Post by Still Detox

"I realized I had ADHD," "I think I'm autistic," "This is my anxiety speaking." With diagnoses rising fast, TikTok-style self-diagnosis everywhere, and real mental health distress also increasing (especially in young people), the big question is: are we finally identifying people who were missed for years, or are we widening the diagnostic net so much that normal struggles get mislabeled? Yet the picture is far more nuanced than simple "over-pathologization." Some of the rise reflects better recognition of conditions that were historically missed, especially in women and children. Some reflects a real increase in genuine mental health distress driven by social media, economic stress, and pandemic impacts. https://lnkd.in/dNXtMnEU