 I used to watch her just to trigger my eating disorder and with comments like this you think I'm going to stop making videos about eugenia acuity? Y'all got me f***ed up. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel my channel is all about mental health and I try to pull topics from the youtube community to try to teach you how to improve your mental and emotional well-being but a big mission of mine as well is to increase awareness about mental health and mental illness so if you're into that make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos now before I get started uh just quick announcement we have a discord server and we have like over 300 people in there if you need support if you're struggling with an eating disorder anxiety depression PTSD addiction whatever it is join our discord server there are so many people there who are there to help and support you I'm in there Tristan's in there a ton of rewired soldiers are in there so please come join our discord server all right but anyways yeah this is a follow-up to my eugenia cuny video I made about a week ago I was just going to do like a one and done eugenia cuny video a lot of people have requested it and I'm like I'm gonna put it out there put my thoughts um try to help some people increase awareness and then reading the comments and getting like DMs and stuff I'm like oh my god because if me if me a mental health youtuber someone trying to increase awareness did not know about what was going on like how many other people don't know about what's going on right or how many other people are using eugenia cuny to encourage their unhealthy behaviors and like if you guys want to play a fun game with me right after you leave your comment or right after you watch this video see how many comments down below are saying to leave eugenia cuny alone or not talk about eugenia cuny because here's the thing I just checked her last five videos and combined from her last five videos she has has over half a million views so do not get it twisted this video is not for eugenia cuny this video is for everybody who is watching her videos as well as people who are not aware of her videos and what's going on in the minds of people who are struggling with eating disorders okay and like I really I really try not to be like extra about this stuff but the reality is is that I'm a parent and I can make a ton of videos about this like at the end of the day I think it's important that parents know what their kids are watching like my son pretty much only watches YouTube and I'm constantly checking in seeing which youtubers he's watching sometimes I watch some videos with him and stuff like that but like seeing the amount of young people who are watching eugenia cuny like I'm sitting I'm like do their parents know right do their are their parents seeing this because I'm about to read some comments that are very disturbing and this is why we need to keep bringing awareness to these types of subjects when I was younger and I watched eugenia cuny I remember thinking why can't my body be like that I was very insecure and I was even skipping meals but thankfully because I have a good support system at home I grown up being more confident in my body when I was a young angsty teen I remember watching her videos and hating how I looked because I wanted to be that cool edgy skinny scene kid I wondered what was wrong with me and why I wasn't as small I hope she gets the help that she needs her condition is very sad and so is all the young people on her video sending her compliments about her weight and looking up to her while she makes uh very body revealing videos might I add like you guys this is why we need to talk about it this is why we need to talk about it okay like first and foremost if you are in recovery from your eating disorder that is awesome congratulations I there are so many stories that have been in the comments of people who have overcome this thing and by the way that's why I want you to join the discord server too like we need people who have recovered or are in recovery to help support the people who are struggling and need help too but like you guys like we have to talk about this stuff like I know you all have your own opinions about like oh don't give it attention and right like here's the thing like there's this misconception that if we don't talk about mental illness it's just gonna magically go away right like they think like okay don't talk about depression don't talk about suicide don't talk about drugs don't talk about these things and they'll just magically go away like y'all are living in a fantasy world if you think that's what's going on if things like this are happening we need to be aware like there are young women who are saying that they sat there and idolized Eugenia Cooney saying why can't my body look like that now again this video isn't for Eugenia Cooney I hope the best for her I hope she gets help but my videos are not for her they are for all of you so do you have friends do you have children do you have family members who are idolizing these people right like I talk about it in my videos a lot sometimes when I'm talking about YouTube is like we think we need certain things to be happy and some of it is our body image right some of us think we need to be a certain way to certain size and all these other things I've made some videos about body positively body positivity in the past but like something that I know even though I've lost like over 50 pounds in the last year I know I know that only only losing the weight is not going to make me happy but especially when we're talking about disordered eating like it's important that we realize that it's unhealthy too okay so there's an entire sector of people which I'm going to talk about a little bit later in this video who are very for you know they are they are pro eating disorders and this is very very dangerous and more people need to know about this so now we're going to talk about triggers and avoiding triggers I've mentioned this before but like eating disorders and addiction are very very closely tied together science has proven that both people who struggle with these different disorders whether it's addiction or eating disorders it affects the brain in a similar way so we're going to be talking about triggers and avoiding triggers real quick so this this comment says someone like you discussing this is desperately needed thank you more than you know I've been in recovery of ED for years and even just before sitting down to watch this video I wanted to get a snack went to the fridge saw the yogurt I love and then thought about what I ate yesterday and went to sit back down I had to literally remind myself my tools I have and told myself eat that yogurt today you need to eat too that's how much Eugenia Cooney can still trigger me I'll be honest she triggers me and I've been recovered from my eating disorder for a while now it's so sad to see her avoiding it all I can't imagine being a younger more impressionable fan of hers even as an adult who has been recovered for nearly 10 years I see her and feel self-conscious thank you for this video like this is real stuff this is a struggle like you guys I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic who lives in Las Vegas Nevada I am surrounded by drugs and alcohol and a huge part of recovery and recovery is different for everybody but we need to know when we need to avoid triggers right and I know it can be rough for some of you but like also being present for triggers also helps build resiliency so I feel that living in Las Vegas has made me stronger in my recovery because I'm surrounded by it and every single day I know that if I stayed sober one more day in Las Vegas like I'm a badass right but I still get triggered like every time I walk into a grocery store like the grocery store I go to like the pharmacy is right there and I'm my drug of choice was prescription meds every time I walk past I'm like ooh I wonder how many oxys they got back there right that little thought comes to my mind but kind of like that first comment said like I'm very mindful of these things I'm like no I'm like Chris that is screwed up thinking and this is why recovery is so important we need to catch these thoughts and realize when it's happening but if you're somebody who is triggered by these things like know where you're at in your own recovery I can make an entire video on this know where you're at in your own recovery and know what to avoid okay but again for all of you who are in recovery from your eating disorder like please please use that experience to help out others whether it's in our discord server our facebook group or just down in the comments below like encourage one another so something that I've been seeing comments about and getting uh DMs about and I never even knew this was a thing there's like tumblers and reddits that are like pro eating disorders and I'm like are you what like what are you serious so like there needs to be some awareness about this so last night in the discord server I was like yo I'm working on a new video some of you has told me that there's like pro eating disorders like reddits and tumblers and stuff if any of you have that information can you email me some so one of my favorite subscribers she's also a patron Dolphys Nelson informed me about a couple of uh the reddits that are out there one of them is r slash pro and a weight loss and another one is r slash pro and a mpa now listen to this listen to this description we're a group of people from mpa this sub does not condone trying to get an eating disorder rather this is a place for people with eds who do not wish to recover at least not yet and this just hurts it hurts my soul so much especially coming from the addiction treatment world like I get it I get it like part of what I do when I'm trying to help people is I got to meet people where they're at right I know people who don't want to recover or not going to recover and it sucks it sucks but we really need to be aware about these things we need to we need to understand when we're staying in the problem and not getting in the solution so finally last night I'm not going to mention this youtuber's name yet because I'm still on the fence about whether or not I'm going to do a collab with this youtuber but they left a comment yesterday and then I went and checked out their channel I saw there was some stuff about eating disorders I'm like oh that'd be cool if we collab but then I looked at it I'm like wait a second is this like a pro eating disorders and this youtuber and I have actually been talking through emails since last night and she brought up an interesting point very interesting point because I was asking her I'm like are you for it it's like what's your stance I'm like I don't I don't get it because she she said that she wonders if she's doing more harm than good but she used the word harm reduction and harm reduction is a word that we use a lot in addiction recovery because there's there's recovery like there's abstinence and then there's harm reduction and that is such a difficult topic it's a very difficult topic because while I do want people to recover and I want people to learn how to manage their emotions and get down to the root of the problems get treatment or therapy or whatever it is harm reduction is better than people dying right so I don't know it's an interesting topic and her and I are still talking in emails I'm trying to get her in the discord and me and her might talk so I might I might I don't know yet but I might do a video about harm reduction for eating disorders I've done some videos about harm reduction for addiction so I just need to educate myself more before I talk about it on my channel because I don't want to do anything that you know kind of like she says I don't want to do any more harm like so one of my biggest suggestions is for all of you again going back to like know where you're at in your recovery like like I know in my early recovery like it was difficult to watch shows like intervention where they show like graphic scenes of people like drinking or using or whatever it is like if you are that type of person like you need to learn how to avoid your triggers all right but again again please please please join us in our discord server or join us in our Facebook group we also have a subreddit okay and all of it is based around talking about the problem but focusing on the solution I've had so many of you comment say I don't have friends I don't have family members I don't have people who understand we understand we are here for you come join us get some support okay but anyways that's all I got leave comments down below let me know what your thoughts are on any of the things I touched on whether it's you know bringing awareness to this how it influences people even if you struggle with another mental illness something that I need to talk about eventually is there's a lot going on in the community where it's like pro self harm which is very disturbing to me like but anyways let me know video topics and ideas and stuff down in the comments below but real quick exciting news for everybody over on the patreon over at the five dollar tear it out I just put up a brand new exclusive uh video um and yeah there's like some cat stuff I talked about how our water got shut off by anyway here's a quick clip I'm like you know what I'm gonna try to give some bonding time to these kitties so here's what I did so Wyatt that is like his favorite spot on the couch right and Maya usually lays on the floor but I was like you know what Maya I'm gonna put you right here and Maya freaked out for a minute and she's like no let me up let me up but then she just sat there and now they're both on the couch together ain't that right Maya so yeah everybody sign up over on patreon because at the five dollar tier and above there's a new video up over there for you 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