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