E01: Pathologize Me, TikTok

Ayesha and Jess take a stroll through ADHDtok to understand the trend of self-pathologization — why has it become so popular to turn your personality traits into symptoms of disease?

What purpose does a psychiatric diagnosis serve, and what are the limitations of defining your mental suffering and anguish solely through a medical lens? Why does capitalism absolutely thrive on all these new mental illness micro-identities?

Plus: we get a little personal about our own experiences with diagnosis.

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FURTHER READING:

• Our handy infographic on self-pathologization

• Nick Walker on the Pathology Paradigm vs the Neurodiversity Paradigm

• You’re Using the Word Neurodiversity Wrong (by Jess)

• ADHD: Dopamine Deficiency or a Bodymind Protesting? (also by Jess)

• Diagnostic Cultures by Svend Brinkmann

• The Buzzfeedification of Mental Health by P.E. Moskowitz

CLIPS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Things I thought were personality traits that were just my undiagnosed adhd” by @carlie_chimenti1

• “Welcome to ADHD” by @kayblasko

• “#1 Bestseller in Treating Mental Disabilities” by @colbywattsmusic

• “The ADHD Coach Connector” by @kamden_adhd

• “Is this a cult?” by @malblum

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