Once upon a scroll, in the faraway kingdom of Feeds and Stories, there lived a man named Mark — a man who never met a “Post” button he didn’t like.

Every day (and several times per day), Mark blessed his followers with scripture-laden laments, emotional selfies, recycled memes about narcissistic abuse (somehow never about him), and endless variations of the theme: “Everyone has wronged me but Jesus still loves me — and so should you, @followers.”

And not just any followers…
Mark insists on tagging @followers, @highlights, and sometimes just plain old strangers — in every single post, story, reel, and sobbing diatribe. His notifications must look like a hostage situation.

At first, his audience watched with curiosity.
“Oh, look at Mark… opening up!”
“How brave!”
“He’s really sharing his heart.”

But soon a peculiar phenomenon began to spread among the kingdom of his timeline: Mark Fatigue Syndrome (MFS).

Symptoms of Mark Fatigue Syndrome include:

• Involuntary Eye-Rolling whenever the @followers tag appears
• Thumb Cramps from muting his stories faster than they can autoplay
• Dramatic Sighing upon realizing that once again, Mark has taken an ordinary Tuesday to broadcast a passive-aggressive testimonial about his haters (who are everywhere, apparently)
• Selective Amnesia, wherein even the most sympathetic friend can no longer remember what he’s complaining about this time

The Science Behind It:

Psychologists call this phenomenon emotional burnout-by-proxy.
Humans can only process so much performative vulnerability and social media martyrdom before even empathy itself throws up its hands and logs off.

And the tagging? Ah yes, the constant @everyone approach triggers a well-documented response called Psychological Reactance — the innate human urge to run screaming in the opposite direction when they feel manipulated, cornered, or endlessly notified.

The result?

• Formerly loyal followers quietly mute
• Friends who once commented “You got this, Mark!” now just “like” out of social obligation
• New followers see the mess, swipe up, and never return
• The rare “highlight” he tags simply wonders aloud: “Why is this man tagging me in his emotional Yelp review of his ex-wife’s parenting skills?”

Even Mark’s biggest enablers get tired.

Even the co-dependent saints, who genuinely believed they were “called to support Mark through this difficult season,” eventually look down at their phone and whisper:
“Dear Lord, not again.”

Final thoughts:
The tragedy of Mark is that his posts began as a cry for connection but have become an exhausting soliloquy performed on an empty stage. His @followers don’t unfollow — they just disappear into quiet avoidance, protecting their peace while Mark soldiers on… convinced they’re still watching.

So next time you see Mark typing his 7th post of the day, complete with emotional hashtags and dutiful @highlights tags, know this:
Somewhere, in a far corner of the internet, a weary follower is gently pressing “Mute Story” and reclaiming their sanity.

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