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AlbertsAnxiety

Albert is a petite guy- thin wrists, bony shoulders, flat stomach, and thighs only slightly bigger than his forearm.

Years previously, he was incredibly muscular and had abs- what every boy is "supposed to" thrive for when becomes an adult-  but Albert wasn't happy. It wasn't him. Back then, he looked in the mirror and was overcome with hatred, despite at all attempts of trying to love himself. He was in agony, trying to force self love to remove those negative emotions.
As a result, it made his sense of humor revolve around his self-consciousness and self-deprecating.

That's what made his old YouTube channel so big- his hostility, edge, and being completely unfiltered, and why he was so damn successful among Roblox players.

The new found fame gave Albert would give him severe anxiety, and resulted in panic attacks that would last days if he went outside. It made petty things like going out for groceries become unbearable.

He stopped sleeping and eating to make YouTube videos. It became a distraction to him and the only thing that mattered.

It was what made him popular in the first place; what caused his anxiety.

Lana became increasingly worried about Albert. She couldn't get through to him no matter how much she attempted or wanted to.

The end result was both of them going their separate ways but continuing to act like everything was fine on camera.

Lana didn't care about the relationship that much. She just wanted Albert to be alright.

He was fine from it.

Albert completely fainted while editing a video from being so starved and weak.

He lost all his muscle mass in the span- he looked like a walking skeleton.

Lana immediately took him to physical therapy and rehab for his anxiety before it consumed him alive.

Without YouTube in the way, he was recovering fast and how to control his panic attacks so they would not be as severe.

To please his over eager fans, Lana found some old footage of Albert trolling and uploaded it to his channel. When there was no footage left, she posted a video saying he was on vacation.

He started slowly eating again, and was released from rehab within 6 weeks.

Under strong suggestion from Lana and his therapist, he was to abandon his old channel.

He not not give it another thought and completely complied.

But he couldn't think of a name- what would be his new brand? His new start?

Albert called Jake two days after coming home. They discussed everything that had happened up until that point, and why neither Lana nor Albert accepted his Discord calls.

Jake wasn't suprised to say the least. The days leading up to Albert fainting were very unsettling, as Albert could barely speak a setence at that point.

Jake didn't upload for all the weeks Albert was gone incase Albert randomly called him back and said he needed Jake to fly out.

Would it be strange if Jake wished that really did happen?