i think i might've been doxxed

i wasn't doxxed on here, by the way.

let's just say i had these online friends for almost 10 months, and i created a whole persona just so i wouldn't get doxxed or exposed in any way. i presented myself as a 16-year-old boy with the same interests i actually have, just a different age and gender, purely to protect my personal info.

after a few months, i realized they were starting to drain my mental health, so i decided to step away from the friend group for a bit, and they seemed to completely understand. yesterday, i logged into my instagram to delete my account since i had decided not to talk to them anymore, and i saw a message that said "(my real name that i did not tell them about) you can't hide shit. don't look for us anymore." i got scared, but i went ahead and deleted my account anyway.

a few minutes later, my sister —who's the only one in my family with a public account—told me some random person started following her for like 10 minutes and then unfollowed. i asked for the username, and it turned out to be one of the friends i had just cut ties with. i tried looking up their accounts, but they had already blocked me. when i logged into an alt, i saw they changed their display names to "she knows..." (corny as fuck, i know), but i was so freaked out that it really scared me. my account was private, yet they somehow found my sister's that doesn't even have her name in it. my whole family follows her, so i'm terrified they've already found my family's profiles and maybe even messaged them. i'm super paranoid and i keep spiraling, thinking about them messaging my school and ruining my life by spreading bullshit to other students.

i ended up telling my mom about it, and surprisingly, she believed me and said it's just a lesson to learn from. it feels weird to bond with her all of a sudden, so i feel like we might argue soon anyway. even though she says everything is fine, i can't help feeling really scared. i already told my sister to make her account private and everything, but i'm afraid they already have my info.