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“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

by 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!