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janterry

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4. I posted this earlier

Reply to vanlassie (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 11:15 AM

Oct 2021

teens girls are well known to respond to things like this - it's a social contagion. Anorexia is a good example (the more it was taught - the more girls became anorexic). But there are many other examples (and some we haven't studied).

We are doing a disservice to teen girls by not recognizing this phenomena.

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"Teen girls are developing tics, Doctors say Tik-Tok could be to blame." [View all] sarcasmo Oct 2021 OP

Did the locked article give a reason? vanlassie Oct 2021 #1

I googled the topic and was able to read Insider with the same info. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #3

I posted this earlier janterry Oct 2021 #4

They're watching people with actual Tourette's on Tik Tok (why?), and now Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #2

social contagion janterry Oct 2021 #5

I had a young family member who had this cilla4progress Oct 2021 #6