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I hate being called a "fake depressed edgy teen" on the Internet. I'm not. Just because I'm someone sharing my struggles on the Internet doesnt immediately make me a cringe fake depressed teen. I haven't been diagnosed with depression. And I have never claimed that. Just let me have a safe space to vent! Is that so much to ask for?? Its not nice to call someone that. You never know the things they've been through. Even if they use Gacha club and have a seemingly "emo" avatar and post vent videos doesn't mean they are faking mental illnesses. You can't just go accusing people of that. That's like you telling me your mom died and me accusing you of lying and just wanting attention. I do, however, agree that faking a mental illness is wrong. You shouldn't do that. Anyways sorry for this long tangent I just wanted to share this. Thanks for reading. If you'd like to share your thoughts I am happy to hear them!
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That sucks, people are horrible for no reason. Hiding behind a screen brings out the cruelty in humans, just like in traffic. I’m sorry you have to endure that.
I know what you mean because I have a yt channel where I talk about personal stuff. It’s started out as a safe space like you said, but every now and then some troll shows up and says rude stuff.
There’s no other species on the planet that’s so randomly cruel to its own kind as humans.
ReplyUnfortunately the responses you receive may vary depending on which public platform you post on and several other factors.... sucks but that's just part of the deal.
Every now and then we need those moments to process our feelings, nothing wrong with that at all!
Screw all that positivity crap.... we are human beings and it's okay to feel crappy sometimes!
In fact, let's toast this very moment and allow ourselves to indulge in a little bit of self-pity! Cheers to all you poor souls out there ! We're gonna make it! 🍻
ReplyPeople are inevitably judgemental, we all have our moments. Mainly it's a problem of ignorance and yes indifference. Even if we hear a horrific story now, we might not be as impassioned to care as we might have when we were much younger, less conditioned to be sceptical or prone to peer pressure about what exactly constitutes "being dramatic"- when for some people, everyday jokes been be very triggering. Aspergers for example, can physically feel pain when touched.
Then again it might be a form of the neglected becoming the neglecting- they project their own lack of support and helplessness in life, maybe compare it to yours and get all : i survived this much, why don't you just suck it up? Again, we've become jaded in our indifference to life, to the point where even if someone shows empathy, we might not believe them- but if empathic responses is what you want, you just have to search for a more empathic community in general. There the peer pressure for attitude goes the other way ;)
Afterall, drivers yell at each other but fellow pedestrians sidestep, avoid or politely greet you. Both are strangers but one had more distance. Anonymity opens doors for the more daring opinions in our minds but what's been mentally baked into us, are things beyond what we even realize. Realizing that we ourselves are stuck in falsely imaging of what is a "correct" something, is a part of growing up. Or maturing.
For a personal example, i was called a "fake kiwi" once online because i had no knowledge (nor do i intend to ever) of politics. Once offline in person, because i wasnt European. Yet i was born here, never been out of the country etc. It was ridiculous but eye opening that such a "correction" exists. By that narrow definition, you could say only the direct descendants of initial colonists could be the "only" kiwis- yet the whole term is modern slang. Opinions in fact, are just that- opinions. You might have to watch and mull on a movie many times, before reaching the same interpretations a friend got. Or vice versa.
On a slightly unrelated note, "emo" in my opinion is just a style choice. People who don it can also be very outgoing without having a tragically horrific past, that's literally like trying to say a hairstyle is banned from being popular because not everybody has the right to style their hair that way. Social terrorism to be blunt. Not that it would work, most people who can afford the Internet are long past the era where even parents could have a say about what we would wear- if we could wear it.
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