How do I stop myself from doomscrolling through transphobic comments that make me hate myself?
Does anyone else struggle with this issue where your brain gets addicted to emotionally hurting itself by seeking out transphobic comments online. Like I'll open up a post about trans topics on Instagram and reddit and then compulsively scroll until I reach the disgusting transphobic remarks. I'll obsess over the hurtful remarks about "trans people being mentally ill" and "they can't change the fact they are men." And now that I know that I'm trans, all these attacks personally hurt me, and make me feel horrible things about myself. It emboldens my internalized transphobia to call me disgusting and gross, and insist that I'll never be a woman.
Despite how much it hurts me, I can't stop myself from this doomscrolling. What do I do?