I know how it feels when you earn a shit storm or get hate emails - for instance, on another forum years ago. These posts contained made-up stories and false allegations and were mainly started by a low-life whom I had outed to be a crook who did not pay his freelancers properly.

Eventually, some people will support you but in the end the question is whether you can rely on them in these hard times or whether they just pay a lip service that doesn't cost them anything.

The best thing to see you through such times of trouble is self-confidence that you have done nothing wrong and that what your enemies say has no basis at all.