Since I'm seeing Nikocado's mental wellness being discussed in this thread again, I suppose I'll play armchair psychologist.
For those here because of Critikal's video, I recommend also watching
TRO's video on Nikocado. It goes over how this isn't a new thing for Nik. He's always been an attention whore freak with a bad relationship with food. An extremist. It documents most of his drama with other YouTubers, ie Trisha and Stephanie, or his history in the vegan community. The drama with real people shows his mental illness, not his fake breakdowns.
My observation is that this is absolutely mentally ill behavior. His relationship with his family, with his peers, fellow "mukbangers" what have you, are all horrible due to how much of a fucking online freak he is. Aside from Orlin, but he's similarly fucked in the head.
Even if it was all an act for the camera, there are multiple videos from other people calling him a narcissistic fuck, or at least, an incredibly shitty friend.
The way I'd define mental illness, or at least, mental unwellness to the point where you NEED help is when it affects your ability to make solid relationships, or affects you in such a way to where you're essentially driving a car off a cliff. He's eating himself to death, he's actively harming himself.
"Playing a character and taking it too far" is mentally unwell behavior.
What we see on camera obviously isn't how he actually is. The fake crying, the breakdowns, all that shit. I agree, that's a character. What we know of him outside of that, that's what truly shows what kind of person he is, a narcissistic and manipulative faggot.