Last month, a tragic incident laid bare the mental toll of social media fame. Misha Agrawal, a popular content creator, died by suicide on April 24, days before her 25th birthday. The reason? A steady loss of followers on social media.
While her family initially kept the cause private, her sister Mukta Agrawal later revealed on Instagram that Misha had been battling depression triggered by a decline in her follower count. “My little baby sister had built her world around Instagram and her followers, with a single goal of reaching 1 million followers and gaining loving fans. When her followers started decreasing, she became distraught and felt worthless. Since April, she has been deeply depressed, often hugging me and crying, saying, Jijja, what will I do if my followers decrease? “My career will be over,” wrote Mukta on Misha’s official Instagram account.
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