We are living in a time when mental health advice is everywhere. Scroll TikTok long enough and you'll find self-diagnosis checklists, symptom hacks and people labelling every feeling as trauma, ADHD, a toxic relationship or a personality disorder. Searching through multiple results on various websites can leave even the calmest person convinced that something might be wrong.

While it's positive that mental health is more openly discussed than ever before, there's a growing problem we can't ignore: not all mental health information is accurate, evidence-based, or helpful. In some cases, it can be deeply misleading or harmful.

As a psychologist, I regularly hear from people who arrive overwhelmed, frightened or confused because social media has convinced them they have a condition when

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