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25 People Confess The Most Toxic Communities They’ve Been A Part Of

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Tumblr ~aesthetic~ side. People have serious body dysmorphia there.

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When I was a Jehovah’s Witness. You can’t trust anyone since they will tell on you to the elders (and yes, this is including adults). You’re made to believe that if you aren’t happy, then you’re letting Satan and the demons influence you, you’re just not praying hard enough. You can never be your authentic self and you live under the constant paranoia that God (Jehovah) will kill you and that Armageddon will come at any second. The clincher for me was when my brother died. I was told 2 weeks later by many different people that “you should be over it by now”. At his service, I was chastised because I read a poem I wrote about him on stage because females aren’t allowed to do that.

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I used to be Mormon and when I left the religion I got invited to a women’s ex-Mormon Facebook group. So much anger and drama and I just couldn’t stand it after a few months and had to leave it.

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Not me but someone I know lost a child. She joined some support groups but reckoned a lot of them were a bit sick.

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Hands down the cat rescue community. It’s always bitching and bitching, trying to destroy other rescue’s reputations, some of them make a competition out of it or only get the cats that are in dire situations so they can get more donations. Hate it and left long ago, now I save cats alone and without anyone’s help.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.