you really need to tag that last post about the cishet shaming. i don't care if it was telling people to never tell others to kill themselves, the images themselves can be and are still triggering to people (like myself). please, tag things like that.
The way you phrased that is incredibly offensive. I’m going to be more careful in the future, but I want to tell you something, anon.
*Trigger warning for suicide references - press J if you’d rather skip this post*
I’ve been suicidal twice. I tried to drown myself in the bathtub my freshman year of high school because I had a bad year because I was bullied, my grades tanked, and I couldn’t even muster an entire day without going to the bathroom and crying. The second time was when I was a senior in high school—only one and a half years ago. I lost a good friend to a car crash, another to drugs, and a best friend-turned-lover cut me off because his feelings for me were gone. I pricked my fingers with thumbtacks because I was feeling so much pain and I wanted to get it out somehow. Only five people know about the second suicidal episode; and I have NEVER told anyone about my self-harming, until now.
Because you know what, anon. I know what it’s like. I know what it’s like to feel suicidal and feel like there’s nothing good for you. My most recent episode was less than two years ago, and I spent my entire high school career seeing two counselors about my problems. One was the guidance counselor, the other was a clinical psychiatrist in Seattle.
I know that things are hard. I know, trust me. I’ve got my fair share of bullshit happening too. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been since high school, and there’s still shit going on. But this shit about tagging posts and nagging me about that is unnecessary. I don’t tag half my posts unless it’s seriously NSFW or unless I want to see it for a future reference.
Most of the people I follow don’t even use tags to tag that. I’m blogging by example, and the people I follow—90% of them, probably—don’t use tags like that. I could be wrong. I could not be paying close enough attention. But the thing is, this is my blog and you, anon, are a follower. (Although seeing as I lost a follower once I got this mail, I’m assuming you’re gone.)
Telling me to tag things on my blog instead of phrasing it as a question? That’s what pisses me off most of all. You, anon, are NOT entitled to have me tag everything just so you can skip a post. You can ask, you can certainly remind me because I’m a fuck up 20-6, but saying that “I really should tag my posts…” isn’t okay.
This is my personal blog. You follow me for a reason. If you don’t like what I’m doing, there’s a button in the upper-right corner of my blog. Feel free to click “unfollow”.
