Kassima “Kassie” Isabelle was born on December 19, 1990, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada but spent most of her childhood in Singapore. Gloom grew up with three siblings; an older brother, a younger sister, and an older sister. After returning to Canada, she started elementary school, where she was often bullied due to her Asian appearance.
She started to combat this with violence as her self-esteem went down. During middle school, she met a girl named Ashleigh, who became her best friend. Near the end of Kassie’s middle school years, Ashleigh switched schools and Kassie’s family encountered problems that caused more anxiety for her. She didn’t open up to others as she didn’t want them to feel pity for her.
Isabelle described her high school years as a nightmare. She skipped her classes more than she attended in her final two years and she wouldn’t take care of herself. She later learned that she and her sister both had clinical depression. She went to college with her brother, where she improved her grades and got scholarships along with an invite to a university.
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Within the first few months of her first semester in university, she ran into numerous health issues which caused her to feel fatigued and insecure. She tried battling her depression with anti-depressants which made her feel suicidal, spontaneous, and irritable. After getting severe emotional difficulties, she withdrew from the university, but her situation worsened.
She soon gave up her dietary habits and medications, which had an incredible impact on her life. She later returned to university. Her younger sister passed away after committing suicide in the summer of 2013 when she was around 21 years old. She met a friend of her older brother named Teebs Liebersteen, who became her boyfriend. His nickname is Terry and they are presently engaged.
Around Mid-November, Kassie had bought a puppy, “Anjing”, a German shepherd. Anjing was also the name of her Bulldog that she had back in childhood. Her 16-year-old dog, Twinkie, passed away on December 15, 2020. As of January 8, 2022, she has announced in a video titled “Signing Off” that she’s taking a break due to stress from a scary situation, in which she thought she had breast cancer (and the fact that cancer is prominent in her family history).
However, after much panic and some tests, it was revealed that fortunately, the lump in her breast was just a cyst. In the video, Gloom also revealed that she had an aunt who was also named Kassima, who passed away from cancer.
