I do know who needs to hear this, but: Talking articulately about your problems on Twitter is not being a burden to others. It is the opposite of that. It is throwing a lifeline to people who have similar problems but are not yet able or willing to articulate them.
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Yes if everyone else had happy and perfect lives and you were just going into those happy and perfect lives unwelcomed and shouting about how miserable you are, that would be a downer. THIS IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
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People follow you on Twitter because they're interested in what you have to say. That means what you are talking is resonating with them. They share some of your problems. When you are being "whiny" and "complaining nonconstructively" or whatever, you are helping.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki
How about casting doubt on whether life is worth living?
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Complicated one. I'm not sure I believe suicide contagion is a real thing and I bet people who feel this way will be healthier and happier for someone to talk to who shares and understands their experiences? But ultimately I don't know - outside of my expertise.
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There are related ones - talking about how all your problems is due to the meddling of [ethnic group]/[religion or lack of it]/[culture]/[gender], etc - and in that case contagion is viewed as real by most people and anti-terror organizations, etc. But I don't know either.
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Yeah, there are definitely bad versions of this. I don't really know how to draw the boundary other than some people are correct/constructive in how they talk about their problems and some aren't. All the people I have in mind are very firmly on the constructive side.
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