32 Popular Self-Care Trends That Are Secretly Really Toxic

With the rise of talking about mental health on social media, there’s also been a rise in self-diagnosis. People love to watch a video of someone talking about their mental illness, hear about a symptom that sounds familiar, and go, “That’s it, I’m definitely autistic/depressed/bipolar/sociopathic.”

But when you believe you have conditions that you don’t, this can lead to things like unnecessary stress and anxiety, using your “diagnosis” as an excuse for bad behavior, or belittling the experiences of people who actually have that condition. Think you have a mental illness? Talk to a professional, not to TikTok.