Opening Up Comments
Until today comments have been restricted to paying users. Previously when I would publish anything online my dad’s partner would cyber stalk me and harass me via comments. It led to me being too afraid to write and share anything publicly. While I continued to write, I did it in hiding. Part of my healing has been reclaiming my right to write without fear of harassment.
Now that I’ve been publishing MHW for almost 2 years, I feel more comfortable in this space and my ability to set whatever boundaries I need to keep this a psychologically and socially safe space. One of the things I have really loved has been receiving comments from people in the MHW community. I feel grateful to know your thoughts on an article I’ve written, how it’s impacted you and stories about yourselves. Over time the reasons to open up comments outweighed the reason to not.
I’ve decided to open comments to everyone. I look forward to hearing from you.