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Stop Armchair Diagnosing: When TikTok Therapy Goes Too Far
Has social media made us more aware of mental health—or has it made us too quick to diagnose ourselves and everyone around us?
In this thought-provoking episode of The Women Are Plotting, Etienne Rose Olivier, Heidi Willis, and Jane Gari explore the growing trend of armchair diagnosing, self-diagnosis, and the explosion of mental health content on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. They discuss the fine line between recognizing legitimate symptoms and assigning labels without professional evaluation, along with the risks of misinformation, confirmation bias, and using diagnoses as excuses…
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