Online quiz helps the YouTube star diagnose his depression

If you are a fan of YouTube star Michel Pan, you may have been thinking about where she has been in the past year. As it turns out, Phan has more than 8 million subscribers on YouTube and 2.1 million fans on Instagram - bought a one-way ticket to Switzerland, only needed a small suitcase and wanted to unplug it.

Where did makeup artist Michelle Phan have been in the past year? (Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Images Entertainment / Getty Images)

In an interview with Refinery29, Phan dishes appeared in her depression, because Her constant embarrassment and constant pressure to keep up with her presence on the Internet.

"I am really sad and feel that I may be frustrated. So I am online, 'Are you frustrated?' Quiz, "explains Phan. “The first one said, 'You are very depressed.' Then I opened more tabs, conducted 10 different tests and got the same result. This is an alarm for me.”

She knows the anxiety caused by her internet - and her facts that before the brand finally failed in 2016, her EM cosmetics teamed with L'Oreal worked so hard that it would eventually lead to subdivision. Phan recalls her thoughts at the time: "I can't do this. I can't just be a business woman of this entrepreneur, always 100% fast, fast, fast, fast, fast, and not in the way some people are psychologically broken."

When she suddenly left - no new YouTube videos or Instagram posts for months - fans must have noticed. Some people even left her information and she is already dead. But she just needs a serious break and some time away from the internet. “This is a way to show my followers, even people like me need rest; the pressure to 'play' is unrealistic.”

Now the makeup master is back. . In 2015, her makeup subscription company ipsy raised $100 million, so she decided to buy EM cosmetics from L'Oreal. Phan realizes she wants to restartThis brand has full freedom to make its own decisions. She told Refinery29, “My soul is in it. This is what I really invest in. This is a company that truly belongs to me.”

What is Phan's biggest life change? She is not afraid of failure, she is focused on the present, she lives her own life for herself. Now this sounds like a recipe success. Welcome back, Phan!

What is your idea?

Have you taken an online test to help you understand your health? Do you feel that you have been fired? How do you rest and unplug the power?