In fact, Jake's follower number rapidly ballooned—faster than helium could comprehend.

"I deliberation erstwhile I realized the maturation wasn't mean is erstwhile my intelligence wellness got bad. I gained a cardinal followers successful a week and I truly genuinely thought that is what happened to everyone with a pursuing connected TikTok," the comedian explained, "but radical started to beryllium like, "This is exceptional, Jake, and what happened to you was precise fast."

But the much praise helium got for his drama sketch videos, the much helium would overthink and 2nd conjecture his videos.

"I catastrophize a batch of things," the 23-year-old confessed. "Part of my anxiousness has ever been that erstwhile thing is going good, each I tin deliberation astir is however it could spell bad. So erstwhile you person a batch of radical connected the net saying that they deliberation you are comic and that they emotion you, the lone happening that I could deliberation astir was that infinitesimal that they decided they don't anymore."

And these types of thoughts became all-consuming.

"It kept maine up astatine night, adjacent close now," helium said. "It's truthful scary due to the fact that it feels truthful bully erstwhile everyone loves you, but I tin lone ideate however atrocious it feels erstwhile everyone hates you."

These days, Jake realized that sharing his conflict with anxiousness and OCD with his 1.8 cardinal TikTok followers would beryllium beneficial.

"I'm going to laughter and spot if anyone other is anxious too," helium shared. "It genuinely makes maine consciousness truthful overmuch amended erstwhile we each speech successful the comments. It makes maine consciousness little alone. I don't cognize if it makes my followers consciousness little alone—I telephone them my pussies—I don't cognize if it makes the pussies consciousness little alone. But it truly makes maine consciousness little unsocial erstwhile I recognize that different radical are going done it too."

As portion of this, helium takes the clip to speech to his followers and marque definite they are doing okay. "I bash this happening connected my Instagram Story wherever I inquire if radical are tents up oregon tents down today," helium continued. "It's conscionable similar a check-in. I ne'er understood the shame astir saying I'm anxious oregon I americium truly bittersweet today."

Its this benignant of honesty that attracted Jake to TikTok successful the archetypal place.

"I consciousness similar that's the bully happening astir TikTok," helium noted. "It gives you that level to beryllium like, I'm truly anxious oregon depressed today, without radical being like, 'What?' That is what makes me interesting and that is what makes me me, and that is what makes maine relatable."