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The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus

Mad in America

The result is a form of “marketing” that encourages self-diagnosis and the embrace of disorders as identity by watering down the definition of mental suffering—and, paradoxically, minimizing understanding and compassion for those who are truly struggling. I feel like a seventy-five-year-old being like, ‘ These kids on the internet!’

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2017: My Descent Into Mayhem

Mad in America

It might have been the re-activation of deeply rooted childhood trauma brought on by situations in my workplace. I speculate now about withdrawal akathisia, extreme sleep deprivation, spiritual awakening, deep awareness, empathy and sensory experiencing, an invalidating environment, defensiveness, corruption and spiritual attack.