I cried on stream the other day

@mikaflowers13

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The video resonated by sharing a raw, emotional experience that many creators face, fostering empathy and highlighting the human impact of online interactions. The creator's vulnerability and direct message about the cruelty of online comments likely struck a chord with viewers.

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The creator shares an emotional experience of crying on stream due to cruel comments, highlighting the emotional toll of online interactions. They emphasize that streamers are real people with feelings and that constant negativity can be overwhelming, even for those who usually handle it well.

Structure

1Cried on stream due to cruel comments
2Expresses frustration with online negativity
3Explains the emotional impact of constant criticism
4Highlights the difficulty of ignoring hate
5Reminds viewers that streamers are real people

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I cried on stream the other day LIKE, I'M A COME ON HERE EVERYDAY AND I SMILE AND I SMILE, ON THIS PLATFORM FOR THREE YEARS. SAME SHIT FOR NOTHING WILL CHANGE. LIKE, I'M. I'M OVER IT. THERE'S NOTHING I THE OTHER DAY I CRIED ON STREAM. YEAH. I'M NOT EMBARRASSED BY IT IN THE SLIGHTEST. WAS LIVE, I ALWAYS WAS. BUT THE COMMENTS. JUST SO CRUEL. PEOPLE LOVE TO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF ONLINE, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO THIS, YOU KNOW, CRUELTY THAT PEOPLE HAVE. BUT JUST BECAUSE I MAKE MYSLEF VISIBLE ONLINE I DON'T NEED AS A HUMAN. WHY IS THE ANSWER ALWAYS FOR US TO TOUGHEN UP? FOR WOMEN, FOR TRANS PEOPLE, COLOUR, JUST TOUGHEN UP. WHEN WE DON'T DIRECT OUR ANGER, WE DON'T DIRECT THE REPERCUSSIONS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SENDING THE CRUELTY. AND USUALLY I'M FINE AT JUST BATTING AWAY COMMENTS. USUALLY I'M KNOWN FOR MY CLAPBACKS. WILL CLAP BACK. AND WHEN IT'S AND OVER AGAIN, LIKE THAT, LIKE, HOW IT WAS, IT GETS TO YOU. AND I'M NOT PITY, BECAUSE, LIKE, I'M A BLACK TRANS WOMAN. LIKE, THIS IS. I'M USED TO THIS. LIFE. THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, IS REAL LIFE FOR ME. BUT I WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THIS SHIT IS REAL. OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY A GOOD STREAMER, YOU'RE STREAMING, PLAYING THE GAME, YOU'RE ALSO ENTERTAINING, YOU'RE ALSO TALKING YOU'RE ALSO DOING THIS AND THAT. I'M. I'M, YOU KNOW, WEARING 50 DIFFERENT HATS. I'M ALSO EMOTIONALLY REGULATING MYSELF, TELLING MYSELF THAT THESE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, THEY'RE NOT TRUE. YOU KNOW, I WAS HAVING A VERY DYSPHORIC DAY, UM, I FELT VERY TERRIBLE THAT DAY, THE DAY BEFORE AS WELL, UM, ABOUT MYSELF. THAT IS WHY I BROKE DOWN. AND WHEN YOU'RE COMMENT AFTER COMMENT AFTER COMMENT AFTER COMMENT, IN REAL TIME, IT ADDS UP, IT PILES ON. AND THE PEOPLE THE HATERS, THAT'S JUST FUNDAMENTALLY NOT HOW HUMANS WORK. UM, IT'S A BAND YOU'RE PUTTING A SOMETHING THAT'S JUST CONSTANTLY BEING POKED AT. A BRUISE AND IT'S CONSTANTLY BEING AND SOMEONE'S JUST IGNORE IT, IGNORE YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING FREAK OUT. YOU'RE EVENTUALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO FREAK THE HELL OUT. SO I JUST IF YOU'RE IN SOMEONE'S STREAM, JUST REMEMBER THAT THE OTHER SIDE IS A REAL PERSON. AND I KNOW THIS, IT'S KINDA I AM SAYING THIS, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A REAL PERSON REAL FEELINGS AND GOALS. AND ASPIRATIONS. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WAS BEFOREHAND. YOU DON'T KNOW GOING THROUGH. AND THAT TIME. SO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE JUST THE WORST MOMENT. THAT'S BASICALLY IT. I WANT THIS TO BE JUST A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, WATCH STREAMERS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT PERSON BEHIND THE SCREEN.

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I cried on stream the other day. Not for pity — just a reminder that streamers are real people, and cruelty still hurts when it’s happening live in real time. #streamer #tiktoklive #contentcreator #bekind #transcreator

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I cried on stream the other day. Like, I'm a, come on here. Everyday and I smile and I smile, on this platform for three years. Same shit for nothing will change. Like, I'm. I'm over it. There's nothing I. So the other day I cried on stream. Yeah. I'm not embarrassed by it in the slightest. Was live, I always was. But the comments. Just so cruel. And people love to say, you know, you're putting yourself online, you're subject to this, you know, cruelty that people have. But just because I make myself visible online, I don't need as a human. Why is the answer always for us to toughen up? For women, for trans people, colour, just toughen up. When we don't direct our anger, we don't direct the repercussions to the people who are sending the cruelty. And usually I'm fine at just batting away comments. Usually I'm known for my clapbacks. Will clap back. And when it's and over again, like that, like, how it was, it gets to you. And I'm not pity, because, like, I'm a black trans woman. Like, this is. I'm used to this. Life. This, this, this, this is real life for me. But I want to show people that this shit is real. Of people don't understand, especially a good streamer, you're streaming, playing the game, you're also entertaining, you're also talking, you're also doing this and that. I'm. I'm, you know, wearing 50 different hats. I'm also emotionally regulating myself, telling myself that these comments that people are saying, they're not true. You know, I was having a very dysphoric day, um, I felt very terrible that day, the day before as well, um, about myself. That is why I broke down. And when you're comment after comment after comment after comment, in real time, it adds up, it piles on. And the people the haters, that's just fundamentally not how humans work. Um, it's a band. You're putting a something that's just constantly being poked at. A bruise and it's constantly being and someone's just ignore it, ignore. You're gonna fucking freak out. You're eventually, you're going to freak the hell out. So I just, if you're in someone's stream, just remember that the other side is a real person. And I know this, it's kinda I am saying this, but yeah, that's a real person. Real feelings and goals. And aspirations. And you don't know was beforehand. You don't know going through. And that time. So a bunch of people just caught me at the worst moment. That's basically it. I want this to be just a message to the community, community, watch streamers, that, you know, they're there for your entertainment person behind the screen.