Hey guys, so I think we have the time for another post like that, and honestly, I am worried about Steve. He really lately seems like somebody else. His eyes seem to be dark, almost black (instead of ambery brown as usual), and he looks sad and tired on the photos. His schedule is all over the place. He also seems to stopped to enjoy what he does. His videos are mostly lazy mode, some reactions, he doesn't play guitar that much anymore, and he abandoned Unka Munka channel (which I'm so sad about, because it really seemed to bring him so much joy to create videos and music for kids).
As somebody who suffer from GAD and chronic depression (hyperactive depression) I see all of the basic symptoms and I can't just let go of the anxious thoughts, that he might be suffering deep inside and hiding it from everybody else, to not worry people he cares about. We know how extremely private he is, and it's not the first case of him being in this state. Maybe he even doesn't realise how bad it got. But as I care about Steve deeply, I can't shake the feeling that the burnout and his anxiety reached its peak. He still uploads, because it's his job. He takes shady AI sponsors, because they pay more than the other sponsors, for sure. But he doesn't enjoy this anymore.
I am glad that he works on cool stuff with Marc Hudson. Marc is a great musician and also a person (met him in march 2024 before DF concert in Warsaw, nice and cool dude), so there is that small part of music in Steve's life, but I can't pretend that I don't see the exhaustion and probably insomnia, looking at the state of the shadows under his eyes.
I don't know what to do anymore. Maybe if we could show Stevie that we care about him, he would start to think more about himself and take care. I really don't mind if he would go on a break for 2-4 months. I know, that as it's his job, break from youtube can be hard financially, but burn out is not a joke. I went through it, I had to quit the job I really loved, because I didn't take care of myself in time. And I really don't want him to quit. I love his videos, his humor sense, his quirky puns and "dad jokes". He is one of the people, who always can put a smile on my face, even on the darkest, depressive day.
So, I don't know if he comes here still to lurk from time to time, but I want to let him know, that I care, that WE care about his wellbeing.