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I lost a YouTuber that I have been watching for years today.

Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTuber known as "Etika," has been found dead a week after he went missing, authorities said. He was 29-years-old. The New York Police Department said Amofah went missing on the night of June 19. Authorities found his body in the East River on Monday after responding to a call about a person floating in the water near South Street Seaport, a department spokesperson told CBS News. He was unresponsive and EMS pronounced him deceased, the spokesperson said. The investigation is ongoing and a cause of death has not yet been confirmed.Amofah went missing after posting a video to his channel, TR1Iceman, in which he expresses suicidal thoughts. The video has since been taken down. New York police began searching for him a little more than a day after the 8-minute video was uploaded. In his final video, Etika could be seen walking the streets of New York. "I'm sorry, y'all," he says. "I shouldn't have pushed so many people away. Now, I've got nobody." [Credit to https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...tika-amofah-found-dead-in-new-york/ar-AADpvp8 ]

Etika, I loved your videos and I wish we helped you with your problems sooner.

United Kingdom 🇬🇧 116 123
United States 🇺🇸 1-800-273-8255
Canada 🇨🇦 1 800 456 4566
Ireland 🇮🇪 116 123
Philippines 🇵🇭 2919
Australia 🇦🇺 131 114
France 🇫🇷 01 45 39 40 00
Germany 🇩🇪 0800 111 0 111
Austria 🇦🇹 142
Switzerland 🇨🇭143
The Netherlands 🇳🇱 0900 0113

PLEASE, PLEASE! If you are struggling in life call these numbers. We don't need more death in this world. I love each and every one of you. If anyone would like to talk, if you are going through anything, need a friend, a best friend, PM me please I am opening my arms to anyone.
 
Thank you for this post r_cu. It makes me want to write a few words if you may.

Internet can be a harsh place for vulnerable spirits. I believe eGO can be a refuge from bullying and harassment !
I know most of the people here feel strong and independent but sometimes -in life- you can feel down.

You may feel useless just being one human being, but there's many things you can do actually when you see someones sadness.

First, how do you detect sadness? Someone who says he's useless, that his life doesn't matter to anyone...general feeling of having no purpose.
What do you answer? It's strange but first talk about you, tell the story of your battles/struggles in life.
For instance, I have two friends who died in different ways: one in a plane crash, the other got stuck in a snowstorm..
When they passed we all cried in different ways. Life matters !

Depression is a vicious circle, and the best way to fight against is by stimulating yourself, go outside !
If you don't feel going outside on your own, check on your family, call a friend.
If your family's gone or inexistant, don't stay inside !! Take your courage and just take a walk between two video game grinds.

I've been in jailbreak servers lately, and I've heard a few people say on their microphones that they're depressed.. and I didn't do anything ! I feel bad about that now that, now that I can see concrete consequences of depression.

Take you depressed friend/co-worker/family-member/videogame-friend by the hand and enlighten his life with your best meme/joke. Tell him to get on TeamSpeak and just talk !

Just the other day I spent 1 hour talking to an unknown (shoutout to Mex ) asking him questions about the USA and the lifestyle Americans have. (stupid example but still, I never knew him and I told to get on teamspeak after a freekill incident)

tl;dr Take care of everyone around you, God is love.
If everyday you talk to a new person and make him smile you WILL get closer to God.
Depression is a vicious circle and the only way to fight it is to talk to people. (I've been through it and I'm still taking medication for it ,it took me 2 years to go see a psychologist. )

PS: also Music is a solid therapy against depression. Link your iPhone to your Bluetooth speaker, blast your favorite techno beat and do 15 push-ups and 25 abs (do that 4 times a day you'll see a difference real soon)


Love you all,
-Led <3
 
Ledzo said:
Thank you for this post r_cu. It makes me want to write a few words if you may.

Internet can be a harsh place for vulnerable spirits. I believe eGO can be a refuge from bullying and harassment !
I know most of the people here feel strong and independent but sometimes -in life- you can feel down.

You may feel useless just being one human being, but there's many things you can do actually when you see someones sadness.

First, how do you detect sadness? Someone who says he's useless, that his life doesn't matter to anyone...general feeling of having no purpose.
What do you answer? It's strange but first talk about you, tell the story of your battles/struggles in life.
For instance, I have two friends who died in different ways: one in a plane crash, the other got stuck in a snowstorm..
When they passed we all cried in different ways. Life matters !

Depression is a vicious circle, and the best way to fight against is by stimulating yourself, go outside !
If you don't feel going outside on your own, check on your family, call a friend.
If your family's gone or inexistant, don't stay inside !! Take your courage and just take a walk between two video game grinds.

I've been in jailbreak servers lately, and I've heard a few people say on their microphones that they're depressed.. and I didn't do anything ! I feel bad about that now that, now that I can see concrete consequences of depression.

Take you depressed friend/co-worker/family-member/videogame-friend by the hand and enlighten his life with your best meme/joke. Tell him to get on TeamSpeak and just talk !

Just the other day I spent 1 hour talking to an unknown (shoutout to Mex ) asking him questions about the USA and the lifestyle Americans have. (stupid example but still, I never knew him and I told to get on teamspeak after a freekill incident)

tl;dr Take care of everyone around you, God is love.
If everyday you talk to a new person and make him smile you WILL get closer to God.
Depression is a vicious circle and the only way to fight it is to talk to people. (I've been through it and I'm still taking medication for it ,it took me 2 years to go see a psychologist. )

PS: also Music is a solid therapy against depression. Link your iPhone to your Bluetooth speaker, blast your favorite techno beat and do 15 push-ups and 25 abs (do that 4 times a day you'll see a difference real soon)


Love you all,
-Led <3
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Read every word pls


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That is why I hate the internet man. It is just a massive place for bullies and people who have no voices in the real world because they are behind a computer they can talk whatever they want and they can do whatever they want because they are behind a screen protecting them. Man this tragic could've been just handled correctly if Etika was around the right people and did talk to someone that day. All of this could've been averted.


Thank you for sharing this R r_cu and Ledzo Ledzo for the words that you had put into this thread!


Please Suicide is not the answer. There is always someone out there for you that cares about you. Your life isn't worthless someone does care about you. If you really have any problems and you want to talk about it find your nearest people, you can't find them? call the hotlines were given and follow ledzo words. If not I am 100% sure that people in here (EdgeGamers) and myself are willing to help out and lend a hand. You are not ALONE!

They can't rescue you if they don't know you need it. Ask for help to fight another day.
 
I love this community, I am so glad I join eGO. Can't wait to see what the future has in turn for this forum
 
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