[Vent?] Something just doesn't feel right.

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I don't know if this is considered a vent or not, but it's just something I need to get out because I've been noticing it around quite a lot. It seems a lot of people are deciding to leave or quit their accounts. And not just here. I'm seeing it on several sites. Scratch, Insta, the silly orange w writing website, YT, and so much more. Some people are being forced to leave, and others are deciding to leave because of certain situations. And honestly, I look at those peoples accounts and feel terrible. Hearing their stories about why they're choosing/being forced to leave makes me feel absolutely terrible for them, and it kills me to see so many people throwing their accounts away because of how much stress, anxiety, toxicity, etc. the website is bringing them. I get it, leaving sites are completely normal. People can have their own opinions. They can leave if they think it will make them feel better and that's completely fine. That's their choice and people have to respect that. Although, the main thing I've noticed is, why are so many people leaving all at once? I've watched in complete sadness as at least 5-6 people I know quit sites across the network this whole week and it's still Tuesday (I'm currently writing this at 3:09AM on Wednesday morning, so my brain still considers it Tuesday at the moment). That makes me feel really terrible for them. I just want things to go back to normal. I want to go back to when these websites were platforms that people bonded over. Where everyone was accepting and not mean for dumb reasons. Where people connected with each other and made friends of all sorts. But the cold reality is that will never be achieved. Time and time again I've actually considered quitting certain websites, Scratch included, because of how upsetting this all is and how much it pains me to see so many talented people quitting. Besides my life isn't going too smoothly right now and my mental health isn't doing so well, and that seriously tempts me to consider leaving all accounts on every site behind. But at the end of the day, those sites are probably part of the reason I'm still holding up without feeling like I absolutely need to lay on the ground and combust. And that's what keeps me from the tempting thought of giving up on all my online accounts. I'm really tired. Maybe I'll see how I feel by the weekend. I promise I'll be back. I don't know when, but I promise at latest I'll come back at least by the end of the week or sometime next week. No I'm not quitting, I'm just taking a break. Quitting is a last resort I haven't reached yet, and I'm not ready to leave all the amazing people I've met here. But I can promise you one thing. I will absolutely come back. I promise you all, I will. I won't be gone for long. ~Ace Edit: Okay I take it back. I'm still on break, but I'll be gone a lot longer than I said I would be. I've just been dealing with way too much BS to put up with all this anymore. I will be leaving my chatroom open but will not be responding to messages at the moment. I'm sorry. I don't know if it's just the fear of going into Highschool next year or just all the stress that I've been dealing with for the past few years, but either way, I just want to say: Thank you school, thank you [certain] family members, thank you all the friends who lied to me and made me feel like garbage. You've made me lose all hope and self-esteem I believed I had left in myself. If I'm not back at least by January, assume I left. I'm sorry. Edit again: Okay I'm back. I'm going to be a lot less active than I used to be though. Please don't get angry if I don't respond to messages right away. ~Ace