#047: A Critique Of #TikTokTherapy

In this solocast episode, Max offers some critiques of the depoliticized and McDonaldized way #mentalhealth is discussed on social media. When he saw a recent CIA recruitment video that included a millennial Latinx CIA agent identifying as being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and listening to some nearby 20-somethings use a bucket full of DSM-5 and pop-psych jargon, he began wondering why #mentalhealth content has become so #relateable to the millennial and zoomer generations. He did some research and found that the hashtag #TikTokTherapy has 50 million posts on TikTok , then decided to lecture you for 40 minutes about it. The gist is: Marx's theory of alienation is important, the top social media therapist influencers should use their platforms to historicize and politicize young adults' internal experiences and connect them larger social, political, and economic forces, and everyone should read "Coming Up Short: Working Class Adulthood In An Age Of Uncertainty" by Jennifer Silva.

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Links:

Woke CIA Recruitment Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55JPbAMc9g

Marx's Theory of Alienation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation

Sampled TikTok Therapists:

https://www.tiktok.com/@strongtherapy/video/6952896749132467462?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

https://www.tiktok.com/@evolveandbloom/video/6867622435034877190?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

https://www.tiktok.com/@dylan_sessler/video/6976381439843568901?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Book: "Coming Up Short: Working Class Adulthood In An Age Of Uncertainty" by Jennifer Silva.

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