Dealing with negative comments in the equestrian community.
- Emma H.
- Jun 21, 2015
- 2 min read
Sorry I haven't uploaded a while I've been very busy with school, and I am almost finished my finals! Today I decided to do something a little diffrent and on a more serious topic dealing with negative comments in the equestrian community. Where I live the equestrian community is incredibly small and that unfortunately brings more drama, and everybody talks. I have been told negative things about my abilities along my horses abilities, which I would not want to repeat. I have noted the ways that riders treat each other in my equestrian community over the years, and it extremely disheartining for me to see these injustices. About eight months ago the negative comments I was seeing really started to get to me, I was ready to give up riding because I was tired of always feeling that people were only starting fights with one another and I did not want to be a part of my equine community. My ideal equestrian community would be where people can be themselves, encourage other riders instead of tearing each other down. I took a social media break for a month (where most of this negativity was coming from) to clear my head. I came back with a different mind set, not to be mad or upset at these people who share these negative comments but to try and understand why they are doing this. I have come to my own personal conclusion that the rider's who say these things are more than likely very insecure with themselves and need to tear others down to feel better about themselves, which is very sad that they feel this way. How I got over these comments was by surrounding myself with things that were important to me, like my horses, my friends, I also started my blog to meet more people like myself. I feel like starting this blog is one of the best things I have done for myself, and has been so far a very positive experience. My best advice to anyone struggling with a negative atmosphere in your equestrian community is to surround yourself with postive things and block out all the negativity, as well be yourself and ignore what others say. I am so pleased to say I am content and positive in my life right now. If you every need somebody to talk to feel free to e-mail me at bloodbaybythesea@gmail.com or DM me on any of my social media accounts I am happ to help you in anyway that I can!
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