I had to take a look and I agree with you. I don't understand why someone would leave a comment like that on that story. I think you did a really job of describing mental illness. From both sides. Suffering from mental illness does not give you a free pass to treat people around you bad or to act however you want. And if you're lucky you have people around you who will call you on it and tell you the truth when it needs to be said. Nowhere in your story was anyone dismissing Louis' struggles and
the way he was feeling. I really like how supportive everyone around him is while at the same time telling him that he messed up and that they know he is better than that. Oh well, guess you can’t please everyone. And one confusing angry comment amongst hundreds is maybe just life. Also, if you don’t like something why not leave and find another story that you actually do appreciate? Why is it that people have such a need to share when they don’t like something. Fine, you don’t like it. That’salright. Just leave. You don’t have to explain to everyone why you don’t like it and why it’s so bad. Just be a decent person and do you. There’s lots of things I don’t like. That’s just life. But there’s lots of stuff I love and I try to focus on that instead. Don’t take it to heart. Focus on the love. I always love when you post something new and I know I’m not alone in that. Happy new year babe, lots of love
(for everyone who’s confused, I got a couple comments on “everything comes back to you” that basically said I shouldn’t have written the story and that it was a bad portrayal of mental illness)
I completely agree with you! I don’t really understand why someone would feel the need to leave not one but two comments on how much they hated the work. I also don’t understand why they would continue reading if it was offending them that much. as you explained, I’m confused on the fact that they felt like the portrayal of mental illness was lacking, and I’m glad that’s not just me haha. I write about mental illness as someone with mental illness who has been in many dark places in my life. everything I write is coming from truth, but I learned a long time ago not to let messages like that get to me. not everything I write is going to make everyone happy, and I’m fine with that! but when I get comments like that, it’s more confusing than anything else