The young people of China’s TikTok are engaging in an severe amount of oversharing on the platform under the guise of dispelling the myth that people are living ideal life, according to a recent trend on the Chinese website TikTok called” Items I’m ashamed to admit.”
The growing Twitter pattern is generally found attached to the tag” Social Media is Fake” or the word” social media is false, these are things I’m afraid to admit”, and is circulating , on excuse of making people feel better about themselves on social media,  , according to a report by the Guardian.
Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc. Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Concerns about economic security, not finding love, and advancement in life are some of the things TikTok users have been admitting under the tweet, which has presumably been used more than 26, 000 times since March.
Moreover, the music attached to the TikTok pattern has been used in over 463, 000 videos, which have acquired millions of views.
One 24- yr- ancient TikTok user named Hannah, for example, said she was sharing” things I’m embarrassed and ashamed about” to “help you experience less alone”, saying,” I struggle to keep friendships because I am so poor at replying to messages and I ignore people expected anxiety of making plans”.
Because of how taboo in nature some of my intrusive thoughts are, Hannah says,” I have OCD but I am scared to talk about it in detail to anyone, even my psyche.” I attended [university ] for five years and earned my master’s, but I still work as a barista and make the minimum wage while my fellow classmates are getting “proper jobs.”
Hannah continues,” I have bipolar and I hate the things I have done and shared online when I’ve been ill” and” I hate the things I’ve done and shared about myself.” ” I feel so embarrassed knowing that so many people have seen such a private and intimate side of me that I never wanted to share with anyone,” I said.
A second TikTok user named Sana shares,” I feel alone pretty much all of the time even though I have amazing friends, I ca n’t escape the feeling of loneliness”.
” I’ve been unemployed for almost a year now because I took a risk and it did n’t work out”, a third TikTok user named Niki reveals, adding,” I’ve been , using the same makeup for years because I ca n’t afford any new ones”.
A fourth TikTok user named  , Billie Jo said she “dropped out of sixth” grade and has” no qualifications”, and therefore believes she will “never be successful”.
” I literally have zero friends”, she adds. ” I do n’t have a job and have n’t for a while, anxiety controls a lot of my life — I think I’m a bad person and I do n’t really like who I am physically or mentally”.
A fifth TikTok user named Rikke Drue, meanwhile,  , admitted,” I have a bachelor degree but I work as a waiter because I do n’t what to do with my career”, and” I wore braces for seven years but I’m still not smiling with my teeth because I think I look stupid”.
London- based psychiatrist Mark , Silvert told the Guardian ,” There is a risk , of oversimplifying complex psychological issues or inadvertently glamorizing unhealthy coping mechanisms”.
Comparison is bound to creep in by oversharing and getting into a routine of being exposed to strangers ‘ situations, which can lead to unrealistic standards, Silvert said.
Others, meanwhile, have expressed different types of concerns regarding the level of information TikTok users allow the app to collect, especially given that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) addressed TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a senate hearing in February,” There are a lot of people in Tennessee that are very concerned about the way TikTok is basically building dossiers on our kids.”
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