“I was losing touch of reality”: Twitch Star Kai Cenat talks about mental health and pushes back at critics of his recent emotional video 

On December 23, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat opened up about his mental health struggles due to long hours of streaming. He shared a thread of tweets on X and also via his Instagram post, clapping back at those who made critical remarks on his recent video.

The latest posts on mental health came shortly after the streamer’s birthday, when he shared a video talking about his self-doubts and streaming burnout on December 16. The video garnered some negative reactions on the internet.

In his latest posts, Kai Cenat once again mentioned his struggles and replied to his critics.

Twitch star mentioned that he wants to bring awareness about mental health after seeing feedback on his recent video.

“Im not sad , I’m not depressed but I need to bring awareness to mental health after some of the feedback I’ve been seeing”

Kai Cenat went on to say that negative feedback highlighted how people don’t speak up about such struggles.

“When I seen the some of the negative feedback I received, I got to see a glimpse of why people don’t speak up about this more often” Kai said.

Kai further mentioned his self-doubt and how he lived in fear.

“I just felt like I would be able to talk to you guys on a more personal level about dealing with self doubt and living in fear.”

He went on to add how he lost touch with reality due to his continuous streaming. Kai Cenat shared that streaming distanced him from his family and friends.

“As I was very consistent in streaming there were certain times I realized that I was losing touch of reality, I needed to take a step back and fully reset I started to realize I wasn’t even spending time with close friends and family behind the scenes as much as I wanted to”

He also pushed back at critics, saying that he will continue to talk about mental health, ignoring negative reactions.

“I cant imagine the things that people are going through on a deeper level so for those people let me speak up a little LOUDER idc if people look at me as a joke”

Kai Cenat is working on a new project

In his birthday video, Kai Cenat also revealed that he has been working on something new for months and will soon reveal it to his fans. He added that he wants to do more as a creator beyond streaming and doesn’t want to limit himself.

In related news, Kai bagged multiple trophies at this year’s Streamer Awards. He won a total of four awards on December 6 at the awards ceremony. He earned Best Streamed Event with Best Marathon Stream with Mafiathon 3, Streamer University, Best Streamed Collab with NBA legend LeBron James, and Best Just Chatting Streamer.

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