PlaqueBoyMax gets emotional admitting he cried off stream and has no one left to talk to

Faze Clan Star Discusses Mental Health Challenges: "I was bawling my eyes out."

In one of the most emotional moments of the stream, PlaqueBoyMax of FaZe Clan opened up on a recent livestream about the impact of content creation on his mental health and the extensive loneliness he has faced.

This emotional breakdown was in response to a streamer cry-off session during FaZe's well-known Subathon event, where he confessed to having "no one left to talk to” and cried off-screen.

“I was bawling my eyes out”: A breakdown behind the scenes

After ten straight days of streaming on his Twitch Subathon, PlaqueBoyMax announced he had hit a breaking point, emotionally drained from the unrelenting stress of the stream and grappling with his mental health.

“When I tell y’all that I was going through it, I was really going through it. Like by Day 10, I was like, ‘I don’t know how I am going to go through the rest of these 20 days.’ I’m having nights where I’m in the bathroom, I was bawling my eyes out,” he said on his Twitch stream.

His confession resonated with many of his peers, and some even went as far as to commend him for discussing the seldom talked about pressure and mental health issues that come from ‘living’ as a full-time content creator.

“I don’t like streaming”: A crisis of purpose

At the same time, PlaqueBoyMax admitted to losing interest in streaming, a previously core part of his identity.

“It became one of those things, for the first time in my life where I was sitting here like, ‘Damn bro, I don’t like streaming," he shared on the same stream.

This describes an issue pervading the less-discussed struggle for examination—burnout, emotional fatigue, and the ever-present need to be the “life of the party.”

Community support amid personal turmoil

Acknowledging his challenges, PlaqueBoyMax was still thankful for the support that came out during the Subathon. He appreciated the role that his 5$tar community played in assisting him with the stream; his community helped him manage every bit of the stream when he needed to step away for some time.

“There were days where I couldn’t do it, and my people really held it down. They took care of everything when I just needed a break,” he said on the Subathon.

This especially made everyone recognize how important communities and fellow supporters of the creators are in helping him handle his mental health and the huge impact these communities have on his overall well-being.

A growing conversation about mental health in streaming

PlaqueBoyMax’s emotional a-ha moment is further exploding from a bubble of streamers talking about the unfavorable side effects of psychologically dealing with content creation.

In the case of Max, he, along with many streamers, is trying to put it out that the people who are at the other end of the camera, dealing with tremendous amounts of stress, burnout, and the devastation of loneliness, are true and realistic figures.

Though grappling with such intense honesty can be daunting, it’s a path that the gaming and streaming world really could benefit from when it comes to considering deeper empathy for the people producing the content and subsequently increasing the pressing need for mental health initiatives.

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