368 SelfWork: What's Glowing Up, Bed Rotting, and Lucky Girl Syndrome? A Conversation with Social Media Expert Dr. Sanam Hafeez
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As TikTok has taken over the world of social media throughout the last few years, many psychological trends have become increasingly popular, and could be more harmful than helpful. Glowing up, bed rotting, and lucky girl syndrome are only three of the harmful effects the so-called "psychological help" on TikTok and other outlets can bring - and we have a fantastic expert here today on SelfWork to discuss them.
Dr. Sanam Hafeez is an NYC based licensed clinical psychologist, and the founder and Clinical Director of Comprehensive Consultation Psychological Services, P.C. a neuropsychological, developmental and educational center in Manhattan and Queens. Dr. Hafeez masterfully applies her years of experience connecting psychological implications to address some of today’s common issues such as body image, social media addiction, relationships, workplace stress, parenting and psychopathology, and often shares her credible expertise to various news outlets in New York City and frequently appears on CNN and Dr.Oz.
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| 0:00.0 | This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:13.0 | At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work |
| 0:29.5 | Welcome or welcome back to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm so glad you're here. I started Self-Works |
| 0:36.2 | over eight years ago in order to extend the walls of my practice to those of you who might already |
| 0:40.8 | be very interested in all kinds of psychological |
| 0:43.2 | information maybe you're in therapy to those of you who are looking for |
| 0:46.8 | answers maybe with a relationship problem or your own individual struggles to those of you also might be just a bit skeptic about this whole |
| 0:55.9 | mental health thing, but in listening here, maybe you'll find some good old common sense |
| 1:00.8 | advice that'll make sense to you. You know as Tik-Tok has taken |
| 1:04.8 | over the world of social media throughout the last few years there are a lot of |
| 1:07.9 | things going on psychologically and it's becoming very very popular again, many people are writing that it also can be harmful. |
| 1:16.0 | Users have begun sharing their personal experiences |
| 1:19.0 | with mental health struggles, coping mechanisms and diagnoses, |
| 1:22.0 | but while it's interesting to hear these stories, it's |
| 1:25.2 | also a fear and an actual just concern that it actually might be detrimental to viewers |
| 1:31.6 | mental health in the long run. |
| 1:33.2 | For example, on Instagram they have people actually who have anorexia talking to young girls |
| 1:39.0 | especially about how they can eat less and become even more anorexic. |
| 1:44.0 | Dr. Sonam Hafiz, our guest for today, |
| 1:46.6 | breaks down some of the most prevalent trends on self-work. |
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