Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watching a YouTube channel

Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by jmcgough on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:25PM (#28421409)

I'm fine with teens doing dumb stuff as a small side effect of an overall positive impact of the internet for mental health. The internet has made it so people can openly discuss mental health problems, do research on their own, reduce stigma around mental health discussions, and meet other people struggling with similar issues. I'm on r/bipolar2 and its giant, awesome, very supportive discord.

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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by smegger001 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:46PM (#28421481)

unfortunately many people are getting the psychological equivalent of everything is cancer on webmd then internalizing it

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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by jmcgough on Sunday September 05, 2021 @02:50AM (#28422107)

or, alternatively, they have comorbid mental illness, which is extremely common

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