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How social media turns mental health treatment into a trend

I keep seeing influencers my age talking about their mental health medication and therapy like it's a personality trait and I don't know if I actually need help or just want to fit in.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The commodification of psychological struggle makes it difficult to distinguish between genuine need for help and social pressure to adopt therapeutic language.

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“Where Are You with Social media and adolescent mental health?”

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