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Why is Gen Z trauma-dumping on TikTok using candy salad?

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Summary
Nutrition label

65% Informative

Young people are disclosing their most distressing emotional scars by way of the latest TikTok challenge.

Harrowing personal experiences are compressed in one-minute clips, discussing everything from sexual abuse, eating disorders, divorce, and bad breakups to bullying, health issues, loss, and parental abandonment.

The trauma candy salad is a dark humour-coded manifestation of the younger generation’s mental health struggles.

As I come across newer versions of the trauma candy salad challenge, I’m becoming less taken aback by the disturbing incidents shared, even though the intensity and seriousness of what is shared remains high.

The approach may not be everyone's cup of tea, but clearly it's someone’s bowl of candy.

Psychotherapist Dr. Daniel Glazes expresses the need for better and more constructive channels to elevate these conversations.

VR Score

44

Informative language

29

Neutral language

51

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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