I just have to vent because I basically went to keyboard-mashing rage-levels yesterday when someone in a kinkmeme of mine dismissed the emotional abuse and neglect a character suffered at the hands of their parents as "manpain" and requested that a second character (whose father physically beat him) to be unimpressed with and contemptuous of the first character.

Excuse YOU, I've dealt with assholes who think that "it's not abuse if it's not physical" all my fucking life. I've been shamed and internalized the idea that I should feel weak and pathetic and stupid for being bothered by my parents' emotional abuse and neglect for years, being told that only whiny babies and sissies would be bothered by it. Reading that prompt upset me so badly I'm still shaken a day later. Last night I dreamed about one of my best friends, who has supported and helped me all my life, even though his life is far shittier than mine, suddenly looking at me in disgust and ridicule and telling me that I have no right to be upset because his life was worse.

Please tell me I'm not alone. I feel silly for being so bothered by some dickwad on the internet, but I'd really appreciate it if people would share stories of times they were really upset by a "silly" thing like fandom too.