stellar__stevie
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Years and Happy Holidays ya’ll!
I’ve been on Wattpad for ten years now and, no matter how cheesy it sounds, I truly mean it when I say that these corners of the internet have saved me many times in so many different ways. Growing up I felt like I never really belonged anywhere and I felt like hardly anybody wanted me around. In the real world I was sensitive, dramatic and attention seeking. But I could come home from school, forget about my worries, log on and enter a space where I could be myself without stressing about being bullied or looked down on for what I love. I could be as cringey as I wanted lol write, draw and create all night long and share my work with others who felt the same as I did. I spent years doing this, pouring my heart into amateur fanfiction and drawings, and baring my soul in the most emo and fangirly ways possible through my favourite media — Five Nights at Freddy’s, Creepypasta, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Undertale, all sorts of stuff. I’ve found so much music, art and literature that has shaped me in countless ways. I’ve met so many wonderful people and I’ve found so many communities where I could be shamelessly excited, or open up about my struggles and express myself with people who actually understood me.
I used the internet as a way of hiding for so long but it’s the internet as well that’s taught me that risks are worth taking, and that there is a place out there and outside of the World Wide Web that will accept me, quirks and flaws and all. I’ve loved and learned, I’ve made mistakes and I’ve lost so many things, but even if the world offline looks like it’s going to shit, there’ll always be another sunrise worth getting out of bed for. And I’ll never find it if I keep playing it safe behind a screen.
I truly don’t know who I’d be today and how far I would’ve made it if I didn’t have a safe space on the internet to discover myself and learn to love myself again <3 I love yall
