Fans are mourning the loss of gamer Etica and bringing awareness to how social media can affect mental health
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29 year old Desmond. Mo. Feh aka Edeka was a well-known gamer with hundreds of thousands of followers
In April attica's fans began to notice some concerning activity on his social media accounts, including a few suicidal tweets
Medico was detained by police after they received calls concerns about his well-being
He was taken to the New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for evaluation and in a now-deleted video
Etica told his viewers
Social media can give you an image of what you want your life to be and get blown completely out of proportion
It consumes me based on the video's description
It seemed to many like this may have been attica's farewell video to his fans
The video was posted on June 20th
Which is the day Atika went missing and fans and family immediately started searching for him
many were hanging on to the hope that maybe he was doing some kind of publicity stunt and would come back but
Unfortunately attica's body was recovered by NYPD on June 24th near the South Street Seaport in Manhattan
New York and everyone is just shocked by the news James Charles posted rest in peace edeka
My heart is so so heavy sharing this news. I hope that the community finally realizes that creators are human beings with real valid feelings
Someone having followers doesn't excuse cyberbullying. It's so easy to be kind to one another
YouTube creators shared we mourn the loss of Etica a beloved member of our gaming creator community all of us at YouTube are sending
condolences to his loved ones and
PewDiePie tweeted hearts a grass that he's actually gone left us way too soon
He will continue to live on in our hearts rest in peace Attica
Please remember no matter what is going on in your life right now
Or you think you're headed you are loved and please reach out to get the support you need
And as a community we get to be there for each other
We've got to spread love not hate if you or someone you love might be struggling. Please call the National Suicide Prevention lifeline
1-800 two seven three eight two five five
