The rise of BPD influencers and posts has led to an epidemic of youths self-diagnosing themselves with the condition. We are living in the age of Digital Social Contagion, in which many illnesses are spread by social media rather than biological agents. Isolation from COVID has only made the problem worse. We are getting sicker as a society, with record rates of depression, suicide, loneliness, overdoses, anxiety, addiction, emptiness, gender dysphoria and mass shootings disproportionately impacting teens and young adults.Read Long Article
