No opinions on ProJared as I don't follow his work, but I feel gross that I once had sympathy for Holly Conrad. She really seemed to have a lot of psychological problems for some time, battling depression and other similar issues, but now as far as I'm concerned that was all an act to gain said sympathy.
Even if she fucked up, and she did, that isn't cause to assume that her mental illness isn't real. Mentally ill people can fuck up and be shit too.
Hey folks, typing this up the day after I was banned so apologies if something has changed contextually since writing it. I'm editing my original post as well as quoting it and the one user (
A.By) that quoted it for context.
I attempted to contact moderators though various avenues after I was banned, but unfortunately after being banned there's really no reliable way to do so, so I had no choice but to sit it out and wait.
Anywho, I wanted to explain my post, as I don't want to carry any sort of negative stigma from here on out, and I don't want anyone having the wrong idea of my opinions and beliefs.
I was not intending to imply that Holly's psychological illnesses were an act to garner any sort of sympathy from the general public, and I'm not trying to imply any of it was "made up." As someone with his own set of issues I'm all too familiar with the struggles an individual can have without anyone realizing it.
My implication was that Holly very much as generated a "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" image for herself on the internet, and it feels very much that the person anyone that followed her thought she actually was is very much different than the person that she actually is. This often tends to happen in situations where an individual commits a heinous act and friends and family that only knew them on a surface level (internet followers, in this case) are often confused by their actions, as it doesn't line up with the person they thought they knew.
In short, I, like many others, thought she was a decent person, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
That's the only "act" that I meant, not that the mental illness was an act. Unfortunately I realized too late after the fact that my post could have been misinterpreted and I was banned before I had the time to edit my post.
Thanks for your time.