Deleted Bonds: The Epidemic of Parasocial Mourning

You check a YouTube channel you have watched daily for five years, only to find it abruptly deleted. A favorite podcaster vanishes without a trace. A trusted online friend's avatar goes gray and never lights up again. The grief that follows is heavy, real, and entirely unsupported by society. We are living through a silent epidemic of parasocial mourning. As our lives become increasingly tethere...