Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
YouTube sensation Stevie Ryan committed suicide by hanging and died at age 33 on July 1, just one day after lamenting how much she missed her late grandfather.
You may not know her name, but her story is familiar: A beautiful young woman (or man) sets off to find fame, fortune and validation in Hollywood, only to succumb to inner demons after discovering money and celebrity don’t bring happiness.
Ryan became a YouTube sensation in 2006 with a video series called Little Loca, where she became popular for doing celebrity impersonations of stars like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. In 2012, Stevie starred in her own weekly TV show on VH1, which ran for two seasons.
While Stevie Ryan was best known for her sarcastic jokes and sometimes crass antics, she suffered from severe depression and debilitating mood swings all her life.
Feel into depression after grandfather’s death
Last week, Ryan said she was worried she might fall into a “deeper depression” after revealing her beloved grandfather had just died. Ryan made the chilling remarks on the podcast “Mentally Ch(ill),” which she co-hosted with a comedian friend, the Mercury News reported.
“I worry this will send me into a deeper depression,” Stevie said. “I’m not a religious person, but I feel like he showed me God and heaven on earth and the beauty of nature. I have him to thank for all of that.”
Recently stopped taking antidepressants
The day before she committed suicide at her Los Angeles home, Ryan mourned her grandfather’s death. “My dream man who I will only see in my dreams,” she wrote on Instagram. “I’ll meet you in Percebo, soon. I love you my Papa.”
Two days before she killed herself, Ryan revealed on her podcast that she had been battling depression for 10 years, had tried a variety of antidepressants, and had started getting transcranial magnetic stimulation, a procedure that stimulates nerve cells in the brain to combat depression.
Ryan also confessed that she had recently stopped taking her anti-depressants. The brunette stunner previously said that the success she enjoyed from her YouTube and VH1 fame did not bring her happiness. “When I was doing well in life, I was so lonely and depressed,” she said.
Stevie said while she looked cheerful and carefree on the outside, she was constantly battling her inner demons. “I don’t know if I can ever be happy,” she said. “I’ve been sad for so long.”
If you are feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
Samantha@BizPacReview.com
Samantha Chang is a senior staff writer for BizPac Review. She is a financial editor and lawyer based in New York City.
- DOJ attorney in charge of election-crimes unit quits after AG Barr opens investigation - November 10, 2020
- ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa’: Neil Cavuto slammed after he cuts off Kayleigh McEnany presser - November 10, 2020
- Same media that cheered Stacey Abrams, Al Gore for refusing to concede attack Trump for same move - November 8, 2020
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
