I could speak) it was very clear I had some mental disabilities (which have been many diagnoses over the decades) to deal with that as you get older just create a vicious cycle of crippling anxiety and depression because you want nothing more than to be just like everyone else but you never will no matter how much you try. And it only compounds on top of itself because the more life experience you gain the more you realize and learn you are even more so different than everyone else. Though I do wonder sometimes how different it would be if I grew up now with those issues as opposed to 30 some years ago when it was either they didnt want to really treat and label you if they didnt have to because they thought it would haunt you for the rest of your life (ironic right?), or they didnt have a great enough understanding to actually do anything to help other than try random BS and stuff pills in you that made you feel like you were going insane. The weird thing is if it was now I may feel less alone and isolated but I feel like it would also just make the issues themselves way worse and less treated. Like they would just be encouraged and amplified because "mental disorders are so cool and trendy now!" and you have to be who you are and all that lol (sorry that one just gets me lol and is a slap in the face)

[@johnprime1147]

This is why I stick to writing stories. With that I don't need to worry about embarrassing myself. I just need to stress on how long it would take me to finish a book. I've got 3 books finished right now.

[@naturazpolski9213]

At least somwthing good went with this! Did you published them?

[@johnprime1147]

@@naturazpolski9213 Yup. On a website. And I finished the 4th book just recently. Now I need to work on the part 2 to it. Do you want to know where they are so you can check them out? I do need as much feedback on them as possible. I'm getting so close to finishing the book series

[@jess.i.can22]

TikTok is trash. I’d say from personal experience, people with mental illness don’t actually like to talk about their mental illnesses. One side of my family deals with quite a bit of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and anger problems. I’ve had an uncle and aunt both try to commit suicide. And with three generations of military service there’s also three generations of PTSD and poorly compartmentalized emotions. Guess what? We don’t talk about it. Mental illness is not glamorous, and sensationalizing it makes real sufferers seem less credible. I know the military is seeing problems with this now after over diagnosing PTSD for so many years. I also think self-diagnosis in particular is becoming a dangerous predicament. Not even doctors diagnose everything 100% correctly. So, can we please stop watering down mental illness for popularity?

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

Tiktok feeds you what you want to see if they weren’t fishing for that content they wouldn’t see it and that’s just facts.

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

But this comment is facts. Pure facts

[@Counterbalance_]

Why do people think it's all started with tiktok? I remember very clearly that tumblr started it very soon after being spawned into existence. Tiktok merely accepted the torch from it.

[@njalsand133]

The app literally slams a video in your face loudly the moment it starts up

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

Absolutely agree. I have worked with people with mental health issues. Virtually all of them internalise rather than broadcast.

[@robertsmall1657]

If they couldn’t “show off” these “illnesses” to the world, (through tik tok for example) would they still claim to have them? I believe that answer is a giant NOPE. They love the comments and affirmations they get. They probably start to believe they actually have these issues bc the thought of losing the positive affirmations are too much.

[@A5H_01]

This comment caught my eye as I have autism and a lot of the time it is considered a "hidden disability" (at least in the UK). When you can see my autism is a time I'd never want recorded or displayed as it isn't representative of all autistic people and its just downright fucking embarrassing. I would NEVER want that immortalised for the world to see. Money is the motive and clout is the method

[@stevekirkpatrick1612]

Maybe they'd just try to get some brain happy pills from a psychiatrist?

[@ReynoldsGarrett]

Yes. It’s frustrating to see. Depression has made my life hell and is a giant obstacle to overcome, which I have yet to do. Making a video online to gain attention is the last thing I want to do. I’m too busy spending my time trying to solve these problems and taking forever to complete simple tasks. I would never want to show that off. So I stay as far away from TikTok as possible. Edit: mental health issues is nothing to write home about.

[@cjay2]

Exactly.

[@chocochipcookie1875]

I'll be very frank. I did want to tell anyone, some one about my diagnosis when I got one because I wanted to articulate these words and say it out loud:" IT'S NOT MY FAULT! I'M NOT ACTIVELY CHOOSING TO BE THIS! " That's it. After telling it to five people, I stopped. There's no point. Imagine seeking validation and suggestions from a nobody who probably can't even pronounce the name of the illness right.

[@TAG-1984]

The time we are living in is just too much..

[@dhunter1133]

We used to have sympathy for those suffering from mental illness; now we celebrate it as another form of diversity. Worse, we condemn anyone who doesn't celebrate mental illness as diversity because "tolerance" now means you are required to enthusiastically support whatever someone wants to do, including mutilating their child's genitalia, or else you are a hateful bigot. Now imagine how crazy it will be in ten years. Where does it stop?

[@hyacinthbucket3803]

Idk which is worse, the furries or the peggers.

[@bidenbesty9200]

We need to accept everyone no matter how strange they appear to us. It's the only way forward. Think of the future generation people.

[@scaldedape6213]

@@bidenbesty9200 no thanks

[@NYG5]

@@bidenbesty9200 I will accept them through the gate to the camp

[@markbogdan2]

how lovely.... from my parent's generation that tagged people with mental illnesses as sissies or denying it's existence to a generation that fakes it for clicks and online clout

[@Sophie-ts2wq]

Exactly. I hate when these content creators go on and make these complex issues so black and white. Internet bad, things used to be better. It's such a tired argument and reeks of boomer mentality

[@royschultz1377]

I knew one person with D-I-D back in the 70's. He never remembered what the 'alter' did, couldn't talk to it, etc. He never sought help for it. The alter showed up when he was being physically threatened and left when he was safe. Very weird. He started taking martial arts and learned how to protect himself, and when he could the alter never appeared again.

[@cobrametaliks490]

Thanks for that story! Very interesting

[@renkol123]

That's not likely DID; that's more likely some issue with his memory and his sympathetic nervous system. Might be an anger disorder of some kind. Once he learned to protect himself, he was able to remain calm under pressure and manage his nervous system better. Without more info, can't tell for sure. When hearing hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.

[@bloppysloppy4057]

Sounds like he was a victim of a government experiment.

[@royschultz1377]

@@bloppysloppy4057 doubt it

[@royschultz1377]

@@renkol123 most of psychiatry/psychology is BS anyway, but I have all the info I need to tell a zebra from a horse.

[@WatchTashi]

The teen epidemic of “wanting” a mental health issue is scary and so very odd.

[@BlazRa]

Not as scary as the one where they think they can change their gender and then they have surgery before they have a fully developed brain which should be child abuse

[@pyrolight7568]

Not really. It makes them stand out. In today's culture the more baggage you have the higher you are on the victim pyramid.

[@BlazRa]

@@pyrolight7568 I fucking hate this Cult of weakness so goddamn much and I know what it comes from its from communist infiltrators trying to ruin our nation

[@billh.1940]

It is easy to explain teens really are crazy 🤣! And the girls are sicker !

[@EM-wo6wf]

The mental health epidemic doesn’t exist. It’s manufactured, most people claiming to be mentally ill, are not. They want to be different, they want to be special, they want to be cool, they want attention for it. The chance of you actually having these conditions is very very small. A lot of these conditions are rare and most people do not have to deal with them, there isn’t a mental health epidemic, but there is an epidemic of ignorance, and stupidity.

[@johnhermann7498]

"...it is rare, not widely understood..." that's the key. With it being "Rare" it creates an illusion of uniqueness and, since it is not widely known/understood it makes it easy to defend their self diagnosis and incredibly difficult to argue against. Just another rung on the "Victim" ladder.

[@Princess_Celestia_]

"incredibly difficult to argue against." Not really. The only argument you need is the burden of proof. They claim they have this "rare" condition, so the burden of proof is on them to prove they have it. So the only argument you need is "show me the proof".

[@02091992able]

That is because most places do not test for things like Autism unless its apparent that they may have it. Some may show very little and be overlooked because it doesn't stick out enough to warrant investigating into it. I wasn't found out to be Autistic until I was 13. The bad thing with ADHD is that they seem to diagnose nearly all kids with it often because they are hyper and are pretty much being energetic as a child should be. Then then correct this "problem" by prescribing them drugs which makes them dependent on those for the rest of their lives even though they may not even have the condition they were prescribed the drug for. Autism is often misidentified as ADHD. Some pretty much thing Autism and Mental Retardation are one in the same. They are not. But most things in medicine were once "not widely understood".

[@johnhermann7498]

@@02091992able - It's all about the money... Drug Companies have to make it...

[@Princess_Celestia_]

@@02091992able I saw a lot of that in the male student body when I was in school. Rather then teaching boys in the methods that work best for boys, namely the hands on approach, they prefer to drug the boys up so they can use the method that works best for teaching girls.

[@monad_tcp]

@@Princess_Celestia_ "incredibly difficult to argue against." To argue with emotions, not argument. That's not arguing, its not even a debate, this is a freaking cult, you don't argue people out of it.

[@virginiavallek1654]

Did also needs very specific triggers for "alters" to "front". Such as ptsd attacks are trigger specific (specific noise, words, phrases, smells, feelings etc). Staring for like 2 minutes isn't "fronting"

[@SK-ut6tw]

As someone who actually has a mental illness. I find this to simply be a social contagion. This trend actually seemed to begin around 2013. Everyone was posting on social media about their depression, anxiety or normal human emotions. Because they had feelings... That meant they had depression or anxiety. No, that isn't how mental illness like depression works. Believe me, if you have it you are cursed and would do anything to rid of it. It's shameful.

[@SK-ut6tw]

@Rachel Forshee Very true. Therapy helps yes. However, with.my own diagnosis, It's a lifelong battle unfortunately. There is no snap of the fingers that will undo it. Also, for me anyway. Therapy usually stops working. What I mean is talking helps but in the right mindset or trigger I revert right back to old thought patterns and it is like falling off a cliff into a black hole. It cannot be stopped.

[@stewartmeetball3417]

It's a living nightmare at times too be perfectly honest

[@johnathin0061892]

Anyone who has actually struggled with mental illness knows it is nothing one should aspire to have.

[@radiofreealbemuth]

I notice identification with anxiety, introversion, depression have somehow become romanticized over the past decade, and now people are appropriating it like an aesthetic for social brownie points

[@anonmouse15]

I definitely remember bipolar being a self diagnosis fad back in the early 00's, as a young teenager.

[@rayraypeace9589]

This reminds me of the time I told people that I thought “I wasn’t a human being” when I was like 15. Thank the heavens above that I didn’t have a TikTok. Teenagers go through weird phases, but this is just too much!

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

Wait that's supposed to be a phase? I'm about to be 28 and I still don't feel like a human. In fact I feel less so now than back then lol

[@OutlawKING111]

Or when teens are questioning their gender and tiktok immediately puts in their head that they might be trans or non binary. I've had those feelings but I just hated my period. Thank god Tiktok was not around at that time

[@jaquirox6579]

For a couple years I was 110% convinced I was an alien, and was awaiting my “people” to come get me. 😂 I was also maybe 7 years old.

[@t-masterrules5085]

@@OutlawKING111 and it's becoming so terrible now that when you try to knock some sense into these kids, you're immediately dubbed homophobic or transphobic. Gender studies professors are so keen to push their agenda, people now have to deal with confusing gender pronouns. Wtf was sexuality in the past. We were normal enough to know we were either male or female..now every one is high on that dumb juice and we have over 15 genders and still counting.

[@tabsamnic]

My friends daughter is in her early 20s and is convinced she's trans. All I could think was "I remember when you acted like a cat while I babysat you." She has a vivid imagination. She's an artist. I'm sure she hates the attention her body gets her. She's not a man. Several of her friends are trans too. They got sucked in and I hate that for them.

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

Syd: "It is rare, not widely understood, and-" Them: "And that means we're living in a time when people are more open and accepting, making it safer to come out about it and we can study it more!" In other words; this disorder will be lied about, those lies will be exaggerated to their extreme, and then the lies will be recorded as fact.

[@nude_cat_ellie7417]

And the true victims will be those who really do suffer from these disorders.

[@drugsarebad97]

Then nobody believes when it actually is real

[@michaelgelunas1113]

Member when all these groups of girls were getting pregnant in high school? Now we get this.

[@Ao-vj9pz]

The problem with the belief with these disorder on tiktok (the fake ones), not everyone can study phsycological disorder. You need a decent amount of knowledge to conduct a study. What we could do in a community is to avoid judgement and be more emphatic. Disorder is not a tool for clout.

[@crazysilly2914]

...And actual genuine people with the disorder will only suffer...

[@DelphineEraklea]

the moment at 22:07 is the most realistic concern I have for my future kids. like - how do you do it so they don't just f up

[@lose7934]

i’ve been telling people this ever since COVID hit and nobody believed me. i’m 21 now and most of my friends are 18-25, so back then i was 18 and my youngest friends were 15-16. they all thought i was crazy, but half of those people have split-dyed hair and “alters” now. so, you see how that went.

[@AndrewKidd14145]

Good, people don’t realize they need to watch what they say, do, and listen to as wel as watch on the internet.

[@maxhardcore8034]

Lol @ your npc friends 😂 I miss the good old days of bullying these freaks into becoming normal.

[@02091992able]

Then you have the furries that think they are animals instead of people and defecate on the floor because that is what animals do.

[@willstevenson9634]

@@AndrewKidd14145 that has nothing to do with the comment you replied to...

[@reyannawynters1800]

I dropped fb, never got into tiktok and glad I didn't! Social media has actually ruined everything!!!

[@Bendilin]

This isn't so much a Tiktok issue as it is, "children under the age of 18 being allowed to post online and view the internet unsupervised". Maybe 18 is too extreme for some people, but there is a definitive issue with allowing kids 13 and under to just consume hours of internet content daily with zero intervention.

[@PlatinumBishop72]

Yeah. Parents need to step up for sure

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@PlatinumBishop72 They won't. Most parents don't care.

[@4cps777]

I think that the problem is rather the fact that many of these children grow up not knowing anything about how social media "works". Parents don't need to spy on their children, they either need to not allow their children to use the internet at all if they're too young or explain it to them and let them use it afterwards.

[@Bendilin]

@@4cps777 Parents having a general awareness of what their children are exposed to is "spying" now... 🤔

[@4cps777]

@@Bendilin Either your child is too young to be on the internet at all or they're old enough to have some fucking privacy. There is no middle ground.

[@DnDandVideoGames]

I'm glad I developed a personality before TikTok... that's all I got to say (goes on for another 30 minutes) LOL! Syd, I love you

[@Joe-King]

😊it's a very common exclamation among Australians.

[@korhanaydemir8366]

Perfect summary of the video too. It's scary af.

[@Counterbalance_]

Why do people think it's all started with tiktok? I remember very clearly that tumblr started it very soon after being spawned into existence. Tiktok merely accepted the torch from it.

[@neilkirkpatrick6232]

Its self inflicted personal maturity retardation and denial of their ordinary self observed unfulfilling lives. Lack of purpose and direction.

[@neilkirkpatrick6232]

Syd...its not "dah tuh"....its either "day tuh" or "da tuh" as in "' 'DA'd"...but not dah tuh....

[@gachaluna2708]

This is so frustrating especially for people like myself that truly have mental health issues they've dealt with for many many years. I've personally dealt with it for 30 years. I was 11 the first time I was diagnosed and was in a hospital within months, I needed to be for sure

[@safetymikeengland]

Mom and dad always said "idle hands are the devils workshop." These kids should be kept busy. Then they would not be able to spend unlimited time feeling sorry for themselves.

[@pedrob3953]

That's the old fashion way, and still effective.

[@shelbysittig1047]

First world problems. We don’t have issues therefore we create issues.

[@Lethal_Bite]

I am a part of this generation and I agree. Maybe not child labor, but there used to be so many hobbies that kids could do. Sports, board games, gardening, making models, painting, whatever! Something constructive that was a creative outlet and gave you something to be proud of. Now I'm surrounded by people who do nothing but watch 'social' media and are suprised when they have nothing to feel good about. They don't feel special, because they haven't developed any skills or interests that make them unique, so they have to make up some mental disorder for attention to feel unique. It really is just quite sad.

[@gabeo9474]

I would argue that this is a byproduct of the glorification of victimhood that has permeated our society as a result of the rising popularity of the numerous social justice ideologies. A number of people have abandoned idealization of merit/hard work/good character in favor of something much more easily achievable --- the role of victim. It's a really sad state of affairs. What's not sad is seeing you put out content more frequently. In fact, it's fantastic. I always look forward to the uniquely fun, based, and hilarious takes you have on the utter madness that is society today.

[@ShinFahima]

This, entirely.

[@wyzasukitan]

A perfect summarization

[@Crow23346]

You are so good with words 👏

[@senarmstrong03]

This guy chose to speak facts

[@thefool8224]

regular old depression doesnt cut it anymore, they need to have self diagnosed brain cancer to feel important

[@garethbattersby]

I've reached the age where I've seen the "trends". I remember having Depression was an in thing and people would make a song and dance to announce they were taking their "happy pills". Then came insomnia, people competing to how much sleep they weren't getting despite looking really refreshed and clear headed, and even falling asleep quite easily at normal times. Then OCD, Everyone had OCD but not real OCD that can ruin a life it was just noticing things out of place or being untidy and over reacting... Then it was anxiety. Then game bi sexuality a way to seem special but still not needing to touch anyone of the same sex. Then social media kicked in and now we've got this explosion of who can be the most disabled, the most gay etc. The race to be the most unique and special flower has caused a whole generation to become what we're seeing right now.

[@iamtheonethatwonagain8354]

well said, and on point

[@fastronaut909]

The Great Snowflake Race, if you will

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Don't forget PTSD. Omg it's so maddening when people pretend to have something which they'd NEVER want to actually have, actually suffer from, as if mental illness was a personality quirk.🤦🏾‍♀️🤬

[@whisperedaria8832]

@Rachel Forshee Part of the problem is therapists who claim that anything can be trauma and cause PTSD. My sister was in a minor accident that gave her some whiplash and bruises (she didn’t even go to the hospital) and she refuses to this day to get her driver’s license, she’s the mom of a two year old and wants to homeschool him partly (I think) so she doesn’t have to face the fact that she couldn’t drive him to or pick him up from school, and she feels completely justified in this because her therapist told her she has PTSD. I finally went to a therapist to try and get help for my depression and anxiety (usually managed with meds, but was getting to the point where I wasn’t even eating), and he wanted to explore and work through my traumas. According to him, even tiny things that bothered you and happened repeatedly cause trauma and lead to PTSD. I stopped going to therapist immediately and have been trying to figure out how to weed these out before looking for another one.

[@loadingmikke7451]

@@whisperedaria8832 try finding someone specializing in cbt, and normal psychology. The psychoanalysis group mainly focuses on trauma and outdated psychology. You could go to your doctor to get antidepressants. I did that last time I needed them. But that's because I had already tried them two years earlier. I don't do therapy. If I want to understand how to use cognitive behavioral therapy, I bought a book about it with tips and tricks to change my thinking.

[@treasuredwisp]

I remember when I was in high school, I drew cartoon characters that were people in my head who got me to act a certain way. I had one who was incredibly shy, one who was very critical, one who was the procrastinator king, etc. There were probably about 20 that I made up, it was all a joke though. I never even thought about DID back then. I realize how easy it is to fall into the trap of these kids thinking they have DID. I have literally told my friends lies when I was younger because I thought they would react a certain way. Over time I would keep telling my friends the story until eventually I believed the lies, I had repeated so often. One small example is the time I told my friend I got bit by a rat. It wasn't until much later that I realized that memory I thought I had was actually a lie to get a reaction from it. I don't doubt these kids have done the same thing. They may have started with the lies for the attention but have been pretending so long that they have actually tricked themselves into believing they have it. But there is always a part of you that is grounded in reality, and you know deep down it was all a lie.

[@user-ho3uu4sn4p]

Depression and anxiety aren’t some weird participation medals you can flaunt around. If anything, it feels like a burden. I can’t count how many times during childhood and even now where I was desperately in denial about how I felt… not fun, to say the least. Even now I choke on my words when I try and tell someone, my friends, my family, even my damn therapist. Why people would want to feel like this is beyond me, especially considering I’m around their age. Self victimization is a disease 😐

[@jerichonikolai]

It's so hard especially when you're young and you can't figure out what's happening to you and why you can't connect to others correctly. It's so lonely and I hate people faking it.

[@datroof2262]

It is. I have severe...very severe...bipolar disorder. And guess what? I'm not a victim. And I don't tell people what I have, it's not their business. Here I'm anonymous so who gives a fuck. And...the thing is, I might have a mental illness but I'm also very bright and creative, and again, NOT a victim. I take 100% responsibility for my actions, I'm not a sanity grifter. I'd rather be bipolar and bright versus "normal" and...not so bright. I have siblings...they're not genetically related to me (nor are my parents) and they're all "normal". Of all my siblings, the highest educated has a bachelor's. I have my PhD. We all took piano lessons...I was termed a "prodigy", the teacher "fired" my siblings as they were not making progress. I'm a published novelist (3x) and I've accomplished a lot due to the fact that I am self-motivated. Nobody else motivates me because nobody else is in my life. That's the one drawback - hard to make and keep relationships. So I'm alone, but who cares? I don't! Look around at "people" - I'm supposed to feel bad that I don't have a spouse or kids? Are you kidding me? Have you observed a human? I do NOT want to be responsible for that! Humans are largely garbage. Refuse. Not all, but largely. That is how things got to where we are - parents don't parent so you have a generation raised on Tiktok, leaders don't lead, so we have...our country...virtually nobody can be trusted, people are not authentic and frankly most humans are not worth the effort. The worst part of it all is the regimen of meds I have to take daily as I'm pretty sure they're doing more harm than good. And no, the mania is not fun. Not at all.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

It's like the Salem witch trials. Attention seeking.

[@itsClaptrap]

these people are freaks they likely NEVER struggled with the pressure of thinking something is wrong with them, or having the world around them flat out insinuate that something is wrong with them. And then have to build up a denial wall and convince themselves theyre normal and there's nothing different about them not to say some of them might struggle with that, but all of them? Fuck. No.

[@Drea_A]

Oh don't worry, depression & anxiety aren't the ~trendy~ disorders anymore. That one is too popular now & wont make them feel unique. It's autism, ADHD & DID now. I'm sure that'll change in a year

[@SmoothieCat-l9x]

"People with an underdeveloped sense of self" nothing more needs to be said. It's a lot easier to externalize and play the victim than actually put in the work into yourself. This is what these people are after: easy and instant validation and gratification.

[@mac1991seth]

At least we're slowly moving away from cosplaying as different sex into cosplaying as mentally ill. 'Progress' doesn't always mean 'improvement', I guess.

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

“Give up free will forever, their voices won’t be heard at all,”

[@ignisetaqua7089]

Word!

[@screamingopossum7809]

@@mac1991seth And change isn't always good. One of my acquittances said that all change is good change and I said "Absolutely not" and we had a 3 hour argument about it. Change is inevitable but that doesn't make it good. With how controlling social media is over young minds, children's personalities are becoming less and less developed and people are growing up to be the exact same way. This isn't progress, it's mind control.

[@mac1991seth]

@@screamingopossum7809 EZ debate. Killing someone is a change. You change their state of being from alive to dead. That is not good. You drive a car, you change the lane and you crash into something or someone. And I've been saying it for years now - social media created this weird illusion that someone else's life is so good. Someone's getting married, someone has a child, someone won a price, someone is taking vacation on a beach, someone is "stunning and brave" for coming out as non-binary. And the likes keep pouring and you want the piece of that pie too, but it seems you're not good enough, you don't get the equal amount of likes so you look to someone who gets more attention. Why not someone who cross dresses, why not someone ill, why not someone who only pretends to be ill. Tiktok is driving an international Munchausen Syndrome.

[@linaleia]

As someone diagnosed with asd who has had to fight bloody hard to get anywhere in life, I’ve many a time been dogpiled by the self-diagnosed internet warriors for *ahem* ableism. My crime? Expressing that my disability is not an ‘identity’ to add to a social media profile alongside your neo-pronouns and rainbows.

[@Kevin-ls2gt]

Self accountability, self respect, and a drive to be better is problematic I guess.

[@PureSniperWolf]

I'm so disgusted when people fake being chronically ill- physically or mentally - for a hot 15 minutes of internet fame. Those of us who genuinely struggle to be alive another day in our meat suits are cast into the bottom of the barrel or told we aren't "sick enough" - like b1tch I was sick before it was cool! >: ( I'll still be sick when you're over this intolerable, inexcusable fad! You're the reason people with real problems can't be taken seriously or get the help they need!

[@Zackthedalj]

I feel your pain. I literally wrote a book to work through my struggles with what was/is happening inside my head. These stupid kids have no idea what real mental health struggles look like.

[@kamparker9726]

This! I have ADHD, professionally diagnosed when I was in Elementary school, and still having to medicate for it as an Adult. And while I do appreciate the educational part that some are spreading, my personal belief is like yours: my mental state is not another tag or label to be added to my Social profile.

[@kunya16]

To people with actual disabilities and/or illnesses it's not a badge or honor or a way to seek attention. It's a very real struggle they have to get through every day. They're proud in their successes, not tossing success aside for clout on the internet. These people with "alters" etc aren't actually ill in the way they think. Narcissistic maybe.

[@memorimusic420]

Tiktok is wrong on so many ways, it goes so deep that its actually hard to get a grip on how bad it is atm and how its gonna be in 10 years, im honestly petrified for the future...

[@chloedavila3570]

I’m so glad I grew up in an era when we called these “oc’s” and not alters 😅

[@vernowietsch]

Man tiktok would've loved little me pretending to be cool made up main characters and playing out their stories in my head at night by myself when I couldn't sleep. Except I never would've made that shit public bc even back then I knew people would scoff at it

[@leafy4142]

At least when we had OCs, we were developing developing skills to draw and write about them. Now you can just claim the mental illness and that's good enough.

[@voiceoreason9884]

OCs are still going strong in the right communities, different bunch of people I guess.

[@samsparks151]

Right? I didn’t even know this was a common thing people did I was embarrassed of my “stories” I thought there was something wrong with me

[@slynoodle4013]

This feels very much to me like when I would roleplay with online friends...except these people seem to have no friends and end up roleplaying with themselves for attention.

[@gruttelotgrut5341]

14:21 "I'm a social justice warrior, I get angry very easily" I almost spilled my drink there laughing

[@itsClaptrap]

what I thought was funny about that one is that all of their alters seemingly have the same speaking tick she always does a slight click with her lips/tongue when thinking of something to say 🤡

[@cannes76]

Tourette syndrome is also being targeted in this fashion. Doctors are reporting a 10 fold increase in young people coming in to their practices showing symptoms.

[@MmmMulholland]

My partner has motor tics and it affects his life profoundly. He would do anything to not have them. People are very cruel if you have Tourette’s. Anyone faking it should be so ashamed. It is present in very early childhood and sometimes goes into adulthood. It’s nearly always apparent very early on. It doesn’t just appear in time for your edgy teens. You can tell a real tic as well, it can look like it hurts and has no pattern but also follows a pattern. It’s hard to explain.

[@goosegirl941]

I know a 16 year old girl who suddenly got Tourette’s this year, until a classmate told her to shut the F up and stop faking - it magically went away.

[@a_passing_cloud]

Yea, I have a friend that has Tourette’s because he had to kill a man that was trying to murder his family when he was six, as his father held the man down. His face twitches a whole whole whole whole lot, and it looks like it might be pretty uncomfortable, but I never even knew that was Tourette’s until he told me about it. He never once made it seem like a part of his character or personality. It pisses me off that people that haven’t even gone through 1% of what he did are faking this.

[@Keirnoth]

@Pink Sand Mass formation psychosis. Lots of left wing outlets have tried their damndest to dispel it but TikTok is a good example of where this sickness is spreading. Think really hard about that.

[@StefaHA]

South Park predicted this. :D

[@SithCelia]

These Tik Tok clips are a fantastic reminder of how nice it was to have been a teenager before the Internet was in everyone's lives. I've never visited this site. I never plan to. I find the entire premise of what TT is about to be essentially training young people how to become narcissists. It's hard to put my finger on here, but it really does seem like these younger generations of humans are limiting themselves by trying to come up with more labels and categories to try to fit into rather than learn how to embrace their authenticity. This also makes it a lot more difficult for me to want to engage with people who are much younger than me, since I can already tell I'll be dealing with a whole lot of ADHD and social media obsession.

[@mo-215]

Sydney, you're a warrior for addressing this. For that I'm grateful. I don't have the stomach to put myself through 5 minutes of their insanity.

[@georgianagheorghe8848]

I agree with you.

[@natemarx4999]

Sydney is exactly who i want my daughter to be like.

[@poisenbery]

@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 the lasting effect is called "insecurity" and it's not something i'd encourage people to instill in their children

[@matshepherd118]

Unmarried with no children at 30 and hanging out with several different guy friends? I appreciate what she does on YT but she is no role model for women.

[@jeffhall768]

Nah, you shouldn't want a tree for a daughter lol. Just jokes people

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

This is sad.

[@PanicByNumbers]

Sydney is exactly who I'd want my wife to be like.

[@jondoe7484]

I have watched my daughter spiral over the last 6 months and now I don't even recognize her.... my heart is broken. I tried to stop it but no matter what i did her mother let her back on and do whatever she wanted... the end result is our daughter is extremely damaged and all it took was 2 years of a "pandemic" and a social media platform designed to ruin our children.

[@MostWantedWannaBE]

"back in my day" i'd just get my living shit beaten out of me don't give all the credit to the pandemic it's our current social structure that forbids disciplining too the job of the parent is to mold a child to be a better version of the parent not to let it do whatever it wants the parent has the life experience to know what is good and what is bad and they should guide their child to not repeat what is bad in order to do more which is good punishments including physical are a teaching tool as pain is one of the strongest tools in the learning toolkit for any organism afterall if pain wasn't so useful we would repeatedly place our hands on the stove while it really only takes one time for you to not repeat it for life and it's not like we go to therapy because we burned our hands on the stove...

[@jondoe7484]

@@MostWantedWannaBE you’re not wrong… normal range parenting has become “abuse” I can’t even take my child’s cell phone away with police threatening me to charges of theft. It’s absolutely insane.

[@MostWantedWannaBE]

@@jondoe7484 if that is true then it's actual insanity now imagine how it will be for parents in 10-20 years in the future those same people we pamper now will be the parents... it's a frightening thought

[@Dragonstalon1001]

@@jondoe7484 This might be going to the Extreme, but depending on her age (under 18) have her Involuntarily Committed that way she can't run away from getting the Psychological Help she may need.

[@jondoe7484]

@@MostWantedWannaBE it makes me never want to have kids again and move into the mountains, grow all my own food and have no contact 😢. We have to push back or this evil will continue to take over.

[@CuriousGreyHedgehog]

I completely agree with you about all of this. My daughter (15) has taken a great interest in mental health. She has done a ton of research and then analyzes tiktok and other platforms to see if they are correct. She diagnosed my ADHD which directly affected my depression. Once I saw a Dr and have started some medication I can not tell you the improvement in my life. However I do not make videos and she doesn't either but if she find something that she thinks will help she passes it along. Thanks for the videos.

[@kaitlyndismuke9966]

That one clip of Sora where her “alter” is like “idk my name or my gender..” THATS NOT HOW THAT WORKS. That’s not how any of that works. First and foremost, this whole disorder is widely contested, as Sydney stated. Second of all, when it does present, alters develop as a direct response to trauma, and they have names, personalities, etc. Your alter(s) are likely different from your “main” in ways that you wish you could be given your situation. (I.e., if you’re being physically abused and feel weak/powerless, your alter will likely be a “tougher” or more aggressive being that can deal with whatever you’re going through). Third of all, you’re often not even aware that you have alters until you are officially diagnosed..a lot of people just experience weird things they can’t explain like time gaps, or things being moved or done and having no memory of doing it themselves. You don’t just randomly develop other vague beings inside your head, and you certainly can’t diagnose yourself from TikTok videos. This crap is ridiculous and insulting.

[@tabsamnic]

And most people I have seen believe in system responsibility. If one of your alters fronts and does some dumb stuff, it's your responsibility to deal with the consequences. Not just passing off because you're "ill".

[@wraithlordkoto]

came here to say this

[@BrightWulph]

Iirc alters and the "main" don't (or can't) interact and talk with eachother nor do they switch on a whim or at a command.

[@kaitlyndismuke9966]

@@BrightWulph exactly, that’s one of the (if not the main) reasons you often don’t even know you have them until someone else notices or you get a diagnosis.

[@turkeybaster6274]

This is deeply disheartening how disconnected young people are with being human and spiraling into mental oblivion, they NEED to delete all social media and figure out who they are with HARD WORK

[@whaletail1520]

This is beyond true, and extremely toxic. I ended up separating from my partner because she was slowly morphing into one of the cookie cutter mental illness people on tiktok. She started off doing fine but began increasing "quirks" these tiktokers would emphasize on, to the point where it was actually debilitating to her. She let herself go on several fronts despite my constant support, encouragement, creative propositions and therapy suggestions, to the point where it started hurting the relationship. It is extremely sad that everyone is devolving into one of those "things" under the guise of "oh look we're a community of sufferers! this is our personality!"

[@conversationcorner1837]

Claiming yourself to be a victim in general is a trend that's witnessing a global increase.

[@sidology1.0]

And now I guarantee you she's posting about how no one understands her DID

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Most of the people doing this stuff are female.

[@archades115]

For those of us who actually suffer mental illness... It's a living hell. Often medications only mitigate any given illness, rather than cure it. Seeing people parade mental illness as some kind of accessory is degenerate and offensive in the extreme.

[@Quandry1]

Just as an extention of what your saying. Seeing them parade and push various medications onto everything like it is some kind of magic cure you pop into your mouth is pretty degenerate and offensive as well in my opinion. They are there to help and to serve a purpose but that's not how people seem to treat them when it comes to a lot of mental illness stuff.

[@janejones7638]

@Rachel Forshee You're absolutely correct.

[@janejones7638]

Yes, Yes, Yes! I suffer from dissociative amnesia. This isn't something fun and it's quite sad that I have virtually no memories of my childhood. My therapist says don't try to remember because this is protecting me from remembering more of my extreme trauma. I also have biological depression, anxiety, and ADHD. I'm trying to get my meds worked out just right. Because of my insurance a couple of years ago, I had a psychiatrist that sent me over the edge in a very dark place. I'm finally with a psychiatrist that's willing to give me a medication that worked for me (Lexapro). It's slow going because you can't just quit certain medications, you have to step down. But I'm slowly getting Lexapro added and I feel much better. But as you said, it only mitigates your symptoms. But mitigation is so much better than not being treated at all (depends on how severe your depression/anxiety is). I'm unable to take medication for my ADHD but I'd learned non-medication ways to treat it.

[@jaquirox6579]

You guys give me a bit of hope for my sister. I prayed for years that she actually get help. It’s hard to have any kind of relationship with someone that’s just not rooted in reality, and always telling you everything’s your fault. I know she obviously has BPD, like our mom. But clinically, she seems to have a moshpit of things going on. All untreated. Side note, for a herbal remedy that can increase your GABA in the brain, try St John’s Wort tablets. And also Valarian Root or Kava Kava for night time sedation and calming. All very safe and just herbs in tablet form. Natural curatives and remedies is my specialty. But of course I know severe illnesses aren’t usually curable, and do need medical intervention. I just hope that maybe some herbs and naturals could provide you more comfort for symptoms.

[@Shu05]

Yup, I completely agree with you wholeheartedly.

[@hadeshades2365]

I liked Theater. As an actor in 7th class I figured out how to play the role very convincingly. I basically established an environment in my head were I could run a lot of scenarios. After doing that for a fair bit I would dive into character and interact with people. TikTok now would describe this as DID but for me and the others it was a joke and actors training at the same time. That’s something real actors do as well btw. I like to have a some present in my mind to use when it fits. Since I m terrible around children without acting I just act as the absolute over the top first grade teacher who is still half a child himself. Mostly the characters I have in repertory are complete stereotypes or or just satirical inspirations of all kinds of people. Again this is acting. I don’t enjoy theatre that much anymore but it told me an important skill.

[@kamparker9726]

This reminds me of authors or writers who create different characters and develop their personalities. Some even feel like they can have conversations with their characters. The difference is writers know the characters are made up!

[@PureSniperWolf]

Agreed! Or when a method actor/character actor kinda loses themself ina role by just trying too hard too much to fill their head and daily life with that character. But they don't have a new personality, they just tried to mold theirs temporarily into what they think their job is to portray. And when the job is done they usually take time to "detox" and decompress from that role or project, then find another job.

[@larryrapshaw8405]

Yup. That's called, having a creative imagination.

[@treceslez]

Or roleplayers. These DID accounts remind me a lot of the roleplay accounts that were popular on Instagram and Twitter a couple of years ago. People came up with original characters and made them available for other roleplayers with their own characters to hit them up and start creating a story together, some others used pre-existing characters from their favorite shows/movies. Then roleplaying became very popular with kpop fans and they started to roleplay as real people, but it was still all fictional. So many people thought it was weird, but I think roleplaying is a nice exercise for aspiring writers. Now it feels like roleplayers took it a step further and are actually pretending to be their characters.

[@treceslez]

@Chandler Burse That's something everyone does, to be quite honest. We pick up mannerisms and other traits from people/characters we admire and/or people with spend a lot of time with. It's a way humans have to relate to others. That's part of the human experience.

[@TheBridget272]

Yep. I'm a writer. If a character lives long enough in my head, I write the book and then basically never think of them again. Other characters fizzle out pretty quickly and don't get their own books. Poor fictional souls. Lol

[@hayley8907]

In my teens, the mental illness "pandemics" were anorexia, bulimia, ednos. There were "proana" blogs and forums all over the Internet. I actually developed pretty severe anorexia to the point where I was hospitalised more than once and now have osteoporosis (my collarbone broke into three pieces when I tripped at 20 years old). I had a blog that gained 10,000 followers in a month, I posted some pictures that got 100s of thousands of reblogs and comments. I came across accounts pretending to be me. In my honest opinion, I dont think these things would have ever happened to me if I hadn't been exposed to what was available online at the time. I was going through a lot of things in my home life and anorexia was made to look like an escape and distraction, a way to turn your frustration, distress, lack of control externally onto yourself. It was emotional shutdown because your brain doesn't work the same when your starving. Which is why I can sympathise with some of those kids on tiktok, as cringe as it may be. There's potentially something more to what they're doing. They have some issue in their life, even if it's just boredom or lack of fulfillment, and they've came across what they think could be a solution and young people are impressionable and really really fucking stupid. But full-grown adults still entertaining this, I don't get it. They need to speak to a therapist about why they WANT to be mentally ill and move on.

[@elliottgaal9774]

I'm sorry you had to go through such harrowing experience. You may be right, there is something beneath this.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

It is pretty obvious WHY people want to be mentally ill nowadays: 1. Attention. In the social media age, everyone desires to be special and actively seek out their fifteen minutes. 2. Privilege. Oppression is not only a virtue but a source of political and social power and influence

[@settame1]

Anorexia isn't so much an issue with body image as it is an issue with control of yourself and surroundings so you described it perfectly. I've struggled on and off with it for about 18 years (dang i feel old). Only long term consequence i had from it was losing my gallbladder at 32 because i had such a lean diet for so many years when i went to a "normal" one my body couldn't take it.

[@adammanning8882]

Having a virtually useless degree in psychology, I can speak with some level of knowledge about DID. In almost every case of DID ever recorded until 5 minutes ago, the “alters” as they are now called, weren’t aware of each other, and only occasionally aware of the “main” identity. Basically every case was also associated with severe childhood trauma, almost always sexual trauma. I’ve also spoken to more than one psychologist/psychiatrist who doesn’t believe it exists, and that the people with it are malingering.

[@kierangreywood4153]

As someone with a psychology degree you would also know the disorder is extremely under-studied due to its difficulty to diagnose, and the psychological community as a whole do not agree on the diagnostic symptoms of the disorder due to the lack of studies done. A similar thing happened when the psychology community first started studying and diagnosing ADHD. Decades of research later, we now know that a statistically relevant amount of people who were diagnosed with ADHD as a child, actually have autism, and even in vice versa!

[@adammanning8882]

@@kierangreywood4153 correct, and I also tend to think that ADHD is over-diagnosed, especially in boys. Sometimes boys are bored by school because they have a lot of energy, and/or they’re bored and the school system is not designed for how they learn. Modern schools are more aligned to how girls learn, leading to girls outperforming boys academically, despite very similar IQ scores.

[@iamnotreal0717]

@@adammanning8882 and girls are often underdiagnosed

[@correctpolitically4784]

So I guess if they say they have d.i.d. you should ask them to show you where they were touched . Or who touched them. Because it might not be so amusing to play pretend when it gets really disturbing. Just go dark as fk on them. I don't have any degree but I know crazy . Ask questions like , how did you feel when your dad did that , and I bet it stops.

[@Ikesfavpen]

I had smn on tiktok reply to me with different fictional characters as alters i didnt comment on it bc i wsnt 100% sure it was real bc Fictinal char alters tgough are rare exist but after reading this comment im super sure they were faking it.

[@ThereSaSpiderNMySoup]

For years I've been in ______ disorder groups online. In these groups, I've seen an increase of new members complaining their therapist ISN'T giving them the diagnosis they want! Sometimes they are advised to complaint to their medical authorities or get a different therapist. I lost all confidence the whole mental health field. The interactions Ive had with absolute crazies who after checking their profiles I found out they work on mental healthcare PLUS the current bullshit that is affirmative "care", have only solidified my opinions.

[@cngelz]

same. it sucks for people like myself who actually have the disorder. i’m just looking for people to connect with on a relatable level, yet half the posts on the forum are people getting mad at PROFESSIONALS because they don’t see the patients “point of view.” i’ve been diagnosed with ____ for the past 8 years of my life. i was hospitalized for 3 & a half months. it’s not cute or trendy, it’s actually incredibly painful to live with.

[@user-ms1ie3jn1l]

I bet most of these people have factitious disorder, if anything.

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

Most of these DID people just need to write a book. Their “alters” are just character bios for their awful fantasy novel, but hey, that’s how Twilight started. I just keep thinking “get a hobby”

[@allisong.4280]

As a best friend of someone who actually has DID, alters in the system don’t date and definitely don’t flirt with each other. They’re there to protect the body from further physical/psychological damage. Also yes, you can’t just will out whatever alter you want as DID doesn’t work like that.

[@AndyDillbeck]

My parents took in a girl with DID when I was little to get her out of her horribly abusive home. These dumbasses need to experience some actual hardship to see what the world is actually like, and their parents just coddle them more. (Not abuse, hard work helping others) The day my daughter installs tic tok is the day she goes back to the dark ages.

[@dkfflsk5141]

I actually read somewhere that DID only evolves with age, until you're a young adult? Idk if that's really the case but it definitely gave me a good laugh when I saw 15 year old girls claiming they have it lol

[@sebswede9005]

So Crazy Jane(Doom Patrol), and Moon Knight are not accurite?

[@thelastmotel]

@@dkfflsk5141 That's not true. DID can manifest at any age. It does not always initially present in childhood. PTSD, for example, can be both a common component of, and a common source for, the DID. How the DID presents can change over time, in a variety of ways. Source : I'm a behavioural psychologist, with 27 years experience. I predeominantly work with children, teens, and young adults, but have experience across all ages, and have worked with people, with a broad range of conditions.

[@dkfflsk5141]

@@thelastmotel oh that's good to know. I don't really remember the source where I read that back then. I think that shows again self diagnosing can get really ugly

[@lovetolovefairytales]

Weirdly enough, long before TikTok, I had a friend who, after learning I had Asperger's, started acting like she did too and even got a diagnosis. Our friendship ended badly, and I found myself wondering if she faked being autistic. Copying my mannerisms.

[@nude_cat_ellie7417]

That is extremely weird. Sounds like she suffered from something, but likely not Autism.

[@armouredjester1622]

I'd bet my entire net worth she did it for the attention

[@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395]

What if just what if YOU were copying her mannerisms just got diagnosed first? There’s always two sides people

[@turdfurgeson517]

@@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395 birds are not real

[@davidduszek709]

This is interesting. I have a friend who is diagnosed (professionaly) with asperger's and when I would hang out with him when I was younger, I used to also copy his personality sort of. Of course, I never pretended to have asperger's but maybe your friend didn't have any other person to socialize with aside from you, so she just copied your personality and eventually got diagnosed. I know this is kinda stupid and personal of me to ask but how young was she when you were friends? Did she have any other people to socialize with? When we are young we copy a lot of behaviour from friends, family, teachers etc. I am no expert on this but we were just lerning about this at school, so I am curious. Thanks for coming to my TED talk:)

[@912shaggy8]

I met a girl in a mental hospital last year, she was telling us about all of her alter egos and what they're like. Surprisingly the happiest person in there lol

[@TheRavenvsv]

This reminded me to the time when in my university, people started to claim they were part of the autistic spectrum because of the genius cliche. I am part of the autistic spectrum (my diagnose was Asperger syndrome) and it really made me angry, back in the day, because everyone just talked about how nice and cool it was but for me it was (and still is) a totally different experience. I hate this mental health trends because instead of helping us to be a little bit understood, they are making it worse.

[@humrH2360]

Being autistic myself, this mental disability trend is nothing short of the most backhanded slap in the face anyone could have the gall to offer. But I think the worst part of it is that this is all merely a symptom of a greater problem: the overvaluation of victimhood in order to justify their own dissatisfaction with their own lives and lack of ambitions. These people have absolutely nothing going on in their lives, but instead of getting out there finding something worth doing, they flock to these social media cesspits that tell them to find excuses to blame others for their own mediocrity. It's the epitome of the phrase "Pissing in someone's ear and telling them it's rain."

[@tawnyt3935]

I know this experience, I'm scared to admit it to anybody now (kinda nervous even putting it here) because it no longer holds any weight to them and I feel ...appropriated? patronized? I don't know the best word for it. These same people look at me like I'm a strange animal.

[@robynjustrobyn6675]

My daughter was diagnosed in 2000. There was very little information available at that time. I found books in the library and read all of them. They terrified me. Many kids who went undiagnosed became depressed and suicidal by their teens. They are different. They know it - other kids know it - they don't "fit" but didn't understand why. I did everything I could to make sure my daughter understood and embraced her unique way of thinking and interacting. She marches to the beat of her own drummer. It took a lot of work, tears, frustration...to get her on her own path. She graduated HS with honors, went to college, is working, successful, competent, and confident... She's still very unique and thinks outside the box. She loves who she is. And yes - she's proudly "weird". I'm proud of her. That people "adopt" disorders (I hate referring to Aspies as having a disorder - they aren't disordered - their "order" is just different than neurotypicals.) and act out the quirks, stims, behaviours that are "odd" for attention and "likes" is disgusting. It also reflects badly upon kids and adults who are Aspies who live in a world that looks/operates much different to them than to the normies.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Like vaush the KZbinr. It's like people think it's cool or makes them stand out. Annoying.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@tawnyt3935 People claim stuff like autism or adhd because they think it makes them special or gives them excuse for doing dumb things. I was diagnosed with adhd and have told like 5 people because it doesn't make sense to just go around telling people that like it's a gift. I've met multiple people that do that and it's very annoying, especially when they all act basically normal.

[@michelletsatsopoulos4867]

These women, girls, young ladies are all crying out for help, all of them have some form of mental health issue, more than likely not DID, but mental health issues for sure. Can I ask; where are their parents? Where are the people responsible for some of these girls, watching over them and being aware of these outrageous cry's for help? I remember being an emo chic in high school, being obsessed with 30 Seconds to Mars and Jared Leto, but claiming I have a mental illness that I researched on TikTok, that would have been shameful and my parents would have had so many questions.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

See thats what I don't get. It seems to be a thing with young women. I don't see the guys in my generation doing this. Its mostly women.

[@klassycountryk]

Parents are too busy, don't care, or just hoping it's just a phase

[@hypno_bunny]

In most cases, I think parents hands feel tied. Years ago when all this gender, trans, sexuality questioning began, parents who questioned it were drowned out by supporters (many being other parents they knew) and eventually it became against the law to even call someone by the wrong gender they associate themselves with. I think once the laws were placed and society as whole badmouthed and shunned those who even questioned the idea, the traditional parent literally gave up. It was a slippery slope to begin with and now it's just getting worse. Now that being whatever gender you want to call yourself doesn't make you special anymore, they keep having to discover new ways of being different and unique. HERE COMES THE RARE DISORDERS!

[@mitch4904]

Nah, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with them. I think they are fucking con artists using peoples empathy to garner sympathy. No thanks. These people are not afflicted with any mental issue.

[@KingRyanoles]

@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 Haidt has written some interesting articles about the psychology and social trends as it relates to social media. For instance, teen girl suicide went up with the popularization of the iPhone and Facebook. women/girls care about people more on average and are much more sensitive to the relational pressures on social media. The Men/boys are much more attracted to the movement of video games, which can be addicting though often shows no obvious signs of harm. The men/boys are also drawn more to problems of porn use rather than social media.

[@wsieber89]

If people pulled this shit when I was in high school they would have been ridiculed into oblivion. We had 2 kids in my school that tried pulling stuff like this and caught so much shit for it they gave it up immediately and were normal

[@23345star]

Facts! Bring back bullying!

[@clamum9648]

Yep

[@imyourmaster77]

Aight but lets not pretend bullying is all right too

[@Devik666]

This has been my point

[@Devik666]

@@23345star don’t agree with that either though

[@friendly_introvert]

Psychologist here! I have done in depth research into DID and there is no doctor on the planet which would recommend gender reassignment surgery for a patient with DID. It makes me genuinely infuriated when I see this disorder faked or romanticised online. How dare you take something which was born because a child went through unspeakable trauma and make it your own entertainment. Also I love your videos! :⁠-⁠D

[@kennaraynor4299]

As someone who plays a ton of D&D on discord servers, this explains so much towards why the servers are packed with these kinds of weirdos.

[@michaeleverett9091]

20 years ago the online chat rooms that people used to RP in (World of Darkness, Shadowrun, AD&D and onto 3rd Ed, etc) were full of people who pretended to have mental illnesses. The popular term was 'diag-nonsense' which was both used by people who 'found out' what mental illness they had through online research (without help from a medical professional) as well as by people talking about the individuals who did this. The fact that the term was used interchangeably made conversations turn antagonistic rapidly. These communities treated mental illness as a form of gatekeeping: you weren't accepted there without it. But over time the community would fracture into two groups: the ones who seemed to want attention based on their condition / 'diag-nonsense' and the ones who wanted acceptance despite it. Every now and then I'll read stories about online D&D groups and am saddened by the amount of this that seems to exist.

[@Dissenter]

Back in the early 2000's when I was a teen, we had some of these people around online as well. I remember the "Otherkin", and the meme "fuck you I'm a dragon!". But they were relatively small. I guess there's always going to be hormonally confused/insecure teens who are going to gravitate and be influenced by this anything that makes them feel special. And I think modern social media is creating a more fertile environment for it to only grow.

[@EB-bl6cc]

@@Dissenter "I think modern social media is creating a more fertile environment for it to only grow." That's it 100%. It's always been a thing but now it's gotten so rampant because everything in our society encourages it, from the social media to the doctors/big pharma collab'ing to sell more drugs (lots of "oh yes, you have depression, take these pills"), from the victimhood olympics that is everywhere

[@harddk1]

A thing you're being told when learning about mental illnesses and care, is to not start self-diagnosing, as you learn diagnostic criterias are really common human traits like "Cannot maintain attention during tasks or play" or "Is forgetful in connection with daily life activities". The key differences from a healthy to an ill person being, that the ill person cannot overcome these challenges. So starting to think that: "ohh that happend to me once" and concluding that you got a mental disorder is just.. mind-boggling ignorant to say at least. Social media promoting stuff like this is a mistake. And no, these kids don't have an illness in most of the cases.

[@wrongthinker843]

They don't have those illnesses, but they have developed a new type of mental illness: attention and validation addiction.

[@idhunepijl1404]

This is a very important point. Even professionals who have been psychologists or even doctors for years even decades can make a completely wrong diagnosis...with terrible consequences for everyone involved.

[@zarlok5294]

@Top Lobster They’re not being fooled. We are. They’re getting PAID. ADD? Bulls***! Gimme something that interests me and leave me the hell alone.

[@MailyNea]

Typically whenever KZbinrs are talking about their sponsor, I will skip through it, but you make it so entertaining that I actually enjoy listening to you talk about your sponsors.

[@DieBrunovsky]

To be, you first need to fake. Next thing you will notice is that, you faked it so much, you don't have to fake it anymore, now you are.

[@JennySpaghetti]

As a parent of teenagers, honestly at this point it's like having 3 full-time jobs. I have to do my regular job as well as being a clinical psychologist and political commentator. I guess the biggest thing is making sure to praise my kids and encourage their strengths and interests as best I can so they're not trying to get attention from internet randos in the first place, and then being up-to-date and informed enough on the current online trends that I can debunk them for my kids as they come up. And annoying them by even discussing the stuff they'd rather not talk about with me. The hardest part is trying to be the same resource for all their friends whose parents are happy to let mommy internet do their jobs for them. One of my daughter's friends was allowed to transition at 15 and now, at 20, is struggling with trying to de-transition and it eats me up that I couldn't do more for her back then so she wouldn't have to deal with what she's dealing with now. But they're not all *my* kids so... 🤷‍♀️

[@JennySpaghetti]

@Rachel Forshee It's tough, sometimes, especially because I'm in Canada where telling kids their feelings are normal is now considered cisgender conversion therapy. All I can usually do when someone's telling me something they clearly don't understand is ask them, "What does that mean, exactly?" They either don't know and then you can see the gears start turning, or they'll give an incorrect definition and I just say, "I don't think that's what that means in this context, but I could be wrong. Look into it some more and let me know what you find." They'll either be so sure that they're right that there would've been no point trying to discuss it anyways, which sucks, or at least they'll look it up to prove me wrong and it'll get them thinking on it a little more.

[@wondering_stars_in_oz8462]

Grown adults are struggling with the internet, i hatr to think what permanent damage it's doing to the kids.

[@deechonada]

you're doing Gods work literally. Im 21 now and i saw the issues with social media and I'm currently mentally planning how to deal with the inevitability of my future kids being the odd ones out because they dont have every social media on the planet

[@relaxingsounds1386]

Your daughter's friend never actually 'transitioned' to anything, because it's impossible to do that. She just mutilated herself.

[@belove751]

It’s hard out here as a parent. I think any parent worth their weight in salt doesn’t allow their child to be on TikTok..no matter what. I also don’t allow sleepovers. It might hurt some feelings but I take my parental responsibility seriously. All information and people who have access to my children come thru me first. It’s more important than ever to truly be plugged into real community, real life people not online communities. I can’t say I’m really a Christian, but I take my kids to church, we go to the gym and gymnastics and we’re all in therapy.. all of these things keep us busy, grounded and surrounded by real people. I didn’t used to be that way, these are just things I’ve learned to improve our physical and mental well-being

[@Turbip]

I was diagnosed young with Bipolar, and while discussing my worries with my peers growing up, ended up with a lot of people either mocking me or adopting my diagnosis as their own. Not only was it extremely insulting, and undermined what I was dealing with, but it threw me into a fit of denial and self-doubt. I had to reassess my diagnosis later on, just so I could have confirmation that what I had wasn't just some screwed up fad. People also love using the label of bipolar incorrectly which is annoying and makes it hard for people to understand what it actually is. Tik Tok takes those same issues I had dealt with in my early years, and amplifies them, leading thousands into pretending to have the issues many of us wish we didn't have.

[@kermperm5277]

I’m currently 17 and I was diagnosed with Bipolar last year (not sure if that’s really considered young or not but it is a little early). I agree wholeheartedly with what you have said. I was so unsure of whether I actually needed help or not (until it got too bad that I couldn’t handle it) because my mental illness didn’t align with what I saw on the internet or with anything anyone I knew in real life had experienced. I’m privileged enough to never have meant a faker, but the internet has spread a hell of a lot of misinformation about the illness. I’ve heard countless misinformed claims from my peers, which worries me to no end.

[@awordabout...3061]

This can be tracked back to Tumblr around the early 2010s - it was just as ridiculous then. I've a friend with DID & schizophrenia, and it is not a pretty condition.

[@theblackbaron4119]

Tumblr the cesspool or the internet. Actually a cesspool serves a purpose, Tumblr doesn't.

[@andrewamann2821]

Tumblr is the disease, 4chan is the cure. Like aggressive chemotherapy...

[@noragriffin6432]

Sorry to here about your friend. Happy they have a friend!!!