#in multiple variables that are all partaking in a that milisecond before you do or think something

[puropoly]

hiiiiiiii saw your last tag and I'm curious why you say that tiktok is bad and how that relates to you being a licensed psychologist? personally, when I had tiktok, there was a lot of nonsense being pushed as psychology or even medical advice so I think I get where you're coming from, but I don't want to assume.

It's partly that. I have a lot of clients coming to me explaining why they think they behave a certain way (i.e. "I yelled at my mom because I have unresolved childhood trauma", "I always do this because I didn't have friends at school") And while it's not wrong for one to try to understand why we do certain things (we analyze ourselves all the time), most of the time we don't reach accurate conclusions. There are many contextual (internal and external) reasons on why we do or experience things, and the best way to find out what that is is through behaviour analysis and functional analysis which is a thing we therapists do.

That said people on tiktok are always spreading bullshit on why people experience symptoms or act a certain way: "you feel anxious because your parents didn't make you feel safe when you were a kid" what if you feel anxious because you have hypothyroidism? what if you're anxious because you have an ongoing negative thought about yourself that you fully believe and guides your actions? things are never that easy to explain. Especially when it comes to behavior AND ANOTHER THING - minors should get away from unregulated social media YESTERDAY. You wouldn't believe the amount of young clients I've had tremendously harassed via social media, or partaking in risky behavior like talking to strangers ESPECIALLY adult strangers, or getting into fights or seriously threatening each other. It's utterly toxic, and I hate using the word toxic but it is. And many times the parents don't know or worse, diminish it as childish stuff

tl;dr: behavior is contextual and randos on tiktok create universal explanations on why people have symptoms/behaviors that are decontextualized, unhelpful, victimizing and just. bullshit