Last year, a former friend posted my address online and

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Last year, a former friend posted my address online and attempted to defame my character and as a result I’ve been dealing with stalkers ever since. As a content creator, existing online is hard as is but that made things 10 times worse as my safety is now compromised. On occasion, people in public will recognise me but it’s MOSTLY been from other anime fans. It still gives me anxiety because I never know who’s watching me and what they might do, especially having an abusive ex and HIS external connections stalking me as well.

Yesterday evening I posted a video to my media that went viral and has over 950K views. In the video I talked about men threatening violence against me for assuming I’m a woman just because I’m feminine presenting. While a lot of the comments empathised with me, there was a handful from men essentially threatening SEXUAL violence. Obviously I deleted and blocked them/the comments but then they started to harass me on my other platforms.

I turned off interactive features and disconnected from media just to wake up feeling overtly anxious. Today I’m supposed to meet with a friend but I’m nervous to leave my house because over the past 2 weeks I’ve had at least 4 people in my neighbourhood say they see me in the area all the time and watch me, and now I’m paranoid. Has anyone else experienced this and if so how did you tackle it? I haven’t been on media on weeks up until yesterday and am going to step away again just to recollect myself. I don’t know, I’m just kind of panicked

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#2

What does this have to do with sobreity?

#3

I think alot of people on both sides of "politics" get this treatment. Both sides endlessly attacking eachother, "cancelling" eachother, threatening eachother.

Unfortunately the way America is these days if you're polarizing and you're out there on social media, social media-ing, you are a target for this nonsense. Putting yourself out there, gets you recognized (which is the point of it, right?)

Hang in there, stay safe

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#4

Well the shortened version of everything is this former friend who’s also a content creator didn’t like that I came into a platform faster than them, since they’ve been making content longer than me, and attempted to take my growing platform from me.

As someone whose personal mission statement is to: educate, entertain and encourage, being mindful of what I say/do is something I’m obligated to do, which is fine. I honestly just want to exist without having to look over my shoulder every 2 seconds… but I do appreciate this, thank you

#5

I get that, nobody wants to have to look over their shoulders all the time. Even people who aren't internet famous feel that way.

It's definitely a trade off. This app is the only social media type thing I have, and that's cool with me.

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#6

It’s just nerve wrecking, but you’re right. These days I’m only really active on apps with workshops and community that helps people in recovery from addiction and other traumas. It’s refreshing to just… exist without worry you know?

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