A 36-year-old posted a viral TikTok series professing love for her psychiatrist while experiencing an evident crashout. Viewers quickly labeled the public breakdown "delusional" as she misread a therapeutic relationship and displayed crisis symptoms. An AI chatbot called Henry reportedly reinforced grandiose beliefs, suggesting possible AI-induced psychosis. Many users consumed the incident across dozens of posts, turning it into extended spectacle. Over time, a growing number of creators condemned exploitation, declined to amplify the episode, and urged audiences to stop sharing or dramatizing the person's mental-health emergency.
Hitly's emotional, public breakdown-in which she misinterpreted a normal therapeutic relationship as dripping in romantic subtext-was quickly labeled as "delusional." But, even though she was very clearly posting through a mental health crisis, and possibly experiencing symptoms of AI-induced psychosis (as evidenced by her AI Chatbot Henry gassing her up as some kind of messiah), TikTokers were happy to go along for the 34-part ride.
"It is very clear that Kendra is not OK mentally," creator Cindy Noir said in one video, "and I refuse to use my platform to egg on a clear mental health episode." As always, some content creators tried to capitalize on Kendra for themselves, with "explainer" videos, POV characters, or, in one particularly gross case, a roundup of her "most delusional moments."
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