Mumbai: Popular content creator Misha Agrawal’s sudden demise left her family members and fans shocked and devastated.
Days after Misha’s death, her family members revealed that the 24-year-old died by suicide after losing her followers on social media.
Misha’s elder sister Mukta Agrawal took to her sister’s Instagram handle to share that she was stressed and depressed after seeing a dip in her social media followers.
The young content creator, who had around 3.5 lakh social media followers at the time of her death, wished to hit the 1-million mark.
“Her phone wallpaper says everything. Her only aim of life,” Mukta wrote, while sharing a screenshot of Misha’s wallpaper.
“My little baby sister had built her world around Instagram and her followers, with a single goal of reaching 1 million followers and gaining loving fans. While her followers started decreasing, she became distraught and felt worthless,” Mukta wrote.
Mukta revealed that her sister was depressed since April, and would often start crying as she was losing followers.
“Jijja, what will I do if my followers decrease? My career will be over,” Misha used to say.
“I tried to console her, explaining that this isn’t her entire world, it’s just a side job, and if it doesn’t work out, it’s not the end. I reminded her of her talents, her LLB degree, and her preparation for PCSJ, telling her that she will become a judge one day and doesn’t need to worry about her career,” Mukta shared.
“I urged her to focus on her happiness and let go of anxiety and depression. Unfortunately, my little sister didn’t listen and became so consumed by Instagram and followers that she left our world forever,” Mukta continued.
“She became so overwhelmed that she took her own life, leaving our family devastated,” she concluded.
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Reacting to the news of Misha’s death by suicide, actress Taapsee Pannu wrote, “This is something I long feared seeing the obsession of a lot of people around. Fear that a day will come the numbers here will overpower the love of life. Fear that desperate need of virtual love will blind u towards the real love around you. And this instant gratification and validation of likes n comments will overtake the degrees which make u worth much more. It’s heartbreaking to see this.”
Misha died on April 24, just two days before her 25th birthday.
