Oliver Ssaem announces YouTube break for family's mental health recovery

YouTuber Oliver Ssaem said he would pause his YouTube activities for the time being so that he and his family could recover their mental health. He announced the intended break through his YouTube channel on the 8th.

Oliver Ssaem plans to begin an extended break after a livestream scheduled for the night of the 9th. He said he hoped to make it a warm occasion to say goodbye and would then focus on tending to his family's emotional wounds and recovery.

He explained that he had experienced major changes over a short period, including a sudden farewell to his father and a cross-continent move of more than 1,600 km. He said he had believed effort and passion had overcome all the difficulties, but now felt that belief may have reflected excessive ambition and overconfidence.

He said the emotional wounds and fatigue that had accumulated in him, his wife and their children as he kept pushing forward were deeper and heavier than he had realized. He explained that failing to give them sufficient attention had strained his body and mind.

Oliver Ssaem said he felt burdened and afraid because this would be his first extended break in the past 10 years. However, he said he had concluded that restoring his emotional well-being, rather than forcing himself to keep going, was the better path for his family and viewers in the long term.