>>11439I'm not poster >>11417 but I can relate.
I'm older now but a few years ago, I started lurking femcel spaces such as r/femcels and then r/trufemcels. When both got taken down when, I moved to r/vindicta. I was obsessed with "looksmaxxing" which means looking better.
I was very unpopular to high school and didn't have any guys who were into me. Looking back, I was so insecure, in addition to being an awkward teen. I also had really high social anxiety and really poor hygiene due to being abused at home, depression and overall self-loathing.The self-loathing never ends. I found crystal cafe the last week of 2023. I love the anonymity it provides me. I also got sucked into a looksmaxx website and I'm now getting addicted to 4chan.
I've had like 2-3 reddit accounts that I've had to bounce from because I ruined my anonymity and became paranoid because of it. I was also part of some femcel discords. I would be mortified to know anyone in real life found me on these spaces. Growing up a lonely, insecure teenager on the internet, these forums/subreddits gave me the connection I craved in real life without having to face the embarrassment of telling anyone in real life that I was struggling. I had really bad social anxiety at the time.
In addition to all of this, I am generally very paranoid so I try to keep a low profile on the internet. I judge people who post all of their business online but I do the same, but just on message boards and online forums. I do. however, have some big regrets about this. I posted some compromising and personal information about myself on a forum that doesn't let people delete their posts, even if they are banned by the site. This means that my very personal posts that I posted at like 16 will remain up. I used to be very depressed about this and even considered taking my own life at one point due to it.
Social media is a trip.