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In February, aspiring streamer Mystic hit a breaking point. When her kids started going to school, she had decided to try to turn streaming on Twitch from a hobby into a career.
At first, she only streamed during the day while they were away, but as time went on, she became obsessed with keeping her numbers up. She started streaming at night, too, after they went to sleep. Self-care went out the window. Streaming and family — those were the only things she had time for.
One day, right before a stream, she had a panic attack. All the pressures and unattended wants and needs boiled over. She quit streaming shortly after.
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What a riveting story.
Well he is a human, nothing wrong with that :)
Daaaaw, talk about your warm fuzzies.
What he doesn't know is that the fan is tracking his player location through his streams to shoot him.
Sob sniping. The smell of the salt from his tears gives him away everytime.
going by all the twitch highlights ive seen from this guy, he seems either supremely passionate and emotional or batshit insane and unstable
Its a character he plays where he is intentionally obnoxious.
Oh yeah, that reaction looked totally real.
How un-athletic of him to cry.
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