Back in October, John Bain, popularly known as TotalBiscuit, announced that he had terminal cancer, stating that “Average life expectancy is 2-3 years, though there are outliers that live much longer.” A couple of days ago, TotalBiscuit expressed some frustration about the criticisms of his work in places like Reddit. Despite the criticism impacting his mental health, he found himself unable to stay away from it. In order to maintain his sanity and mental health, TotalBiscuit announced today that he will be moving away from social media.

“Well, you’ve heard this many times before, but maybe this will actually be the time this happens. I’m done with social media. I’ve had it. It’s enough.

“Look, let’s be real here about the reality of what could happen over the next few years. In a few years, I could very well be dead—two to three [years to live] average is what I’m given for this particular form of this disease. I intend to outlive that by a significant margin, but if it ends up being the last few years of my life, I want to spend them not being fucking miserable. And if that involves disconnecting from everybody, so be it.

“My family is gonna come first, my fucking mental health is gonna come first. The expectation that everyone who ever made it on the Internet’s gotta be constantly connected to their fans all the time 24 hours a day 24/7 is insane. It’s unreasonable. Nobody can fucking handle it. Nobody. [sighs] God. You have no idea how many of my friends are in therapy just because of this job.” — TotalBiscuit