putting yourself out of the internet

in the four years that i've been on tiktok, i've had my fair share of receiving nasty comments and serious threats from strangers on the internet and i would be lying if i said that they didn't affect me.

they have little to no impact on me anymore but back then, with me being so young (i was 19 when the pandemic happened and tiktok was booming), i couldn't help but to feel so helpless that there were a lot of people who said heart wrenching words just so they can put me down.

looking back on it, i'm so sure that the main reason as to why i was so affected by strangers throwing hateful words to me on the internet was because i was living alone and i missed being with my friends because i was just starting to reconnect with them when the lockdown happened and all of a sudden, i'm alone again (in a physical sense since i would still yap on hours end via texts with them).

this time around however, i'm much more grounded with my self worth and i have no reason to believe whatever strangers on the internet would assume all thanks to the mantra that i live by as a content creator.

people can't touch what they can't see.

keeping the privacy in my real life but not keeping it a secret is such a great benefit. i love how whenever i would share a part of my life, people would be so surprised and comment about how many chapters they missed and it's a good reminder for me that i no longer overshare on the internet.

point of this short blog is to tell you that the internet is a very scary space wherein people can have no restrictions into what they can say and the best thing for you is to keep yourself checked and make sure that you're surrounded by the right people.

be safe out there.