Zack "Asmongold" had a pretty rough week and revealed in today's stream why he has not been streaming regularly. The Twitch powerhouse recently went through a bout of food poisoning and had tweeted a couple of days ago about projectile vomiting while driving.
Although he resumed streaming, it was clear that he was going through a rough patch. When asked on stream about returning to a regular streaming schedule, Zack told his viewers that he was going through a bad phase that made him quite "antisocial" and therefore not fit to stream.
The OTK co-founder has a dedicated Twitter fanbase that has been feeling the absence of his regular reactions and gaming streams. However, he did stream from his alternate channel Zackrawrr and finally got the rare Endmire Flyer in World of Warcraft after grinding hard.
Before his 'Reddit reactions' section at the start of today's stream, the 29-year-old was answering questions and reading the chat. Someone asked when he would do the fabled interview with Ted Cruz, and that is when the streamer decided to open up about his personal life:
The streamer was clearly stressed out about work, and the food poisoning made it worse. Mental health is quite important, and it is refreshing to see such a popular personality be so open about taking a break from work, thus indirectly raising awareness regarding the need to take mental health days.
He went on to further explain that his current mental capability would not have allowed him to have a good time streaming because he goes into an introverted space whenever he feels overwhelmed:
Asmongold went on to explain how people calling and texting would only make his condition worse. He agreed when someone in the chat said that he was an introvert and needed
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