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Your generalization OCD is very, very wrong. I can sadly speak from all-too-close experience that OCD is an absolutely crippling mental illness our society stil

by jquery 4y ago

Your generalization OCD is very, very wrong. I can sadly speak from all-too-close experience that OCD is an absolutely crippling mental illness our society still does not take seriously enough. It’s still largely used as a punchline in popular culture and in social interactions. Edit: I’m being told I misunderstood the parent comment but it appears to be claiming the bar is much lower now than in the past. Certainly skipping over sidewalk cracks isn’t OCD. The point of my comment is that when someone is diagnosed with OCD in 2022 by a professional, it’s generally for very serious reasons.

margalabargala 4y ago
I think you may have misread the comment you replied to. The claim being made, is that in times past, the bar for being diagnosed with something like OCD was much lower than today, causing people to consider mundane things as symptoms.
- jquery 4y ago
  “The bar also got a lot lower than back then.” It appears GP is saying the bar for being diagnosed with a mental illness is lower today (“got a lot lower”). I am pushing back, at least where OCD is concerned.
  - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    I'm not talking about official diagnosis by trained professionals, i'm talking about tiktok and self diagnosis. Kids today think they have OCD because they jump over the gaps in tiles, and promote that on social networks. Other kids claim they have it too, because they jump over the gaps too. And in the end... social vmedia (tiktok videos) leave teens thinking they have rare mental disorders (like 'real' OCD)... as the title of this post says.
    - jquery 4y ago
      from the same GP: “ we have professionals (doctors, etc.) reinforcing this”. If you’re talking about merely kids self-mis-diagnosing, then sure I’ll grant that, it’s unclear to me that GP was solely talking about that though.
      - badcppdev 4y ago
        You are replying directly to GP.
  - margalabargala 4y ago
    Whoops. You're right. I thought you had misread the comment, but instead, I had misread the comment. I had read "The bar also got a lot lower back then." and missed a critical word. Sorry!

by jquery 4y ago

margalabargala 4y ago

I think you may have misread the comment you replied to. The claim being made, is that in times past, the bar for being diagnosed with something like OCD was much lower than today, causing people to consider mundane things as symptoms.

jquery 4y ago
“The bar also got a lot lower than back then.” It appears GP is saying the bar for being diagnosed with a mental illness is lower today (“got a lot lower”). I am pushing back, at least where OCD is concerned.
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  I'm not talking about official diagnosis by trained professionals, i'm talking about tiktok and self diagnosis. Kids today think they have OCD because they jump over the gaps in tiles, and promote that on social networks. Other kids claim they have it too, because they jump over the gaps too. And in the end... social vmedia (tiktok videos) leave teens thinking they have rare mental disorders (like 'real' OCD)... as the title of this post says.
  - jquery 4y ago
    from the same GP: “ we have professionals (doctors, etc.) reinforcing this”. If you’re talking about merely kids self-mis-diagnosing, then sure I’ll grant that, it’s unclear to me that GP was solely talking about that though.
    - badcppdev 4y ago
      You are replying directly to GP.
- margalabargala 4y ago
  Whoops. You're right. I thought you had misread the comment, but instead, I had misread the comment. I had read "The bar also got a lot lower back then." and missed a critical word. Sorry!