Cherry B.
2 min readMar 30, 2023

I don’t use TikTok because I am a very biased person and I assume that it is toxic and made exclusively for dumb, easily manipulated people. But catch me if you can, I continue to have Facebook. Although I don’t post anymore, I haven’t managed to quit scrolling every once in a while.

Now, on Facebook there are reels that are re-posted from TikTok, which is how I have come to learn about TikTok’s toxicity. (Why is it named TikTok and not Toxic?)

Just like the rest of the internet, I let the scrolling bring me to a point where I thought I might have ADHD, depression, anxiety, childhood trauma and many more mental health issues…