I broke my phone not too long ago and my replacement doesn't work very well. This has been an awesome boon.
I'm miserable whenever I come online and the discourse is loud hopelessness.
I struggle daily with depression and anxiety. Having even a few people shouting in my face, intentional or not, about life being bleak, about abuse and harassment and hopelessness and how shitty everything is shows me how a few loud individuals can drown out an entire community of well-meaning people.
@Mainebot I hear you. I've recently realized that I have anxiety myself, which... now seems obvious looking at everything as a whole.
It's a huge bummer when, seemingly, the overwhelming thing a lot of people want to do is vent. I guess for them, online is the only place they've found where another person (for good or bad) acknowledges and/or validates their experience.
Hopefully it's not too hard for you to protect yourself though. Best wishes sir.
@Rasgueado Thanks, I appreciate the thoughts :) I do alright, it just makes me feel bad to choose to ignore someone who isn't doing anything wrong, but who I can't handle the discourse anymore :/