#it's near-pseudoscience layered on 'take care of yourself and eat well'

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it's genuinely horrifying to me how often people on this site will reblog sourceless claims about poorly understood medical topics. i feel like it's kind of a no brainer that you shouldn't trust someone trying to lecture you on neuropharmacology unless they can somehow verify what they've said? and definitely don't listen to them if they decide to describe dopamine as 'the happy chemical', holy shit.

it's no secret that there's a great deal about the human body that the majority of practicing professionals gets so severely wrong that it isn't funny—the fact BMI and calories are still taken remotely seriously is disgusting—and even more that we don't know besides that, but i feel like that isn't an excuse to take what is very likely to be misinformation at face value, even if you're only reblogging it because you agree with the sentiment. the problem with the kind of posts i see circulating is that they have the right ideas behind them but they're presented along with very suspect information?

like yeah, emotional highs are usually followed by a crash and you should take steps to prepare for that! but then this sort of logical statement is accompanied with unsubstantiated ideas about how the body works, which really doesn't sit right with me; i think we should be capable of spreading awareness of coping strategies and the like without trying to 'back it up' with claims that are almost always unsourced and very debatable, or just outright wrong.

also if you're going to try and educate people on how their bodies work? provide sources. if you want to educate people then give them somewhere to start from, don't just make claims veiled in medical terminology.