I'm not surprised. Being an idol is very difficult, even if tons of people look only at the glam of it and dream to become one. You're restricted in every way possible: who you met, who you date, what you eat, what you wear, what you say. . . Even your body language or face, even if it wasn't indended that way, will be talked and hated on because lots of fans are immature and disturbed people. Nvm the antis, what saesang fans do is way worse: stalking, approaching idols, sending weird and scary gifts, phones on their faces no matter if they're angry, sad, tired etc. So of course, one would become depressed, struggle with multiple disorders as many idols do. Lots is filtered too, because what happens bts is way worseadding corruption, bullying, pedofiles etc. That's why I wish people were more considerate to idols. No matter how low you may think of them, they're already struggling and working hard so just mind your business and leave them alone. Appreciate their works but don't try to make them into your puppets, dehumanizing them in ways you wouldn't want others to do to you.

As an ELF this is sad to hear all these years later. Kibum was a great singer and he had acting opportunities at the time, but then he literally vanished. I watch kdramas often and you don’t see him anywhere. He was in maybe 1 or 2 dramas that I can recall and not as a main or side character. You could tell something was going on (most of us assumed he was depressed all these years) but it makes sense. 15 members at the time, who would think he would stand out? I feel for groups with more than 6-7 members. SuJu is one of those rare groups where most members made something of themselves. Donghae and Siwon did acting, Eunhyuk/Leeteuk/Shindong/Heechul went the reality route and KRY makes amazing OSTs (although Kyu is also in the reality group) and Henry has a whole drama on Netflix.