cyberbullying

I was attacked on social media today by a stranger... I shouldn’t let it bother me... It was on a personal blog, I’d reposted something and I added some personal, self-deprecating comment based on my depressed state and struggle with my eating disorder and body dysmorphia... The stranger reposted what I had said, tearing into me and twisted my words into something nasty... I’m not the kind of person to let strangers make me feel so crappy about myself but they did.. They made me feel smaller, lower, more so than I was feeling when I’d written and reblogged the stupid post.. And I thought THAT was low... I can’t get it out of my head... It’s not controlling my thoughts, but it’s been coming and going since... I feel so.... worthless... I mean, and I thought that I myself was my worst critic... but this... #depressed #EatingDisorders #BodyDysmorphicDisorder #Selfharm #Cyberbullying (I don’t even think I can classify this as cyberbullying... but I don’t know.. maybe it is...?)

Since last night I’ve been actively been cyber bullied by an individual who’s has not only been attacking me but had sent their followers to do the same. As someone with past issues, this entire things nearly put me into the hospital. I did slip and start self harming last night.

I didn’t respond to them or their aggression, I ignored it locking my accounts and taking the video that started the entire thing down. Everyone is telling me this was a good thing and the right thing, to do.

If it was so good, why am I still dealing with the trauma and backlash? #Anxiety #Depression #Selfharm #SuicidalThoughts

This is my first time to ask a question in this community, and I was just wondering if it’s possible to get PTSD from cyberbullying? You usually hear about it from people who have served in the army or in the war, and victims of abuse. Even if it is online harassment, and you do get traumatized, and you feel that you have signs and symptoms, is there a possibility of you having PTSD from cyberbullying?

I saw my story on a yahoo news site today. The comments broke my heart. I was being ridiculed, insulted, called names, told I belonged in a “nut house”, along with other, much worse, even sexually abusive and triggering comments...
Reading those was almost worse than the experience I thought I had the bravery to share...
I want to be stronger. I want to break stigmas...but the abuse thrown at my story on that thread was an entirely new level of hatred, and I don’t know if I can take another blow like that. I love The Mighty and all you’ve given us, the vitriol I saw aimed at me on Yahoo was an entirely new kind of traumatic experience that I was not ready for...has anyone else had this happen? Can anything be done? Can someone from The Mighty speak to their comment moderators? Here, we are so kind to each other, there, I felt like a human target...it was horrifying...
I know that the kind people of The Mighty cannot control the Internet or what is said on it, but please don’t allow us to be further abused on sites with which it partners... :( #yahoo #Cyberbullying