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Social Media Influencer Dies by Suicide After Losing Followers

Posted 02 May 2025

2 min read

Misha Agrawal,  a popular Instagram influencer, died by suicide after struggling emotionally due to a drop in her follower count. 

An image shedding light on importance of Influencer's Mental Health.

Why Social Media Influencers Suffer from Mental Health Issues?

  • Huge Gulf Between the Real and Virtual Worlds: Being an influencer seems glamorous, filled with gifts, sponsored trips, and fame. 
    • However, for influencers, being online is a full-time job. The pressure to constantly post, engage, and perform leads to privacy loss, burnout and anxiety.
  • Validation and Online Scrutiny: Influencers face intense pressure to gain likes, comments, and followers and tie their self-worth to social media popularity. 
    • However, negative feedback, through trolling, abuse, or criticism, can cause serious emotional harm.
  • Toxic Comparisons: Being surrounded by carefully edited and curated content can lead to harmful social comparisons with respect to lifestyle, fulfilling relationships, etc. 
    • Studies link this with higher levels of depression and anxiety among influencers and their audiences.
  • Stigma Around Their Career: Many influencers report feeling dismissed or judged because their profession is not always taken seriously. 

As more lives move online, understanding and supporting influencer mental health and well-being becomes increasingly essential.

  • Tags :
  • Social Media
  • Influencers
  • Mental Well Being
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