Not to mention voluntarily installing some of the worst spyware…
As terrible as tiktok can be, it is literally the place that showed me I have adhd… later confirmed by profesionals once I knew to ask. Had I not dabbled on tiktok during the pandemic, I’d probably still be wondering what’s wrong with me… not that I’m saying adhd is “wrong”, just that for 40 years, I always knew I wasn’t neuro-typical and couldn’t function the same as others without having any answers as to why. I would frequently fall into a debilitating spiral of self-loathing and mental abuse, convinced that I was somehow at fault. Finally, having an answer has helped immensely, and unfortunately, I have tiktok to thank for this.
Same boat, except I was diagnosed before hand. I was scrolling one night and adhd content started started to appear where people were talking about how it impacted their lives (albeit via stupid lists). It actually pinpointed a lot of behaviours I exhibited and put meaning to them. I was sceptical at first but started to see more and more of the same behaviours being highlighted, so I wrote them down and took them back to my shrink, who sat down and went thru them with me and we started to work through them. Was actually quite helpful.
