ParaReact

Sophie Louise Dempster (born: ), better known online as ParaReact, is a Scottish YouTube reactor, vlogger and photographer.
==Personal life==
===Birth===
Dempster was born in Forester hill, Aberdeen, on June 10, 2001. She was a premature, fragile baby who was fighting for survival. The midwives suggested that she wouldn't make it through the night due to her health being at it's worst, and because she was a premature newborn who was born 4 weeks early. Dempster had a blood clot in the brain, had difficulty breathing and was closely taken care of. She was cared for in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), recovered and went home a month later. She was born with various learning difficulties as well as difficulty hearing. Due to her hearing difficulties, she wears hearing aids.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UeIjDbxLAw&t=642s After her birth, her family moved outside of Aberdeen and has moved across Aberdeenshire. 
=== Mental Health Issues ===
Dempster has explained in several videos that she suffers from dyslexia, chronic stress, anxiety, social anxiety, and depression. In addition to this, she was born with the aforementioned learning difficulties. These issues caused her to have a difficult time in schooling, even forcing her to change schools multiple times due to the schools not providing her extra learning support. She has also said that she was bullied and teased heavily in school. 
She explained in her videos that she has been suffering from depression since 2016. She stated that her battle with depression led to her gaining a large amount of weight, due to how she coped with feelings of loneliness. She said that her depression has gotten worse over the years, due to which she has received antidepressants. However, these didn't work and she is currently going through counseling. 
On June 14, 2020, when the ParaReact Wikitubia page was recreated by Dempster herself, she added a sentence in the personal life section which stated, "Some viewers have realized (noticed) some scratch marks on both of her hands in her videos, which we don't know how she got the marks and we don't know if this is related to her mental illness."https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/ParaReact?oldid=820422 This sentence alludes to the possibility that Dempster's mental health issues may have caused her to self-harm at some point. 
She believes that many of her problems could've been caused from her premature and difficult birth.
At some point after turning 18 Dempster got two tattoos, one her right forearm and another on her left wrist. On May 6, 2020 she did a live stream titled “30k Subscriber Special | LIVESTREAM” in the video she explained the reasoning behind her tattoos. The tattoo on her right forearm was because when she was still in school, she liked to draw that design on herself.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX1Is1bFW1I She also states that drawing helped her be happy at school. The tattoo on her left wrist, which looks like a semicolon, is a symbol for affirmation and solidarity against suicide, depression, addiction, as well as other mental health conditions.https://lionsdigest1.com/7392/opinion/to-be-continued-significance-of-the-semicolon-in-mental-health/
===College===
Dempster had always wanted to be in the Media industry however, in her later academic years, she discovered that she didn't have the right qualifications. Instead, she decided to get into Photography.
When Dempster left school, she went to college to study Photography in September 2018, a week after she left and graduated academy. She finished college within less of a year in late April 2019 and fully graduated in June 2019. Prior to this, she had stated that she wanted to build a career in either Film Editing or Directing and also thought of becoming a Paranormal Investigator/Researcher. On an Instagram post she revealed a passion for art, saying that at one point she had wanted to become an art teacher. 
===Political Views===
It is unknown where exactly Dempster lies on the political spectrum, although it is likely that Dempster leaned/leans toward the left. On January 13, 2018, she called Donald Trump a "racist pig" in one of her tweets, regarding a quote from Trump in which he questioned why people from various African countries and Haiti are being allowed to immigrate to the United States.https://twitter.com/Sophia_Dempster/status/952214104835584002 These views changed overtime, as In her 30k subscriber special she stated that she was apolitical, did not like politics and had a lack of knowledge of the subject. She also stated that she was more political at 16 then she is now.
===Family===
Dempster currently lives with her parents, two younger siblings and her dog "Poppy". Her family is well known for interrupting her videos. During her 20k subscriber special her sister walked in and gave her popcorn which she used for the thumbnail. On March 26, 2020 She uploaded her first blooper video titled BLOOPER! where her one of her family members walks in. During the video she gets angry and calls them nosy.
==YouTube career==
Before she created the channel ParaReact, Dempster ran the channel Sophie Dempster, which was created on January 3, 2014. On it, she uploaded a variety of content such as skits, vlogs, challenges, random videos, montages, and had her own series called Paranormal Wednesdays. This is also where she uploaded her first reaction videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr7hnVAUoiQ She also ran a channel called Miss Anickia, but only uploaded 5 videos to it. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyui5ZceEYyAog0x2zYvwA/videos On February 26, 2016, she created ParaReact and uploaded her first video there on March 1st. She continued to upload on Sophie Dempster until July 19, 2016, when she switched entirely over to ParaReact. Her current channel has seen large success from reactions to Try Not To Laugh Challenges, DashieGames, Cyanide & Happiness and SuperMarioLogan . She also has gotten attention from appearing in reaction mashup videos.
On the ParaReact channel, the majority of videos have been reaction videos, but Dempster has uploaded other content. An example is the "Everyday life of Poppy" series. She has also made specific videos for subscriber milestones such as Q&A's for 10k, 20k, a livestreamed special for 30k, and a competition for 16k. She normally records in her bedroom, which according to her, is the only place she can record without being disturbed most of the time. 
On August 1, 2016, Dempster uploaded a video titled I`VE BEEN HACKED!!!. In the video, Dempster explained that her Twitter and Facebook accounts had been hacked. The hacker claimed to have obtained nude photos of her, and was threatening to send them to her friends and followers. Dempster explained that the nudes weren't hers, and that the hacker had photoshopped her head onto the bodies of other women. Dempster was able to take back her accounts sometime afterward.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq-9zqWtFM8
On September 13, 2016, Dempster would react to a video created by a YouTuber known as Origami. In Origami's video, he heavily criticized and ranted about Dempster 's videos. Dempster was angered by the video and stated in her video's description that "he`s judging on nearly everything about me".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK82yDffKhA This led to her fans attacking Origami, who in response uploaded an apology video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-W3hOV9PuE In April of 2020, Origami made another video once again apologizing, claiming he was in a dark place at the time, though he did not actually mention her name. Dempster then made a video forgiving him and told her fans not to attack him. Her video has since been deleted.
On September 10, 2017, Dempster uploaded an update video stating that due to copyright issues she would need to delete many videos, this resulted in a massive amount of videos from 2016 being deleted.
On January 13, 2018, Dempster created the channel "Para2". This channel was created as a backup channel for ParaReact, but several months later Para2 was renamed to "PoppyDog". It was then themed around her dog Poppy and had 5 videos. Para2 was deleted in January 2020, however, On June 23, 2020, Dempster recreated the Para 2 channel as "ParaTwo". On ParaTwo, she occasionally uploads gaming videos and vlogs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZ2uLjt7dM
On August 22, 2021, Dempster announced that she would be creating a TikTok account.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKl25d4tk_I
=== Main Channel Termination and Switch to Tiktok ===
On March 30, 2022, Dempster’s main channel was terminated for violating YouTube’s terms of service. As a result, she was forced to relocate to her second channel, and uploaded a video explaining the situation. She proceeded to upload only a single video a few months afterward before making content on her TiKTok account. She appears to have fully switched to content creating on TikTok (given the complete lack of YouTube activity), and has amassed approximately 14,800 followers. 
==Hiatuses==
Dempster's upload schedule is erratic and unpredictable, which began in late 2018. This is largely due to personal issues, which has led Dempster to undertake a series of hiatuses. 
===First hiatus===
Throughout the latter half of 2018, Dempster hadn't been uploading as much as usual and on November 3, 2018 made a video explaining why.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdFSJpBwCf4 On November 15th, 2018 she posted a picture on Instagram with the hashtag #depressioniskillingme. In the photo she appears tired and may have been crying. On November 29, 2018 she uploaded another video about the subject. In the video she stated that she would be taking a hiatus due to being hit hard by personal issues.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sf_9EbhlrA She did not upload any videos from November 30, 2018 to January 27, 2019.
On January 27, 2019 she uploaded three reaction videos, ending the hiatus. She has since deleted the videos pertaining to her first hiatus for unknown reasons. 
===Second Hiatus===
Despite having come back from her hiatus Dempster continued to upload infrequently. She would take another hiatus which lasted from June 12, 2019 to August 30, 2019. For several months after that videos remained infrequent with month-long gaps in between uploads. 
===Third Hiatus and Erratic Schedule ===
On January 19, 2021, Dempster stated that she would taking a third hiatus. This hiatus was shorter then the previous two, lasting from January 19, 2021 to February 7, 2021.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lrdnQ2TFrY Despite an initial period of frequent uploads in early to mid 2021, Dempster's upload amount steadily decreased as the year progressed. During the period which led up to her channel’s termination from the later months of 2021 to the early months of 2022, Dempster’s upload schedule became erratic and unpredictable. 
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones (Monthly)===
1,000 subscribers: March, 2016
20,000 subscribers: July, 2018
25,000 subscribers: February, 2019
30,000 subscribers: June, 2020
35,000 subscribers: May, 2021
===Video view milestones (Monthly)===
2,500,000 views: September, 2018
3,000,000 views: April, 2019
3,500,000 views: October, 2019
4,000,000 views: August, 2020
4,500,000 views: December, 2020
5,000,000 views: April, 2021
==Trivia ==
*She started her ParaReact channel at the age of 14.
*Her channel name ParaReact is short for Paranormal Reaction.
*Her favorite color is red.
* She got her dog Poppy on July 27, 2016 and has been featured in some of her videos, prominently in the "Everyday life of Poppy" series.
*She loves animals except for some such as snakes, which she has mentioned being afraid of.
*She gained 1,000 subscribers one week after her very first upload on ParaReact.
*She used to be a fan of the American paranormal TV show, Ghost Adventures. She especially loved Zak Bagans, going so far as to write a fanfiction about him.https://www.wattpad.com/story/29525582-my-dream-boyfriend
* She supposedly has had encounters with the Paranormal.
**She once used an Ouija board and claimed to have gotten scratches, as stated in her 20k Q&A video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXcvvSlpmI
**In one video on her old channel she claimed to have heard banging noises every 5 minutes that were coming from her closet.
**In other videos she has mentioned getting creepy vibes from her old room.
*She likes to dye her hair several times a year.
*She likes to drink Vodka on a daily basis
*Before she created a YouTube channel she created a Smule account, in which she sang karaoke.https://www.smule.com/Paranormaldreams
*She got her first and second tattoo two weeks after her 18th birthday on the same day.
*Sophie was born 4 weeks early, when she was supposed to be born on July 8.
*Her family sometimes calls her the "miracle baby" based on her survival after being born.
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Reaction YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Scottish YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:Terminated YouTubers