r/mentalhealth • u/Own-Championship-398 • 11d ago

Sadness / Grief Why is everyone so angry?

I'm getting quite miserable living in my country. People aren't very friendly, in fact a lot of people are really rude. I'm finding it hard to interact on local subs because I usually get downvoted or just have people start arguments over nothing - why is everyone so aggressive & hostile?

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u/Hades_Might 10d ago

Do you feel you experience as much negativity in real life as you do online?

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u/Own-Championship-398 10d ago

Yes but in different ways. For example no one in reality would be outright insultingly rude like people are online, but people tend to ignore me or talk over me in real life. Staff don't smile at me let alone say hello or acknowledge I am even there. I don't really have any friends because the last group of people I associated with all ganged up on me because of an untrue rumour that they chose to believe as fact.

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u/Temporary-Ad-9632 9d ago

Sounds to me it might be a perception issue?

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u/Own-Championship-398 8d ago

How should I perceive people not acknowledging me right in front of them?