Table 2 Five Topic Models
From: “Anxiety is not cute” analysis of twitter users’ discourses on romanticizing mental illness
Topic | Top 10 Words | Example |
|---|---|---|
Topic 1 | “suicide” “cute” “depression” “anxiety” “bullshit” “piss” “care” “prove” “gossip” “amirite” | “I often vent about my depression and my suicidal thoughts and a few days ago, chick literally said I was romanticizing suicide and was just whining for attention… Seriously!, gfy!” |
Topic 2 | “suicide” “disorder” “merch” “stereotyping” “plot” “fucking” “accessory” “make” “stop” “misrepresentation” | “This is why businesses should know the background of what they’re selling, especially when it involves merchandise. You’re selling something you don’t know that you ended up unintentionally romanticizing suicide. It is honestly triggering.” |
Topic 3 | “people” “suicide” “start” “issue” “character” “stop” “thing” “struggle” “think” “problem” | “The amount of people romanticizing suicide in the comments is sickening. The firefighter saved someone’s life after they made an irrational decision. This is a real person with real family and friends, and a future ahead of them. Their life matters.” |
Topic 4 | “suicide” “stop” “kill” “know” “people” “world” “tiktok” “die” “trend” “think” | “One day I’ll get the help I need instead of romanticizing suicide on Twitter, not today but one day” |
Topic 5 | “depression” “issue” “therapy” “bad” “thousand” “celebrate” “game” “anxiety” “behavior” “spend” | “Depression is not cute at all, is it? It is a constant struggle to keep myself alive, folks.” |