That has to be the biggest plot twist I had EVER seen in a Roblox documentary video. I physically gasped towards the end. I'm really glad your doing better
i thought this was js a normal documentation that is 1 day long but after watching this it really mirror's most of the playerbase of roblox. Personality change, burnout etc. love it!
As someone who was cyberbullied because people didn't know context of what I was saying, and why I was saying it, just don't cyberbully people. I wanted to kms 👍🏽
I may be 11 days late, but I just have to say that this was inspiring and heartwarming in general. He fought through his struggles and redeemed himself. Thank you for this life-changing story.
I'm so glad this video was so inspiring to you. The events I described here were from my personal experience, so I was able to describe it with as much positive detail as I could. I'm so glad to know that I helped you with one of my videos :)
im so proud of how far youve come, ven. even if you dont get the popularity you deserve, be thankful to the peoples lives youve changed. just by having a friend i could trust you changed my life so much and youre one of the few people that im alive for. no matter what happens, ill always he proud of you, and i hope this message can push you even a bit further. thank you for your amazing content, friendship, and kindness. stay safe and continue doing what you love. i wish you the best of luck, ven. even if you don't realize it youre one of the best people on this earth
I feel so bad for you I’m glad you didn’t kill your self and started doing more content and I’m just happy for you and this documentary of you was the biggest plot twist ever
thank you so much for sharing your story with everyone Layla, I find it heart touching, I even found myself relating to quite a bit there, keep going man, the only thing you can do is improve
This is a sad story but with a happy ending. I alongside all your other viewers am more than happy to know you avoided making that call. That small glimmer of hope was just a peek at the bright future that laid ahead. I’m so sorry about all that happened to you back then. Keep the grind up and don’t stop pushing forward broski! We will always be right behind you.
Also, quick unrelated note- I love those gaming videos you put out that are just 70% percent screams and laughter. I don’t see people have that kinda genuine fun on youtube, most other RU-vidrs put on an act but your content is just different
dude honestly, i clicked on this video not knowing what i was into… at the end i realized, it was you! And i know that you deserve a truck load more attention than 2.5k people, your animations and story telling are at the level of a 1 million subs content creator, maybe even more! I will keep track of your content and am willing to support you if you need any help. You‘re an amazing guy ^-^ (definitely checking up on those roblox studios tutorials)
Ever at your lowest point an True Friend will always be there with you helping u build up your emotional trauma and pain into a person that u never knew u ever could be. It's quite surprising how somebody could impact that much to an person by just being by their side during their rough times. Edit: I hope you will eventually reach your goal of a least 100k because this is quite amazing story telling and is actually one of the videos i get interested in and kept watching the whole way keep pushing you will slowly build up to 100k then your channel will most likely sky rocket after that.
This is a heartwarming story ...yes thats all i can say because no words can describe how many stages of emotions i went thourough (prob speeled that wrong) out this video, keep it up! and know that you are not alone :>
Wow i made a joke on a community post regarding that horse character. I absolutely was nkt expecting that model in such a serious way. Societal indifference can be absolutely crushing. But as long as your actions havent managed to cause a mob of people to actively work against you, then the only way you can cope against this crap is to reciprocate thag same indifference to the people that hurt you.
i guess i have a story though i havent gotten into creating roblox content (very long story ahead) i first found roblox in early 2017, without the knowledge of my parents i started up a guest account. i was blissfully unaware of the guest's impending doom, and when i was greeted with the screen of termination, i was shattered, to say the least, and quit roblox for 3 years. cue 2020, the pandemic hit my area and it hit hard, everything school related had quickly shifted online. unfortunately i didn't have the emotional maturity to focus on work while with a severe lack of surveillance and ended up falling back into the roblox rabbithole. im not proud to admit this, but i was one of those kids who watched the bloxburg drama videos, which led me to create my account, the first of a few. due to the videos, my impression of bloxburg was that there was always something to do, always something to see, and my disappointment when bloxburg was locked behind a 25 robux paywall was pretty strong. my dad had caught me watching one of those bloxburg videos once, him calling those 'ungodly' and 'demonic' (honestly they might as well be) and to never play roblox so there was no wahad doney i was going to tell them. looking back, im glad i was forbidden from watching anymore roblox content for the timebeing. sure my dad wasn't aware that roblox was a platform, and not just bloxburg but it probably helped my mental state to not rot to the level of ipad kids. still, i watched some in secret, mainly from The Pals. seeing them interact, having fun, it made me see roblox as a platform to socialise on, something i desperately missed due to social distancing. however, my experience online was not fun and games. In fact, one of my very first experiences had the harsh lesson hit me straight in the face. i remember distinctly how there were two people bullying an acorn girl, and having the same avatar i stood up for her and got the bullies to back off. i felt accomplished, i had done a good deed, and this could be the start of a long lasting frien- She started acting very inappropriately towards me. I stayed silent, but behind the screen I was in turmoil. I was confused, shocked, betrayed on the inside, but having to hide it on the outside as I wasn't allowed to be on Roblox. Bullied kids were always nice kids right? The good being suppressed by the bad? I had been bullied myself after all, I thought I was a good person. Not so much it seems.. and now I had associated my freshly created account with HER. No one else actually took notice, but it didn't matter to me. I had internalised this to the extremes. I became a bystander, a background character. watching people chat and have fun with each other, watching people get egged on by their friends with challenges, watching people bully others. And I did nothing. I couldn't. What if there was a good reason this person was being bullied? I didn't want to experience the emotional backstab again. I grew withdrawn, isolated yet never alone, always surrounded by people who seemed friendly, never getting the courage to speak up, and rejecting friend requests out of fear that I might fall into another pitfall. Needless to say, this didn't reflect well on my life in the real world. Lockdowns still in full force, I was losing my socialness. I couldn't talk to my friends, I was drowning in procrastinated work, knowing full well that it was MY fault that I was behind. There was no one to blame except myself, yet I could never reach out and ask for help from anyone. Not even my family. In fact, it felt and still feels easier to share personal information about myself to strangers rather than friends and family. In the summer of 2022, I moved to a completely new area, completely new school, I could start anew. Right? 2022, extremely shy and withdrawn. Of course, that could be expected of a person moving to a new school. No one bullied me, though no one really went out of their way to interact with me. That was fair, I had joined in the middle of the school year, and just focused on getting my work back on track. 2023, nothing had changed. I still played Roblox, I still couldn't bring myself to be social, though it was getting better online, as I started actively engaging there. At school though, the only thing I did was work. I had one friend, but she often wasn't at school, and we only shared a class that was around 15 minutes long, and most people didn't bother going despite it being compulsory. I was burnt out and only had one medium in which I felt I could express myself just a little; Roblox. I was slipping back into the cycle of not being able to focus on work. The people around me, all chatting with their friends like nothing was wrong.. i HATED it. Couldn't they see? They weren't doing their work, they were just.. chatting? Why couldn't they just shut up for once and be a good student- I barely passed that year. A former A student with two teachers as parents, barely passing arguably one of the most important years of school. That shook me. I had to snap myself out of this. Now. 2024, I'm improving. I actually share a class with my friend now, and while we both don't talk often, its nice being around someone who I know is an ally. While I'm still mostly work orientated, I have managed to balance myself between burn out and being unproductive so far. To be honest, I don't know how long it will last for. It's only been 3 weeks of school. I am proud of myself for the good start though, and I hope this continues. I realise I've probably deviated from the topic of Roblox, for that.. im sorry. I'm not sure what 'comment your story' entails, I just felt that I needed to share my experience. I've looked into some self help guides, some low quality online free therapy advice. Sharing experiences seem to be a very effective point, though I'm not entirely sure why. I hope this tangent of mine has helped someone out there. I consider myself to be a pessimist, but even I am starting to see the slivers of a good-ish ending to my story. I just have to keep myself in check for a little bit longer. To hold on just one more day.
i tried to end myself before i felt like whats the point in here anymore ill do alone anyways but then i realized i have a dog parents a sibling grandparents and much more to live for i stopped and stepped out the shadows starting new again sometimes i lay my head down in class thinking about hanging myself but those thoughts are gone now
I used to be like you when Covid hit I was depressed full of anxiety and the aftermath was terrible I was such an insecure and fragile person I couldn’t escape the feeling of emptiness and I attempted to un-alive myself but I felt a glimmer of hope and the attempt was over I had felt like someone was telling me to not and being reasonable on why I shouldn’t do these things. I must’ve been acting crazy, but I’m thankful I did because now I’m feeling great!
I'm so glad that things are doing a lot better for you!! I'm glad that this video was relatable to you. I hope your life continues to stays positive as you described :)
I also followed a similar path to you, not that's a good thing but I had gone through something similar. 2022 - I have changed schools, all my old friends were away from me. That isn't a problem! I can still talk to them. I made 2 friends 2023 - lost connection to those friends, my stupid school put me in another class... Hey, atleast one of my friend is there. They introduce me to my best friend at the time. Unfortunaly, I get heavily bullied, not physically, but mentally and verbally. My other friend, the one who introduced me to my best friend at the time, revealed that she didn't care about me at all, she only used me to do work and projects for her, she would even tell bad things about me. I was struggling a lot, at night, 4 AM, I go to the kitchen, pick up a knife and... cry a little, then I put it back. Almost comitted at 11. No one discovered That girl who was my best friend realized suicidal symptons, asked if I was okay but I just got mad since I didn't want to worry her. I ended up telling her a time later. 2024 - They put me in another class with more people I don't know... Honestly, at this point my school is crazy. My best friend left school, yeah. I got no contact with my old friends, but I'm doing fine, kinda of lonely, but alright. Gave up on the thoughts because I saw a dad of a girl who commited and seeing him so sad got me very guilty. Thank you for reading
I'm so sorry about all the things you've gone through. I never thought anyone would attempt suicide at such a young age. My best course of action is to try finding new friends to fill that void, whether it's online or in-person. I hope everything goes better for you :)
Layla, you've helped me with your tutorials. Now I'm working on a big project with some friends to make a fan game of Decaying Winter (OG from Archeximus, new version from group EDEN-227) I've related to these, sadly including the suicide and mental facility part (2 times now.) I wish you the best, and I hope for you to keep thriving. (My role in the fan game is scripting, animating, storytelling, and modeling!) - Scott "Microwave Man" P. EDIT 1: I just realised how much more subs you've earned since I saw that reload animation tutorial, over 2k! One day, you'll be able to reach 100 thousand, hell I even believe in 1 million and above! - Scott "Microwave Man" P.
Ngl idk a single person that fully supports change but that’s life, it’s constantly changing as Walter white stated. but at the end of the day you chose what path I sometimes reflect on Nixon quote that my dad showed me it’s quite sad but helpful.
Like someone else said, please do not unalive yourself, and I'm glad you didn't! Your content is good, People like it, alot! You will soon get popular, you have good contents and animations. Keep going! Love this channel, hope it gets popular soon, good luck Ari!(Layla?)
Started roblox in 2019 after a "friend" introduced me to it. I can say i got really hooked up with it. This later came to be an addiction that sadly made me loose some important years from my life (2 years). It wasnt like i didnt have friends it was just that i was addicted to gaming for alot of time. Last year however, i decided to stop it and started working out, made more friends and generally live the life i wanted (a mix of being social and liking antisocial stuff). Since then with new friends (my old ones betrayed me) im living a pretty normal life at highschool and i can say im having fun there chilling eith my homies and pulling pranks. As with roblox, i made an acc 2 years ago (you can see it in my pfp) which i am still planning to make lore (kinds like a myth) but the fact that i dont have a pc and my general laziness to do something i dont really care doing makes me not having a game😂😂
Just seeing old tower defence simulator gave me years of nostalgia and it was just something I almost never feel because all the game on roblox are just copies, roleplays, and so much more. Am I only one who wishes we could have old roblox back? Just didn’t get boring all the games were fun and so much more.. I just wish we could go back, even if it was for a week or even a day.
I came here expecting nothing much, left with having watched a relatable video. Side note: Pretty good vid, happy you're doing better now, keep going strong.
Hey, I found your channel just now. I really do have to admit, you had me fooled thinking someone else was making a video about you lol. In my opinion, I believe that fact alone single handedly proves that you are on the right path. Keep up the good work man, ill stay tuned.
3:25 Honestly. In my opinion, this sounds wrong. For me, depression differs from person-to-person, I myself don't have depression (I think?) so apologies for any misinformation. In my experience, depression can be caused by a major change/event in someone's life, or the influences from other people to that someone. Based off of this video, Ari's breakup and betrayals can definitely cause depression because of the influence of his friends which in my point of view, look like that his friends were invalidating his depression. Again, apologies for any misinformation, this is all based off of my opinion and experience.
holy shit this video is amazing I’m so glad you didn’t commit.. your honestly so inspiring idk how people get through things like this. getting through this and not commiting was an amazing idea you will be successful don’t fucking listen to shitty friends like cup.
man, firstly i wanted to say i fully relate to this,i still have suicidal thoughts. but its okay as long as i dont commit suicide. the burnout, the changes in the personality truly made me understand im not the only person that feels this. and secondly, this video is so well made, good animations, story telling. u earnt a sub and a like. thirdly, i hope everything is going well for u now, i hope u have almost to none negativity and stuff. have a good one mate.
Bro went through his hero arc then his depression arc and then his villain arc and then his redemption arc and then he went into a 1 week time skip went back into his hero arc again and then went into his villain arc and his redemption arc and is now in another hero arc
i feel your pain, heres my story: it started in 2019, where i met my first good friend (we will call him eric.) i met eric in soulshatters, we got along very well and played other games, for example brookhaven and obby creator. i dont really remember anything else from 2019 so we will move onto the next year (2020) i met 2 good friends this year, we will call them noah and oil. i met noah in an undertale game, we played that game alot. i also started content creation around this time (not on this channel) like eric, i got along really well with noah i made soulshatters videos with eric and other undertale games with noah. in late 2020 i met oil. i played obby creator with him around this time. i made alot of videos with all these friends until 2021 (2021) in 2021 i had to quit youtube on my original channel due to family drama. i left the undertale community around this time and met one of my best friends on roblox to this day. (we will call this person jack) me and jack played old roblox story games and doors together alot. we got along super well and thats all i remember from 2021 (2022) i lost contact with jack because of his parents saying that im a bad person. jack didnt agree with his parents but in the end his parents were overly secure about his online safety. also around this time he said i was the only person who was nice to him. i started playing blox fruits around this time too. thats all i remember for this year. (early 2023) i started playing with oil, noah, and eric more this also was around the time i started playing with another friend that i met in late 2020 (we will call them level) thats about it though. (late 2023) i met a new friend in tsb and another guy in tsb (we will call the first one Void) Void was... strange... he did weird roleplays with me and other people, i joined in because of goofiness. around this time i was also playing with level (2024) void blocked me because one of his friends were harrasing me and i was insulting them (first part that is evaluating to today) around this time i had good contact with 2 friends (jim and puddle) i managed to get void to unblock me but misty just dissapeared. (1 month later) misty came back and void was really happy. i managed to get misty to friend me. (1 month later) now we are in march, void blocked everyone in the group because we killed him in tsb (even though i didnt join in.) eventually he unblocked me and the rest of the group. (1 month later) now we are in the present month, void got into alot of arguments now. he unfriended misty because misty did a little bit of tomfoolery. he unfriended jim because he didnt let void join a criminal group in a brookhaven rp. it turns out he was using jim and misty. i unfriended void today and thats the end of my story, im dissapointed in void and i doubt he will change for the better
i thought it was joeever when u grabbed that knife cuz it looked like an lego character actually slit their non-existent neck good to know ur feeling better now and has recovered, those people turned on ya arent ur friends, idk what happened that segment lowkey haunts me, cause for some reason one night last year i was shaking really hard not knowing what happened, and i saw a knife infront of me, then i for some reason had the urge to stab myself in the neck but i didnt :D it wasnt like i was depressed or anything..it was a weird night
I know how it feels to be bullied in actual life is just a isolation going again and again where gets the point to harm yourself and be out of this world but by the goodluck I finally found a place to belong and be supported and I hope to get that scars away helped by my friends
This is a very cool story and it gives me this awareness that every robloxian may have a story to tell. Burnout is very relatable, I’m working on a project and I want to give up so many times because of how long it is taking but I’m motivated to finish it within the deadline set. I wish you luck for your future as well; and out of curiosity, did you ever make up with cup and Evan?
I'm so sorry about that. The best way you can change (from my experience) is to try making new friends. It may be difficult at first, but the environment I was in was very welcoming and friendly. I wish you the best, and I hope everything gets better for you :)
hey man i wish i could be his friend and help his mental health by helping him and supporting him instead and i if i was his friend i stop him from killing him self
Pls don’t unalive yourself , everyone loves you including me and god and everyone cares about you if your people bullied just put your foot down and show them who’s boss
I’ve played since 2016 and I have grown a lot and have had avatar changes but I’m a observer not a doer so I’m just gonna let history flow by just I have been for almost a decade when I first joined
Ari, please DO NOT COMMIT SU**IDE. You have so much to live for, dont stop there with just some dum**ss backstabbers pressuring you. A true freind would comfort their undeveloped freinds with no regret whatsoever. God will always be with you, so dont worry.
im dont say this often because i my 9 year old self was s#####y assaulted on omegal stuck in a call for an hour and left with that fermenting in my brain for years not telling a soul but you have gone through WAY worse than me im proud of you (:
Hey Layla! Good job on pushing through. When you started talking about unforgiving devil part, I was lost in how cool the avatar looks, and would like to use it. If you don't want to it's okay. I'm with the outfit I have now but it just looks so cool. G'day!
