The term menhera, originally an Internet term, has taken on various meanings. To date, the academic literature has focused primarily on the meaning of the word in popular culture. There has been...Show moreThe term menhera, originally an Internet term, has taken on various meanings. To date, the academic literature has focused primarily on the meaning of the word in popular culture. There has been little research on the meaning of menhera as an Internet language and the perspective of those who identify with it. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to find the meaning of menhera for those who identify with it in an online community. A content analysis was conducted on a Discord server called Sick Miss. The analysis revealed that for the members of Sick Miss, the term menhera does not mean a set of particular characteristics or a specific disorder. Instead, menhera encompasses all mental disorders and the members specify their illness by using terms from the DSM-V. Furthermore, Sick Miss members express their illness through pain; expressing it primarily as the pain of living. The reason for members to join the server is to join a community of people for mutual support. The analysis has shown that in the context of an online community, the meaning of menhera is to ease the pain of life together.Show less
