Hi everyone,

I want to explain why I was offline today.

Unfortunately, I received some very abusive messages earlier that really took a toll on me and I decided to step back & stay offline for the remainder of the day.

I’ve deleted them and blocked the senders so I’m not going to share, but these weren’t just negative—they were openly hurtful and vicious and abusive and crossed lines I never considered I’d have to deal with.

I normally get several rude or obnoxious or negative or weird or obscene messages a day, a small amount in the hundreds of lovely ones I get, I’ll warn them and if they keep doing it, I’ll ban them, but this was different, I felt that this person was a possible threat to me.

I’ve been enjoying myself so much and genuinely love doing this and connecting with all of you. This has been such a positive experience for me, and I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who’s been supportive, kind, and respectful. Those messages mean so much, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.

At the same time, I’m getting hundreds of messages each day, I try my best to get back to absolutely everyone. I might take a while but I really do try and lately, it’s become overwhelming.

I don’t want to have to limit who I interact with, but I might have to start thinking about it just to protect my own energy. It’s not what I want to do, but the increasing number of abusive messages are starting to make it hard to stay as open as I’d like.

Unfortunately I can’t send this to everyone that follows me and not just the community so I’m hoping as many people as possible see it.

Please know I’m not looking for pity or apologies—this isn’t the fault of the vast majority of you who are absolutely amazing. I just want to be transparent about why I might need to pull back a bit on interactions. Thank you for understanding and for sticking by me.

I’m after setting up a twitter and telegram account in case this disappears please follow them. Reddit won’t let me post the links but it’s their url with my name - site/SaoirseCosa

I’m not sure yet if I’ll be online tomorrow so please be patient with me while I consider my next move

xx Saoirse