The troll is usually triggered by your posts and takes to your social media platform to air out their personal grievances against you.
The first time I experienced a person responding to my posts because they were obviously triggered by them, I did not know what to think. I felt discomfort and disappointment that my post was viewed in such a negative light. I had to read their response to my post again and again.
I attempted to figure out where I went wrong, but then I was reminded that my posts would be understood by the right people who connected with them. That will not be everyone. In fact, sometimes posts will trigger others even if that is never my intention.
Needless to say, this particular person responded with what seemed like a dissertation in response to my simple post about the behaviors I had observed from the narcissists that were in my life. I could tell that the responder was very angry based on the words they used and their seemingly rant-like state.
The person’s responses seemed to be out of proportion to my post altogether. I literally scrolled to view other comments to see if the person was having quarrel with someone else. To keep from creating an even bigger scene, I simply responded to the person that they could block me if they disagreed with what I shared, but that my experiences were not up for their debate, and I was not going to hold back because they thought that I should do so.
The person called me a gossiper and someone intent on keeping others down. I was confused, and I had to rethink my purpose which is clearly very simple. I post to talk about my experiences with narcissists who struggle with narcissistic personality disorder and the abuse I have suffered as a result of my connections with them. I never name anyone to protect their identities. I do not even name myself.
So, after some thought, I realized that the person was offended simply because the person had to have been dealing with their own issues. Although this incident did not necessarily make the person a troll, they became one the more they continued to add on with more of their responses. In the process of all this, I immediately took note that absolutely no one commented back to the person, and the more the person continued responding, the more I realized that this person had been incited to do so because no one was responding back to them.
Eventually, the person took my suggestion and blocked me even though the person did not even follow me nor I them. The person chose to come to my page and start a rant over a post that had nothing to do with her personally at all. The post was about my experience. As strange as I thought this situation was, I was also unsettled by it. I literally had to pull away from posting for a few days to regroup.
I suppose it unsettled me because I do not like conflict, and I hate drama. I want peace, and that is something I want to promote, but it can be difficult when trolls show up to wreak havoc and display their toxic traits for seemingly no reason but to cause problems. People have grievances, and I get that, but to pick a fight with a total stranger who has nothing to do with you is absurd.
Up next … an example of how trolls attempted to upstage me on my own platform.
My Voice Unchained 