So I've been here over a year now. Not long compared to others, but still quite a while now. I've made a lot of friends and (somehow) a boyfriend here. That's some good that can come out of this community.
Problem is, I put emphasis on "some".
MSMG is also racist, homophobic, ablist and many others besides. I hate seeing meme making fun of the autistic kids, because I am autistic. I hate the homophobic and transphobic memes, because some of my IRL (and online) friends are LGBT. And the racist memes don't affect me, but can still be hurtful.
But I laughed at them anyway. I laughed at them in order to fit in, worrying that if I spoke up, I'd be relentlessly trolled and teased. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.
Trouble is, this community is my escapism from real life, where I'm always bullied at school, having people chip away at me for now reason. Because I'm autistic, an easy target. Female, more sensitive. It sucks.
I used a ruler to scratch my wrist. Not so it'd bleed, but just to take out my frustration. Kinda like lowgrade self-harm. Anyway, I did that once a couple of months ago, and again today. It doesn't hurt, and idk why I did it, but yeah. My nails are also bitten down to the beds, and I bite the skin off my hands without knowing when I'm stressed; I stopped doing it, but I've started doing it again recently without realising. I also pick the tiny blisters that appear on my hands from having them constantly curled up. Seriously, my hands are a mess. Just like my mind.
Y'all probably think I'm deranged or something, and maybe I am right now. There's a lot of shit going on for me, both online and IRL. And my IRL friend group is just as racist and shit as MSMG, so I don't know where to turn for help.
I'm seriously debating leaving Imgflip. Like I said, I've made friends here, but I think it's done more harm to me than good. I think I'm already depressed, and this isn't helping.
So yeah, that's me. Sorry if it's too much.