thoughts on timothy heller / melanie martinez situation

I'm not going to say who is telling the truth or not because frankly, I don't know them. This post is mostly going to be about the disgusting comments I've seen being made about Timothy. Yes, people do lie for attention. But, why is that the first thing that y'all think? A matter as serious as SA should never be dismissed like that. And there's people really saying that Timothy is a liar just because she was smiling in a tiktok. Do people realize how stupid that sounds? Just because you dealt with trauma a certain way does not mean that everyone will deal with it how you did. You are not qualified to invalidate someone's struggles because you went through trauma as well. Believe it or not, being a victim doesn't give you the right to decide who gets to be a victim or not! Also, to the fan who faked that screenshot of Timothy admitting they were lying, you should be ashamed of yourself.