I needed a break from Mastodon because my anxiety was bad for a long while, but I guess I'm... kind of back?

The reason I needed that break from Mastodon but not Twitter is... Complex. But a big part of it is that, while Twitter is overall a worse website, Mastodon gave me three entire friendships that turned abusive and worsened my trauma. Abusers exist just as much on Twitter, but somehow never reached me there like they did here. Being on Masto was getting unhealthy for me.

Those abusers aren't related to any Mastodon meta or anything. This was very personal abuse that came from people who earned my trust and took advantage of it. I'm not blaming the platform for that, or even really the community.

But given that they're still here, and have friends here, it may continue to be difficult for me to stay here. But I'll give it another try