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Promote Mental Health
Live streaming is a demanding activity. It's crucial to remember to take care of your mental health when broadcasting. We want to provide some tips to help you stay mentally fit and healthy while online.
Advocate for Others
As content creators and live streamers, you have a unique opportunity to raise awareness about mental health and advocate for those who may be struggling.
#StreamYourBestLife
We want to encourage everyone to start a conversation about mental wellness. Let's work together to create a supportive and safe community where we lift each other up. Use #StreamYourBestLife to tell others how you handle mental fatigue or stress from streaming.
Let yourself breathe and come back and be refreshed to stream and make more content.
You don't need to stream all day every day to grow or be successful. Rest is important too as tiredness and burnout shows while you're live.
Guides
We’ve talked to the experts to offer guidance and help related to mental health for live streamers. Below are some resource, guides, and key takeaways to help you take care of yourself both physically and mentally.
What Studies Show
Examine how stress affects live streamers on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.
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Be an Advocate
Raise awareness about mental health and advocate for those who may be struggling.
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Learn From the Pros
We talk to actual streamers to explore how they manage stress and fatigue.
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The Importance of Self-Care
If you're feeling stressed out or just need a mental health break, watch the video below for some self-care tips. You'll learn how to better take care of yourself, both mentally and physically.
Useful Resources
Mental health is a complex and often misunderstood topic. However, there are many resources available to those who need help. Here are some of the most useful:
Healthygamer.gg
Healthy Gamer provides mental health support for the internet generation through coaching, content, and community.
Safe In Our World
The main goal of Safe in Our World is to create and foster worldwide mental health awareness within the video game industry and beyond.
HeartSupport
Online community-based mental health nonprofit to help those who struggle with depression, anxiety, self harm, abuse, addictions, eating disorders, etc.
Healthy Gamer Foundation
Dedicated to helping the gaming community lead healthier, happier lives through research, policy, and Second Chance Grants.
Movember
Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health on a global scale.
Urgent Help
If you or someone you know needs help, the National Alliance on Mental Illness can help.
The NAMI HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., ET.
1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org