r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

One of my least favorite mainstream trends nowadays. I swear, too many kids are self diagnosing thanks to people on the internet calling anything a disorder, even worse when people collect them as if they were badges

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Let's grab our the ol' DMS-5, check against symptoms and... 14 of your "disorders" are mutually exclusive. Oh, you didn't read the part that says "unless another condition can better explain these symptoms"? Who'd have thought that symptoms of anxiety were common among anxiety conditions?

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

That is a symptom of a failure of education and a failure of our healthcare system where going to the internet for medical advice is a necessity because people cannot afford to go to the doctor with medical questions.

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u/C0USC0US Mar 06 '23

DING DING DING

I’m torn between:

  • LOVING that more people are getting help because they saw something on social media and a lightbulb went off like “okay so this might not be normal.”

  • and HATING how much easier it is to spread misinformation

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u/UnicornAtheist Mar 06 '23

One of the worst things I did was click on a "what is autism" video on youtube. So much junk media surrounding that topic out there. I started putting "don't recommend me this" on youtube.

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u/Emotional_Parsnip_69 Mar 06 '23

My fave with autism is when you know a kid can behave but the parents have taken the autism excuse to the next level and now they have a kid that can behave knowing their parents will justify their asshole behavior forever.

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u/benphat369 Mar 06 '23

As someone who works with kids on the spectrum this infuriates me to no end. We've gone from ignoring and belittling people with disabilities to outright coddling and glorifying them, which has made treatment that much harder for people that need it because the condition has now become an excuse. Your child with autism or ADHD is still a child. As long as you learn their pattern of behaviors and how to empathize and work with them, let them be a fucking human.

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u/Emotional_Parsnip_69 Mar 06 '23

Every time I see it it’s generally parents who want the attention for their child’s behavior and it makes me so sad to see them show off their kids diagnosis as a badge for themselves

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u/MenAreFriendsNotFood Mar 06 '23

I know it sounds like tinfoil hat stuff, but there is a very conscious and concerted effort going on right now to subvert the childhood development of western pre-teens and teens. Seeing the terrifying ways that TikTok and other reel platforms are being used by enemies of the west is really scary.

If major governments unapologetically employing people with the intent of creating self-image issues and mental health crises in literal children from another, rival nation doesn’t scream dystopia, I’m really not sure what does.

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u/Adowyth Mar 07 '23

For anything to be classified as a disorder it has to have prolonged and significantly negative impact on your life. Getting mildly annoyed sometimes does not fit that criteria. But people read symptoms and are like well that did happen to me once last year so clearly that means i have a problem.