Using TikTok for self-diagnosis could be dangerous, warns experts

October 31, 2022 By Monica Green

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Self-diagnosis on TikTok is now a trend among young users. Now, health professionals gave reasons why young people shouldn't make this a habit. A 17-year-old girl named Kianna spoke about how TikTok affected her mental health. She was participating in virtual school activities with her peers in her 10th-grade classes in 2021. They were forced to text one another. Kianna claimed that as a result, she started experiencing headaches and irregular sleeping habits. She began to think she had depersonalization disorder after viewing a TikTok video about the dissociative disorder, which causes sufferers to feel cut off. The case of Kianna demonstrates how using TikTok videos for self-diagnosis can have an impact on people's mental health. Using TikTok for self-diagnosis could be dangerous, warns experts

Using TikTok for self-diagnosis could be dangerous, warns experts

According to The New York Times, some mental health professionals expressed their worries about the growing number of teens who self-diagnose on TikTok. They clarified the two outcomes that could result from this exercise. First, TikTok videos can assist users in determining whether they have a mental disorder, which will enable them to get treatment as soon as possible. With the second, people might misidentify themselves as having mental diseases. They might begin to accept the unethical treatment that is depicted in TikTok videos, which could have a bad impact on them. Why Self-Diagnosis on TikTok is a Constant Problem Health warned against developing a TikTok self-diagnosis habit. However, according to professional family therapist Annie Barsch, being organized is not an indication of OCD. She continued by saying that due to their compulsions, people with OCD are unlikely to function normally. Other news includes the removal of over 113 million TikTok videos for breaking rules.

By Monica Green

I am specialised in latest tech and tech discoveries.

Using TikTok for self-diagnosis could be dangerous, warns experts

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