We need to call ghosting what it is. . . emotional abuse — at the very least it’s a form of disrespect. The term ghosting makes it sound like a casual, emotional drive-by possibly involving a ghost. When in fact it’s a form of abuse which is minimized by the mere vocabulary that we use to describe it.

Ghosting is leaving a trail of broken-hearted and broken-spirited people behind who are becoming more like recycled trash than the actual beautiful human beings that they are.

People who have had the misfortune of being treated this way have been left with deep emotional and mental scars — not to mention spiritual devastation. They’re left with a wide-open gap of pain and a mind that has been warped by the whiplash of the sudden loss of someone close to them without explanation or closure.

It’s bad enough if you just started following a vtuber and they suddenly disappear, but when it’s your oshi, that’s an even bigger kick in the head.