A Note During Self-Care November: Take care of yourself, and be kind to others. (Patreon)
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Content warning: harassment and volatile language.
This is someone who didn't respect my boundaries on my Patreon, and continues to harass me. This person DM'd me here excessively with a tone I didn't like. This is my space, my boundaries are mine, and I'm free to enforce them, and that includes blocking paying subscribers if they make me feel unsafe or harassed in my own space.
Parasocial relationships are a very real thing, and it's not a bad idea for people who support content creators to self-monitor for signs that their appreciation is crossing into unhealthy obsession. Self-reflection and emotional regulation are so important, and this person is showing me how much they are suffering by how they treat me. I'm truly sorry for him.
Please take care of yourself, and be kind to others. In the words of Ram Dass, we're all just walking each other home.
The person's identifying information has, of course, been removed.
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