They all messaged me to tell me that I was awful, a slut, and I’d get beat up in high school and no one would ever date me or love me.

I was homeschooled in middle school because my parents were afraid I’d be bullied. I missed my 6th grade friends, even the girls that were mean to me, so we connected on MSN. One of them looked at my profile and saw that I identified as bi. They all messaged me to tell me that I was awful, a slut, and I’d get beat up in high school and no one would ever date me or love me. I believed them and ended up in an abusive relationship that took me four years to get out of.