He’s A YouTube Influencer And He Says The Fame Is Literally Killing Him
A 22-year-old man began gaining popularity on social media back when he was 16, and one year after he got started he quickly blew up.
He only started doing what he did online because he was incredibly passionate about producing videos.
Now, he’s a full-blown influencer on YouTube, and he has more than 5 million subscribers.
“The thing is, I can’t just stop doing this whenever I want,” he explained. “I dropped out of high school to pursue this and have no job skills or experience and no education whatsoever.”
“And I make quite a LOT of money from this and use the money I get to support my family (My family being content with my overwhelming support at this point).”
“I’m expecting a baby in June as well so I don’t have the ability to start new or fresh and I also support my girlfriend.”
Maintaining the lifestyle that he leads costs him at least $9,000 every month, and he says this is what’s making it nearly impossible for him to walk away from being an influencer.
He has no other career experience. He has no formal education. If he did stop doing what he does for a living, he would be left without realistic options to support his family.
“The problem? This “fame” is literally killing me,” he said. “I never thought that being an internet content creator would actually bring you recognizable fame in the real world but I was goddamn wrong.”
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Every time he leaves his house, a minimum of 10 people know who he is. People will rush up to him and ask him to take photos with them, and they will attempt to give him ideas for new videos.
He can’t even take his girlfriend out on a date and expect to have any peace and quiet. He knows it’s all on him that he’s so recognizable in public, since all of the videos that he makes feature his face or his body, so it’s clear to see who is behind his popular channel.
The darker side to his fame is that people are awful cruel to him; they boo him, they assault him, they doxx him, they stalk him and even try swatting him.
The barrage doesn’t stop; it’s constant, and on top of that, somebody slashed his tires within the past few months.
He recently got picked up by the mainstream portion of social media, and he’s finding that thousands of people are talking about what he does on a daily basis.
What they have to say is far from kind; they call him things like worthless, stupid, evil, and incompetent. They say he doesn’t even deserve to live.
Another issue he’s recently dealt with is some of his original followers increasingly wanted one type of content from him, so he abused several substances in order to keep himself awake to get the content completed.
“I don’t sleep, I only eat one meal a day and I think about death every single day,” he continued.
“I feel like I’m trapped in a living hell that I cannot escape from unless I were to completely destroy my own life.”
“And I genuinely can NOT escape it, not only is my content with my face in it gigantic; a few of my videos have taken on a life of their own as huge internet memes due to the way I pronounce things.”
“I will never be gone from the internet even years after I die.”
He’s really not sure where to go from here, but he feels like he simply cannot just stop doing what he’s doing, though it’s ruining his life.
How would you feel in this situation?
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