Worst Doctor Syndrome

me: idk man it still sounds like an ocular migraine

Sometimes your writing will be interpreted many ways, some of which you may not enjoy. Fine, you didn't write it for them, but they're thinking critically about it and that's cool. It's common to be misinterpreted.

Sometimes readers may disagree with your portrayal of something even though you carefully researched or experienced it yourself. Alright, so they read different research or had a different experience. You're not obligated to correct yourself or explain yourself to them.

Sometimes you really did mess up and wrote something harmful. Learn why and don't repeat the mistake.

Most of the time your readers will say nice, simple things or read silently and say nothing at all. Both of these are good and should be respected as the reader's choice. It's perfectly normal to receive little feedback.

What's bad to one person may be great to another. If writers love an unloved work, that's preferable to readers loving a work the writer regrets. Yet either way, someone loves the work!

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That's no longer legit. It's at best obsessive, at worst, harassmsnt

Like esp when it's a smaller creator like an author or an artist, if the blogger in question is basically a one-man protest brigade against that person, and that person hasn't actually like. Done anything hurtful to an individual - ie like. Sexual assault, physical abuse, theft, etc

Then it's like. Cool. What's happened here is you as an individual have gotten really fixated on this creator or their work as Representative Of All Wrongs.

No amount of apology or change of behaviour from them will matter, bc you're being obsessive and parasocial.

And i won't reward that

And i certainly will not engage with it

It's good to like, aware of media and engage critically but when you're just like. Obsessed with a random person and stalking their socials and doing the "this bitch eating crackers" shtick but with beefed up media criticism language, that's NOT good

As always, remember to have hobbies and activities that are not social media, that involve friendships in meatspace where possible, that are creative or constructive in a way that satisfies you