You definitely get the sense with most of them that something has happened in their life which has caused them to feel incredibly unfulfilled and unhappy.
Things you also notice over time on a small forum like Tattle which seem odd when mental illness is used against us. One of them posting frequently about their eating disorder, another feeling suicidal . A third about her traumatic upbringing, but she was noticeably nicer after she was diagnosed with a autoimmune condition. Fourth a member of Mensa but doxxed herself by posting photos of herself online and giving her first name in posts.
Someone else was adamant that "covid stopped with them" and raged about how selfish people were. When she herself said she tested positive, she still posted about popping into her local store and posted on the M&S thread.
It is easy to direct your hate on people you have simply been told to hate.
It's sad isn't it? I have seen a few posters post on other threads, and they share private and personal details and talk about their problems....which I am absolutely not judging because I have done the same....(and I and several other people on here have been sympathetic many times over)... however when I was going through a very hard time...I got sneering remarks and nasty posts written about me (and my children) and an actual pile on was instigated against me ....where I was basically ripped to shreds..called a miserable person, told to not overshare...told in no uncertain terms that nobody was interested in my sad and miserable life...told off for allegedly always talking about myself....
...this is despite me having many different area's of interest and nearly always going out of my way to offer support whenever anyone has ever needed it....shamed for pretending to be a good mother (wow someone clearly still has mummy issues themselves
don't most of us but then again why project it onto others and presume I must be a bad mother just because that's what they had themselves growing up...
Clowns ..
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I should laugh really that I managed to trigger them so much just by being myself.....says a lot
Then once I took a step back from the forum I realised how insidious and toxic all of this is .... somehow I managed to turn my life around in a better direction, but imagine if I,d really let them get to me, imagine if I'd been in their shoes and felt suicidal....and all the hate thrown my way (from some people on that thread).....that could have actually tipped someone over the edge....when many people join in a pile on and even laugh at you (and you feel like you have to defend even your own distress)?
What does that say then about those people (before they get all high and mighty and defensive)?
I would say that the brutal lack of empathy and understanding of others is something that is at the root cause of their own misery....
Words have power so does the group or mob mentality, once you become aware of that you become more mindful, because the energy we send out comes back to us.
My apologies for looking back at the past, and paying attention to the worst behaviour of the few, (because most people on tattle have been intuitively compassionate and understanding and helpful), but it's always that very vocal few that (unfortunately for themselves) always draw attention to their own deficiencies ironically by drawing attention to other people's.
I think some of them are caught in a trap of their own making... maybe they should think as well about how they respond and react to others instead of just trying (in some, not all cases) to just get a reaction or response to others at their own convenience, when they need it of course, and greedily harvesting other people's energy and time, and feeling like they are entitled to be supported even admired, all the while other people are expected to be roasted and ridiculed and sent to tattle life Siberia....just about exiled....
....yes we'll leave them to it then....it's like being at school where the so called popular few tried to rule the roost and lorded it over others, surrounded by the flying monkeys that always joined in and even instigated bullying of others.... because they don't know how to be confident and happy with natural power or charisma, no they have to enforce it and try to intimidate and attack.....just because they feel insecure....in other words....
It's all a cover up, a projection and a defensive shield, probably they actually shielded themselves during COVID...as if that was the only virus...(coming from the outside) and not the one some of them have coming from inside themselves.....but then again sickness is attracted to sickness...no wonder they had a field day talking about it and themselves and their own collosal need for validation and self importance, hmm
fish n chips 
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thanks. After every baby I've had I've had medical professionals trying to push contraception onto me. Like not being funny but how do use know I don't want more kids and want them close together? I've said for years watch how when people my age hit their 50s how many cases of reproductive cancers there will be cause of these hormones they are shoving in themselves.
