Parasocial relationships can have an extremely strong effect on people. My son was similarly effected by the suicide of a youtuber a few years ago. My son was 18 at the time, just out of HS and struggling. This person is someone he had followed for years and was public about his struggles and was doing better, then this happened.
The unintended side effects of the world we have built are many, and some are impacting our children in ways we couldn't have forseen.
The unintended side effects of the world we have built are many, and some are impacting our children in ways we couldn't have forseen.