An acquaintance has been writing things on social media about me.
I am currently pregnant and suffering with numerous problems. I'm finding it very hard. I don't normally post a lot on social media, and when I do, I generally make it positive. Not in a 'my life is fabulous' kind of way, but just generally cheery. With everyone promoting World mental health day recently, I decided to let down my barriers and actually admit that all the side effects of pregnancy (e.g. baby's health problems, SPD, HG, tokophobia etc) have made me severely depressed.
I've secretly had my suspicions for a while that her statuses are about me, but my DH basically spelled it out to me tonight without prompting. She screen shots my posts and sends them to her group of friends who all mock me. In the last 8 months I have written 4 posts where I have admitted that I'm not enjoying pregnancy because of all the sickness. This last post was the first time I admitted how much it had affected my mental health. Despite this, she is saying awful things.
I know the advice will be to come off social media, but why should I? I know I don't go on there much, but I find it useful normally. Maybe I shouldn't have posted my struggles on there, but many of my friends reached out with support, so I'm glad I was open. I feel better for reaching out.
I want to say something to this person, but don't know what to say. This kind of stigma is really harmful.