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Disorderland
E01: Pathologize Me, TikTok
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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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Take a ride through the weird and terrible world of capitalist mental health