{"id":2924,"date":"2017-11-01T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/dealing-with-trolls-in-online-support-communities\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:23:40","slug":"dealing-trolls-online-support-communities","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/dealing-trolls-online-support-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo lidiar con los trolls en las comunidades de soporte en l\u00ednea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Online support communities like MHA\u2019s Inspire<\/a> can be a safe space for people with mental health conditions to share information and provide comfort to each other. And a lot of people have found strength in sharing their stories on social media.<\/p>\n

Most people find an overwhelmingly positive response when they share. But occasionally, a troll comes along and ruins it for everyone.<\/p>\n

Trolls used to be limited to fairy tales, but not anymore. Internet trolls are people who bully others online because they enjoy it. It might be because the troll is a young kid who thinks it\u2019s \u201cfunny\u201d to say mean things to people. It might be because that person is lonely and angry and wants to make others miserable.<\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s not fun. You might get a private message from someone telling you to \u201cgo kill yourself\u201d or telling you to \u201cget over your problems.\u201d They might even try to post this publicly. Sometimes bullies go far enough to post about you on social media even when they aren\u2019t responding to you, and you find it on your own.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you can do about this.<\/p>\n