44. Does Social Media Make ADHD Worse? You’ve Saved Hundreds of ‘That’s Me’ Reels and Nothing’s Changed

Only 5% of the most-watched ADHD videos tell you what to do next. The misleading ones get millions more views.

You’ve saved hundreds of them. They all say the same thing: that’s me.

So does social media make ADHD worse? A listener asked me exactly that, and halfway through asking, she lost her own train of thought. I get into the question underneath it. Not what the reels make you feel, but what they’ve actually changed. Plus a 10-minute sort for the saved folder on your phone that you can do tonight.

And why one piece of anonymous feedback changed the whole direction of this podcast.

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References

Sieferle, K., Guidi, T., Dorr, F., & Bitzer, E. M. (2025). Quality and perception of ADHD content on TikTok. JMIR Infodemiology.

Yeung, A., Ng, E., & Abi-Jaoude, E. (2022). TikTok and ADHD: a cross-sectional study of social media content quality. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

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