A Rant · 1:20am Sep 4th, 2014
Few things in this world legitimately get under my skin. Anything stemming from the online world of hoers words even less so.
But threatening suicide or even at least self harm over less-than-tactful reviews of a fanfiction you wrote is a desperate, selfish, attempt at guilt-tripping someone into submission. It is not a solution to your problems. You will not find things getting better that way. Unlike a lot of my peers online I do feel bad when I see stuff like this, but not out of sympathy or of any guilt as desired by such a wantonly disgusting act.
Get help.
Talk to a professional. Seek someone in real life to express your pain to. No amount of online, anonymous, impartial "interaction" will help you. Call a hotline. Starting with a phone call and hearing someone's voice may work wonders. People are social creatures and to place all of your emotions and hopes and dreams into finding validation on a fanfiction website is just asking for trauma, turmoil and psychological devastation.
Get some help for yourself. Do not ever be so callous as to belittle the one life you have as some weapon for sympathy because that's a symptom of a greater problem that can and needs to be treated.
Speak to a religious figure. Even if you don't subscribe to a particular sect or belief or any of that sort of thing, there is insight to be found as a first step to getting help. Also, it's generally free therapy when speaking to a priest or rabbi or such about your problems. Find a counselor. A therapist, even. Seek advise from someone you know in real life that you respect. Start exercising. Take a writing class. Get another hobby.
Get help. Please.
Or you can buck up and not be a little bitch.
2426147 I second this notion.
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That sort of "pull yourself by your bootstraps" bravado is hardly any sort of solution, either. Putting all of the blame for failure to improve on a person that's already feeling like a fearful, cornered animal lashing out at the littlest thing is self serving at best and bitterly callous at the very minimum.Y'all be trippin'
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more like
'I was diagnosed with clinical depression and tried to kill myself two times, and my solace lay in friends and trying new things, not stressful, expensive clinical treatments or someone who read a book.'
Stepping outside of your comfort zone is a gut-wrenching experience, but as someone who's been down that road - and conquered it - I would recommend nothing else.
TL; DR- your advice is shit.
2426316 where the fuck did I say
As the only solution amongst an entire laundry list of suggestions I'll fly over to Coloradostan and fight you for libel with my wee lil' fists
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In all seriousness though I'm shitty at advice giving, yes.