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Apr. 19, 2023
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JUST A REMINDER!
PSA: TikTok Is Not Your Therapist ([link removed])

We’ve got something very fun launching today here at Scary Mommy: an entire package dedicated to the glorious mess of information that is TikTok. Sometimes it’s genius, but let’s get real — it’s often misguided at best and harmful at worst. So we're taking a look at the trends that have taken over the platform, from #fittok to #guttok to #cleantok, and debunking them.

First up, we’ve got author Kim Brooks on #TherapyTok. Like so many of us, she got into the app during the pandemic; “It was fun to learn about eye-liner application strategies for the mature woman or decluttering hacks for the busy mom, or occasionally, very weird and oddly satisfying tutorials on things like how to trim a horse’s hoof,” she writes.

Then it got a little weird: “Suddenly, instead of videos about preparing tasty, low-carb casseroles on a budget, I was consuming clips of psychologists and counselors and clinical social workers and various other coaches and gurus, telling me the five signs of an unhealthy relationship, and the five signs that you may be anxious or depressed, and the five steps to banishing negative self-talk with positive affirmations, and the five clues that your partner may be cheating.” So what does she make of it all, as somebody who’s studying to be a therapist herself? Read it and see if it changes the way you watch TikToks.

Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor
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SH*TTY SITUATION
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WHEN TIKTOK IS YOUR TRAINER
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What the fitness pros have to say might surprise you.
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DIET CULTURE
These #GutTok Health Trends Could Actually Harm You, According To Experts ([link removed])

“As a product of the Cosmo-mag generation, by the time I hit my early twenties I’d probably tried every kind of diet out there under the guise of ‘wellness,’” writes Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani today, as part of our TikTok package. Nowadays, she says, “I shudder at what I put my poor body through. But there’s a new zeal to the sheer volume of supposed health-hacks proliferating our Insta and TikTok feeds. They’re mostly tagged around ‘how to improve your gut health’ — except that the majority of them have gastrointestinal experts losing sleep.” Definitely read this one before making any nutritional decisions based on TikTok.
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