Moment of clarity? Embarrassed? Lost control of an antagonistic agenda?
I used to do this when I was on reddit from 2011-2026.
I did it because I’m a narcissist. Like actually, I was diagnosed with NPD in 2023. People disagreeing with me physically hurts. I don’t know how to explain it but when a person has a worldview disagreeing with me, it feels like an attack on me and causes this kind of ache in my chest.
Everything just gets translated to, “Oh, you think this way? God, you’re fucking stupid! I HATE YOU!” We cannot just disagree because my opinions and worldviews are so intrinsically linked with me. My whole world is me looking into a mirror and seeing nothing but my face. If it reflects something else, that’s frightening.
I obviously am trying to be a better person now and don’t react the same anymore, but in the day that is why I would do it.
Kudos on you for trying to better yourself!
I disagree.
EDIT: this was a bad attempt at a joke and insensitive, please accept my apologies
Delete this
Being a narcissist sound surprisingly like have zero inward confidence and self esteem every time I hear it described. Is that at all accurate?
Fascinating. What if your opinion was objectively wrong and you just found out? How else does NPD manifest?
That has got to suck. Absolute kudos for the self-awareness and working to better yourself, npd can hurt a lot of other people if you let it run wild.
I delete comments pretty frequently. Sometimes you just realize you’ve said something that’s gonna lead to a bunch of unpleasant interactions, and you’d rather just everyone have a pleasant day.
I actually wrote a big reply mentioning a time I did this… and deleted it because I didn’t want to chance another dog-pile.
I cancel posting comments all the time. I write out this whole thing and then when I get to the end of it, I realize I don’t actually want engagement. Sometimes the internet can be a bit hostile and I’m not always in the right state of mind to want to invite it into my life that day.
@ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world Once you obtain your answer, you must fulfill the prophesy and delete this entire post yourself.
95% of the time if I delete a comment it’s because it was either a mistake or I made the comment then I looked through the other comments and realized like half the thread already made the same joke.
I mean Lemmy is kind of an echochamber
Yes, it is.
I agree.
EDIT: I’m not gonna apologize for this one
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chamber
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when I delete its usually because I get the impression like ok I misread the room, misunderstood the situation or sometimes rereading it and I think that its not what I think
No. I take my down votes with pride.
Let’s test that shall we?
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I think it’s because we build our identity around our worldview and see conflicting views as a threat.
Because people tend to post judgemental comments / victimblaming, or just overall werent helpful (even if that wasnt the intent) when I’m already at my lowest, and I could already forsee that the post is just gonna get lots of negativity, so I dont even bother.
I see it often here too, humans are humans and no matter if its reddit, discord, or wherever. Honestly I’ve been learning a lot recently. Sometimes you have to self-help because you cannt expect random internet strangers to help you. Lots of people claim hat “we’re just trying to help” but they never actually try, but just to kick you down while you’re already down.
