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They tried to break me, I chose to rise instead.
I Dealt With Online Bullying and Negative Comments By Doing These Key Things
I stopped letting online hate control me. Here’s how I dealt with it and found my peace.
When I first jumped into social media platforms, it felt like a magical experience. Actually, I was interacting with social media beginning at the age of 15!
Everything was fine until I went to pursue my master’s in the U.S. and realized there was no way to keep my friends and family back home connected. Social media looked like a modern-day savior, a platform to post jokes, selfies, travel pictures, and thoughts.
However, this wasn’t some personal scrapbook, it quickly became the toxic pit I signed up for. One post. One opinion. One awkward selfie; that was enough for a group of strangers to rip me to shreds like wolves on a carcass.
I distinctly recall sitting on my dorm room bed as I read, “You curry-smelling job stealer” in a comment section with shaky fingers and a knotted stomach. Even after all the positive comments I received, the negative ones always outweighed all the rest.
What followed were years of trial and error, pain, education, and ultimately…
