157: My Kid Has Diagnosed Herself on TikTok. What Should I Do?

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

There’s a growing concern shared by many adults: How do we help teenagers make sense of mental health misinformation on social media? Dr. Lisa and Reena respond to a letter from a parent worried that content on TikTok has led her teenage daughter to diagnose herself with OCD and ADHD. This episode explores the potential benefits and risks of learning about mental health through social media, how self-diagnosing can - at times - be harmful to teens, and how talking in diagnostic terms plays out in peer interactions. Dr. Lisa explains what adults can do to have productive conversations with kids about the psychological information they find online. Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.7	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting
0:21.8	books takes your questions. Both of us are moms ourselves, and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to Ask Lisa at Dr.LisaDemore.com. And you can join our community by
0:32.8	following us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The handle is Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:38.5	And also subscribe to our brand new YouTube channel, Ask Lisa Podcast.
0:43.0	Episode 157, My Kid has diagnosed herself from TikTok videos.
0:47.0	What Should I Do?
0:51.7	You know, I'm just not a big fan of Valentine's Day.
0:55.7	Are you?
0:57.0	Well, I feel like, I feel like for people who are in relationships, it feels like laborious.
1:01.5	And I feel like people who aren't in relationships, it just makes them feel bad.
1:04.3	Like, I'm not sure there's a lot of upside.
1:06.4	You summed it up perfectly.
1:07.7	My kids are so into Valentine's Day, but I think all those years of
1:11.5	being single and all alone have really waited on my soul. I will tell you, there are wonderful
1:17.2	thresholds to cross in parenting, and for me, one of them is when you no longer have to help
1:21.3	your kid provide valentines to the entire class. Oh, that is a game changer. Had I thought of that.
1:25.4	Yeah, no, it's very nice when that goes away. I love it. I love that. Well, social media can also
1:31.2	enhance our feel on that with people talking about love on social media. And so we're going to
1:38.4	talk about TikTok, and I want to read you this letter that we got. Dear Dr. Lisa, my 13-year-old spends
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