I've had a couple of users spamming me with useless advice on a subreddit that is supposed to be about roasts and comebacks. I make these posts to cope with my anxiety and depression, and I expect them to be what it says on the community title. Otherwise, if I post on r/comebacks and I receive unwanted advice that is not only arrogant but also ridiculously self-righteous, then I want it out of my life. If I wanted advice, I would post my issues in an entirely different subreddit, and I would ask them for it. I've been arguing with one user who tells me not to get offended and just lighten up at something that's INTENDED to be offensive, which is bullshit. I've been told to change my behavior and it's not that hard, as if having depression and anxiety are a choice and not a big fucking deal. I told the user I don't want to change to please other people and become a mindless zombie like they expect me to. In response he/she starts telling me that's not what he/she meant, and I need to change myself FOR myself.

This infuriated me. One, it ignores my struggles with depression and anxiety to a further degree. Two, the user has ignored the original intentions of the subreddit. And three, he/she wouldn't stop throwing useless advice at me and is unaware of the fact that I didn't ask for any advice. So, I had to play into his/her shitty little game and reply "I don't want to change for myself. I'm already fine with the way I am". Moments later, nope, didn't work. He/she went right back to manipulating me "well if you're fine the way you are, then why did you bother to make a post from an outside perspective? Something must be horribly with wrong with you". I wanted to scream in his/her face "CAUSE IT'S THE WAY MY LIFE WORKS GODDAMMIT!!!!!!" but instead I replied "Because that's how I cope with my anxiety", then added "why are you throwing pointless advice at me when the subreddit is about comebacks?". Shouldn't have said it because he/she replied "because most people don't think of comebacks, they're human. And besides, when people see your posts, they think something is wrong with you. We're supposed to be here to empathize". First off, no! r/comebacks is a subreddit for sarcastic humor, not for useless advice! I expect it be for shits and giggles. Second, what he/she just stated is not a sign of empathy, it sounds more like a sign of controlling their victims! And third, this is not his/her fucking place to tell me what other people think of me!

That did it! I put my foot down and told him/her that I don't want to listen to his/her shitty advice and added "do yourself a favor and stop giving useless advice to people who don't need it". And I blocked him/her. I still cannot understand why these subreddits allow these kinds of bigotry. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for years and these replies I've gotten have minimized me and my experiences. Because of these people, I've grown an extreme hatred for myself.