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If you're using TikTok, possibly to the point of addiction, maybe you're already more likely to have a serious mental disorder.

(Sorry, it just had to be said.)



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Using tiktok is a mental disorder in itself.

tiktok is a mental disorder IMO

What you are saying is a false root cause, i.e. "TikTok causes rare mental disorders". Which is not what OP is saying.

Seems to me like TikTok is more of a symptom than a cause, here. The behaviour he describes sounds a lot like depression.

Yes. Taking digital crack cocaine for breakfast, lunch and dinner uninterrupted and everyday does get you these mental disorders which are not good for the brain.

TikTok knows this and they thrive in knowingly damaging the mental health of their users of this addiction.


Indeed, I believe/think TikTok is probably the most psychologically harmful social media app.

Everybody goes through this kind of thing when they first encounter the definitions and symptoms of psychological disorders. It's just that at the moment TikTok is the medium and as usual people blame the medium for the message.

Is there any mention of the various tik-tok-induced mental diseases going around? Children twitching uncontrollably and such.

TikTok is definitely using some high-powered technology to mindfuck their customers/victims. I think that's bad for the health of our society.

Heck, advertising is toxic enough.


Uses a TikTok, concerned about network discovery.

So many mentally ill people. Please meditate, and engage in introspection.

TikTok literally, openly says it's an artificial neutral net that games the human brain for attention.


Half of them simply have tiktok addiction, and if they were to uninstall tiktok and go find some real friends instead of following semi-celebrities, the other mental health issues would probably subside too...

Deleting TikTok is even better for your mental health.

That's a big part of TikTok, isn't it - it seems designed to make kids feel miserable and to have mental illnesses.

(Not at all destabilizing society, of course. Because of all the positive things it offers. /s)


It's even worse. People on TikTok are all diagnosing themselves with anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, OCD, ADHD, and autism out of a mix of fashion, group pressure and teenage angst.

Where are all the schizos and self-diagnosed narcissists? Me thinks the distribution is off.


That's putting words in my mouth.

All social media with attention management may be weaponized and has generally proven to be unhealthy for society. TikTok happens to be actively worse for a number of reasons, one of them being that it is designed to be so.


This link explains how the Tiktok algorithm may cause mental health problems... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-26/tiktok-algorithm-dang...

The leads to an obvious question:

Are there other mental health issues being spurred on by TikTok? If so, which ones?

And then the followup:

Is it more beneficial to the individual to affirm OR challenge the TikTok-driven self diagnosis?


Not being on Tiktok is not social isolation nor is it mentally devastating. I think many here are projecting their own addictions when they make these hyperbolic assertions.

The only reason I ever downloaded TikTok was to watch cringe videos of people cosplaying having multiple personality disorder. I deleted it the same day.

People also willingly get addicted by TikTok. Sometimes the masses need a little help.

And before you argue against this, Apple fans use the exact same argument: Apple knows best, we don't want to think for ourselves.

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