Know Your Friends

October 24, 2022

Upon scrolling my Facebook feed today, I came across posts about today's trending issue. A famous female vlogger is once again caught in the chaos. I felt sad that she is again in trouble. I'm not her fan but I had a chance to watch her vlogs from time to time. Though we don't know the personality and attitude of people we follow on social media, I had a hunch that she is a good person.

She's overreacting at times and always I'm sad that she cannot put boundaries for people who have hurt her but I think she doesn't deserve what the other party did to her. The gay guy has exposed her by showing screenshots of their conversation. It's too much for me. I didn't like how the gay guy attacked her. He should have confronted the girl personally and not aired his issues to her via social media. He even dragged names of other personalities which made the fire even more raging.

My take? It's a lesson for us to be cautious while keeping our lives an open book to many. We don't know who our real friends are. Some "so-called friends" would fail us and it hurts. As much as possible, we must keep our issues and problems to ourselves and to the people we trust. Some of us can't help but share our whereabouts and there's nothing wrong with that. We vent out our feelings differently and we shouldn't be prohibited to share them with our friends. However, not all people we vent to can be trusted. Not all friends can be trusted. We have to think many times and stop ourselves from sharing too much information about our lives because our problems aren't for the society's entertainment.

It's so sad that she is again in trouble. I couldn't imagine how she would be able to bounce back from all of this since she has been working on her mental health for a long time already. I think no one deserves to experience what she had experienced. As a vlogger, dealing with shame on social media would be difficult. Vlogging is her bread and butter yet she encountered traumatic experiences. I hope she'll find a reason to press on doing her passion. I hope she won't let the outside noises distract her.

It would be good if she'll take a break to take care of her mental health. Time heals. I hope she'll be fine soon and she won't be caught up in another chaos.

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