After over 10 years on YouTube and Twitch Sebastian “Rewinside” Meyer had to start a longer forced break as an influencer at the end of 2025. Now he is back and speaks openly about the past months.
What does Rewinside say? The well-known content creator from Germany (more than 1.9 million followers on Twitch) looks back at the past 4 months in his new video on YouTube. As a reminder: at the end of 2025 Sebastian “Rewinside” Meyer had withdrawn from his influencer career after 10 years as he was diagnosed with burnout.
Rewinside describes that he was in a clinic specialized in burnout for 5 weeks: “That was extremely intense for me. I learned a lot, a lot. And I would say that I definitely have a much, much different perspective now on work, art, and everything in general.”
The creator further explains that he had been operating with tunnel vision for the last twelve years. The clinic visit made him realize that you cannot always speed through life at full throttle. At some point, health suffers. He ignored signals from his body such as heartburn, vomiting, insomnia, and panic attacks for far too long.
As much as I love what I do here, friends, it is just that I can no longer do this at the pace I have been doing it. So a lot will change. I have simply realized that I have so much more in life than streaming and YouTube that also gives me a lot of fulfillment.
Rewinside on YouTube
As examples, he mentions spending time with friends or with the dog as well as privately producing music. Rewinside emphasizes that he is aware of the privilege of being able to reduce his workload.
What does Rewinside plan for the future? The YouTuber does not want to provide a roadmap for the coming weeks but rather will look step by step at what is feasible with the new workload. The focus will be only on projects that Rewinside is really excited about.
A major goal for the creator is to be someone people can rely on in the future. This has not always been the case in the past. At times he made promises or commitments and did not keep them.
Here you can watch the entire video from Rewinside:
Looking back, this occupies him a lot, and he wants to do much better in the future. The ongoing therapy should help him implement the new focus successfully in the long term – just this week, 3 appointments are on Rewinside’s schedule.
A few concrete info nuggets do slip from Rewinside. There is currently a new format in the works that is supposed to launch in the next 2 to 6 weeks. In addition, the team is about to have a very large shoot that will take place in Peru: “That will be crazy.”
“Thank you for sharing this!”
How does the community react? They celebrate the openness of the creator and find it good and important to prioritize their own health the most.
- AleeexSlytherin writes on YouTube: “Health is our most important asset! Good that you pay attention and set priorities. Thank you for sharing this!”
- jadenunknown3751 rejoices in the comments: “You look much healthier than before the break, and you can really tell how well you have recovered, which is very nice! Keep it up, take regular time for yourself, and pay attention to your health! Everything else can wait. Glad to hear you are feeling better!”
- maKaBre0056 explains: “The clinic can be so helpful! Nice to hear that it was a good experience for you too. Unfortunately, in the regular health insurance system, rehab is only possible every three years. Personally, I would assume that it would be good for 90% of employees to have a week of professional rehab instead of or in addition to vacation every year to reflect on themselves, their environment, and their current life situation.”
The very successful Twitch streamer and YouTuber over the years was able to become so successful only because he led a double life for years. Rewinside secretly posted his YouTube videos during work: He secretly posted videos on YouTube during work, today he is one of the top influencers in Germany
