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Greedy_Grimlock t1_ixnb0qi wrote

Yeah nah the problem here is that influencers are usually not making these specific videos out of genuine concern for others. Their main motivation is making money, and they aren't trained in diagnosing or treating these issues, they often provide anecdotal stories about their personal experiences, and they even sometimes (hopefully rarely) make videos about disorders they have not actually been diagnosed with. I think that even if these things combine to reduce a viewer's prejudice, they can easily also combine to provide that viewer a skewed and inaccurate perspective on mental illness that leads to more harm than good.

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grosstonsils t1_ixph2w0 wrote

Possibly, but I don't think "anecdotal stories about their personal experiences" is necessarily a bad thing when it comes to illnesses, as long as they are not proclaiming they have some sort of cure up their sleeve.

It's almost like a new version of peer support.

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