Answer: Nothing.

Because the world is not out to get you. You are not as important as you think - and this is a quite a good thing. Allows you to relax, because so many things you take personally are not actually about you. At all.

Make no mistake, you still are responsible for your life. For your feelings and for your reactions. So if Yiffmaster9000™ made you angry with something they said... or hurt you, or belittled you... it was always your choice. Nobody can 'make' you feel better or worse unless you allow them to.

And if a careless online comment ever ruined your day, think again. Would the person who uttered it ever spend so much time and energy on you? You who are busy being angry/injured/hurt to the bone and mentally forming a thousand cutting replies? Naw. Let it rest. People are people. People make mistakes. People can be thoughtless and sometimes they will try to insult you on purpose. Because... they are lonely and crave attention. Even negative attention, better than nothing. Poor things.

So, when the world seems out to get you... it is not. Never was, never will be. If you think your enemy is everywhere, it's most easily found in the next mirror.

~ Amber