hi besties <3
so…last night I read a comment on my book that rub me off in a very bad way, saying the female main character (who was sexually assaulted!!, has suicidal thoughts and attempted) deserved what’s happened to her, and that she should die, because of the way she coped (dissociating, pushing away the people she loves, being distant, etc, etc).
I can handle hate, but those comments are downright disrespectful and insensitive, so I blocked them. And I’m not saying it just because the book (which at the end of the day it’s a work of fiction) but mainly because the ‘topics’ that are mentioned in there are actual things that happen to people in real life. We should not depreciate anyone’s trauma, invalidate their feelings or the way they’re coping with whatever’s happened because of how it affected them.
Please be kind and try to sympathize, and if you have nothing positive or supportive to say about these delicate matters, then don’t say it at all. Because there may be someone who went through something similar that reads it, and triggers them in a negative way.
Just wanted to say that <3 I hope you all have a good day/night.