Posts made by GreyWind

What's in the past cannot be changed, but you can control how you respond to it now. Now, you have the opportunity to make healthy choices for yourself. Dig out what you can do to tackle it.
Identify the activities and skills that you believe will make you more confident. Work towards building and strengthening yourself that way.

@taropudding Bullying doesn't help anyone. Forgetting about the incident is hard when the incident has happened at a young age.
In many cases, the bullies themselves would be under the impression that they will find more attention or acceptance within a community or group. They themselves seek approval from others. This can pester them so much that they end up picking on others to seek validation and acceptance. Some disillusioned people see bullying as a means of projecting an alpha personality. Though it might sound blunt, some people are simply mean. Too mean for their own and others' good.

Feelings of remorse and a sense of guilt is usual. Many bullies keep going on coz they aren't much aware of, or haven't given proper thought to, the effects of their actions. Whatever be the reasons, bullying is counterproductive, even to the bullies.

I'm off to sleep now. btw I'm don't claim to be a techie lol

@mikeJB Your email ID seems to have been associated with that IG account for quite a while. It's puzzling how the email got verified by ig in the first place. Either the account was quite old, ie. dating back to 2014 or even before that (email verification was adopted by ig in 2014); or someone got unauthorized access to your email and made verification, or however unlikely it might sound, it's still possible that you or someone close to you might have unintentionally verified it (it's just 2 clicks - one for opening the mail, the other for pressing the 'verify' button.)

You might consider reaching out to ig support, but I'm not sure if it's possible since the account is no longer active.

@mikeJB Okay... When did you receive the email? and is there some way you can tell how old that ig account might have been?

@mikeJB Hey, was the mail that you received, by any chance, a confirmation email from Insta?

@mikeJB Social media accounts can be logged-in through email and phone number. I bet if you have the access to the email ID that's linked to the account, you can alter the settings in any way.
I believe you must have accessed IG after opening that email you received and clicking the link in that mail. That way you could login to the insta account and make all of those changes which you were able to.
I wanna state it again that all this doesn't seem some hacking stuff, though.

@Lauren21301 Don't forget to follow and dm me though! 🙋‍♂️ 😁😄😄😃

@DennisJM I can see we both are already viewing the buildup here. 😁😆
Happy to see all peeps putting in their comments here. lol

@DennisJM 😂😂😂 Me not up for any such competition!! lolz
Bro hugs 🤗🤗🤗

lol @DennisJM not anymore the only one here, right? xD Was wondering how this post got so many replies in such a short while. 😄😃
@Lauren21301 Welcome to tws!

It doesn't seem like a hack though. It was some girl who used your email address to create an account on Insta. I haven't used Insta but I've tried creating an account recently and it's login and account creation stuff works similar to facebook.
IG uses phone number as well as email to create an account. Requires phone number verifo via OTP and email verifo via a confirmation email. Seems like a sound assumption to me that she verified her own phone number to sign up and handle the account.
The puzzling stuff here is how was she able to verify the email? was your email account hacked to get it verified? Or was an email verification not a norm in those times when she created the account?
And it's a mystery why she used your email ID to create an account in the first place. I'm inclined to guess that it might be typo. Still, sounds odd and unlikely.

@Xavier Well bud, it's good to know you. All the very best to you, man. I still have those song recommendations in our DM, lol

@tansh This feeling can make you feel empty and exhausted. Don't get into this rut. Not feeling appreciated? Try expressing your emotions and feelings to those who matter to you. Be descriptive and try not to sound accusatory while conveying them.

Take solace in the fact that you're the one who took the initiative and made those efforts to lighten up others' lives. And this makes you all the more important. Take care of yourself. You'll be able to sustain helping others only when you yourself are well.

@emilyyyyy Global mods being mean to you might be just the thing you need. ;)
Sleep off, kid.

My DM's are open. Feel free to text me.

@нχятѕ Mostly books, articles and thoughts. Lately, it's been routine to stay up the night.

@Ihateualll Your mother has lost multiple loved ones in a short span of time. Sudden outbursts of sorrow is a very natural response and even desirable one so that she expresses herself and doesn't suppress any emotions. As much as you might hate to see her like that, try to accompany her when this happens. If she insists on having some time alone (minutes, hours) , let her have it, but make sure that she is accessible and reachable. It's alright if all this doesn't exceed a couple of weeks.

Get her involved in her former routine in order to keep her occupied. Any hobbies or activities which capture her mind will definitely help. You might also wanna convince her to try new activities, tasks etc.

Try all these in addition to the breathing exercises suggested in the comment by Moshiach. Breathing exercises can have tremendous positive effects. Amicable social circles and spiritual beliefs are often helpful in coping with sorrow.

All the very best to you and your mother 😊.
Feel free to reach out.