 Just hours after Shane Dawson released the return of Eugenia Cooney, Jacqueline Glenn and her friends came out to speak their truth to voice their concerns about Eugenia. When the video came out there were mixed reviews because Jacqueline and the gang were exposing quite a bit about Eugenia that wasn't talked about in Shane's video. Now it seems like many people are on Jacqueline's side and are concerned for Eugenia as well. So make sure that you stay tuned to this whole video as we discuss what's going on from all the different angles so we can see what we can all learn from this situation. 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 what I try to do is take the topics that are going on in the YouTube community to try to see what lessons we can learn from them to improve our own mental and emotional well-being. And I've been covering this comeback of Eugenia Cooney so make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And before we get started I just wanted to thank everybody once again. My brand new book, Cancelled is coming out and if you didn't know it's free. It's a book examining cancel culture, my experience as well as a bunch of experiences I've witnessed go on for the last couple years. The book's free so everybody who's been donating to the cause I appreciate you all so so so much. If you would like more information about the book check out the description down below. So yeah not long after Shane Dawson's video with Eugenia Cooney came out Jacqueline Glenn and her friends released a video and I got flooded with tweets and DMs and messages and comments on my video and everything like that. So yeah we're going to be talking about this but again we're going to be talking about it from different angles because the internet is kind of split about this. So I'm going to be talking about this but I'm also going to be talking about how to have an intervention for a friend and some things that you might want to be prepared for because there's so much that we can learn from this. Those of you who don't know who I am, hi my name's Chris. I've been clean and sober for seven years. I was an addict addicted to pain medications, prescription opioids as well as alcohol. So not only that but I worked at a drug and alcohol treatment center for a little over three years and we specialized in dual diagnosis. For those of you who don't know what dual diagnosis means, I mean it's not only did we treat addiction but we also treated mental illness as well. There's a little confusion when I mentioned that yesterday. So people who are in the treatment center not only had an addiction but some of them struggled with eating disorders or depression or anxiety or PTSD, all sorts of stuff, all right? But the other thing is that I have been involved in a lot of interventions. Not only did my family have multiple interventions on me but I have also helped many other people get help by doing interventions for them. So that's my background and why I'm going to be covering this topic. Yesterday Shane Dawson released the return of Eugenia Cooney where he interviewed her and helped her with coming back to the platform after being away for months. For a long time many people have been concerned about Eugenia Cooney. Although she never admitted it publicly, it appeared as though she had an eating disorder. In Shane Dawson's video this was the first time she opened up about her eating disorder and discussed how she went to treatment. After the video was released there was an outpouring of support. Millions of people have been worried about this young woman and she's finally on the right track. Eugenia is an awesome young woman. She has a heart of gold and is loved by so many people. So Eugenia took to Twitter to thank Shane Dawson as well as all of the fans who were showing her love and support with her return. It wasn't long until Jacqueline Glenn sent out this tweet. Shane missed the chance to cover this story in a real way. A lighthearted house tour and makeup video is not the proper way to cover something this scary. Jake Paul gets sociopath music but a video on a serious eating disorder is Sunshine of Rainbows. I'm so disappointed. For those of you who don't know Jacqueline Glenn is a YouTuber as well as a longtime friend of Eugenia Cooney. Not long after this tweet Jacqueline and her friends released a 25 minute video titled The Return of Eugenia Cooney, The Real Story. In this video Jacqueline and her friends not only expressed that they're still concerned for Eugenia but they explained a lot that wasn't in the video with Shane Dawson. In Jacqueline's video they discussed how they tried many times to get Eugenia to get help but they didn't have any luck. They also discussed how they had to trick Eugenia because they were having an intervention for her and that's what ultimately led to her getting help. For a long time many people have assumed that Eugenia's mom has been enabling Eugenia. So in this video Jacqueline discussed how she personally feels Eugenia's mother is dangerous too. She discussed how during the intervention Eugenia's mother was screaming at Jacqueline on the phone and threatening to press charges for kidnapping. Eugenia seems to be doing great now though so why did Jacqueline feel the need to make this video? Well it's because of this clip right here. Your friends aren't doing anything whatever but I'm sure behind the scenes I'm sure everybody was always reaching out and whatever. There was almost like some people that like never really said anything to me like before but then like later on were kind of like bullying me until like trying to make like decisions for me. Jacqueline and her friends were hurt that Eugenia called them bullies when they felt all they were trying to do was help her. So the question is should Jacqueline have made this video? So yeah there's been a ton of mixed reviews. When Jacqueline Hill first put up this video, the long one, she actually released a follow-up shorter video but when it first got released there was a massive amount of dislikes but it seems like more people are understanding why Jacqueline Glenn made this video. So personally, personally, I don't believe that she should have made this video with her friends but I understand why they made this video all right but it is now out there in the open so let's discuss because a lot of us can learn from this situation. So the first thing I just want to discuss real quick is the YouTube aspect of this all right not the friend aspect but the YouTube aspect. Personally I would like to hear your thoughts too. I don't think this video should have been made like Jacqueline Glenn and her friends are friends with Eugenia Cooney. This should have been handled off camera especially because this video with Shane Dawson was just released. Like personally like I would have waited a little while longer because many people who knew Eugenia made videos expressing their concern but like they just released this video I would have waited a little bit longer and if I felt like this was the last resort almost like when it came to Eugenia getting help like I would have really waited. I don't think it was a good idea to release this video but like I said I understand why they did it. So from my experience it's important to understand that addiction eating disorders different issues like that one of the main reasons that we stay sick in our illness is because of the people in our lives all right. This is one of the reasons like at the treatment center I was working at many people flew in from out of state like it is very beneficial to distance yourself away from friends and family members who might be keeping you sick all right. So I understand why Jacqueline Glenn and her friends are concerned about Eugenia because Eugenia's mother is still in her life. So what fueled them to make this video was that Eugenia considered them bullies and listen I'm letting you all know right now if you ever have an intervention for somebody this is part of the territory. This comes along with it all right like I understand how they feel and this is just what happens like not only have I had to have interventions for friends but I've had to do it for many clients as well and they will hate you sometimes they will hate you for a long time. Part of my job was to follow up with clients afterwards and sometimes I would call them they'd be like hey Chris sorry I was such a dick to you while I was in treatment thanks you saved my life like sometimes it takes people a long time. I can tell you from my personal experience when my family had an intervention for me seven years ago I was telling them to go f themselves I was so angry and so upset and it took me a long long long time to realize that this was the best thing to ever happen to me all right like Eugenia has been on this journey for months but it might take her a while to truly see how they were helping to save her life like everything that Jacqueline Glenn and her friends was real it was like you can you can see their pain you could see how they're hurt you could see how they're still concerned for her and this is common like again like I work with a lot of people who are trying to overcome addiction and when I see that you know even if they went through treatment if they didn't change like people places and situations in their life like I'm still kind of concerned for them you know what I mean like a lot of overcoming addiction is changing behaviors so when it comes to Eugenia Cooney and if any of you have experience with eating disorders like let me know down in the comments below like I'm not sure how much her her family dynamic has has played into that so if you have experience and want to share it down below like let me know how how that affected your disorder still affects it to this day the last thing that I want to talk about is and I apologize because I don't watch Jacqueline Glenn I don't know her friends but the young woman who is in the video with Jacqueline Glenn like she mentioned a couple times in this video that she has struggled with an eating disorder in the past right and she says she still struggles with it and she even opened up and showed some of her experience about how she was angry with her family right and here's what I try to tell people because if you watch my last video I made about Shane Dawson and why he was perfect to help Eugenia Cooney it's because when we've been through it we're the best people to help all right so like I help a lot of people overcome their addictions right I've been a part of many interventions the number one thing I have to do is get into their mind state right I have to go back I have to go back seven years ago when I didn't want to get well I was sick I was mentally sick so when I see this young woman like really confused about how Eugenia Cooney acted or responded like I'm sitting there I'm watching and I'm like girl you've got to empathize you got to remember how hard this was for you to get better and the last thing I'll talk about is one of my really really good friends one of my really good friends who I helped get sober a long time ago um he's trying to help one of his friends get sober all right and he calls me and he texts me and he's so frustrated and he's so upset and I have to remind him I'm like dude you got to get back into their mindset you got to understand you have to remember back before you got sober remember the conversations I had with you and how angry you got with me remember the denial that you were in right remember all of these things like that is the golden rule so at the end of the day like I can't express enough if you have somebody in your life who whether they're struggling with an addiction an eating disorder or anything like that like please please please remember they are sick okay this is a sick person and I say this because from my experience it helps to remember that the person is sick they are not a bad person they are a sick person all right like when you're dealing with somebody who's in that mindset they're going to get angry they're going to lash out they're going to get defensive they're going to be in denial and all those things like I try to think of it is like it's not even really them it's almost like they're possessed by their illness you know what I mean and you just kind of kind of like roll with the punches and hopefully hopefully best-case scenario one day they come back and they thank you for saving their life and everything like that some of them they might never thank you but at the end of the day we just have to know that we played a part in their recovery and getting them help and that's the most that we can ask for so again like I said in this situation it seems like Eugenia Cooney is on the right track we'll see how things go from here but hopefully you know all of the people involved in this they remain friends or they become friends again and all of that but if you have any experience with interventions or anything like that whether you've been on the giving or the receiving end let's have a conversation down in the comments below all right or let me know about your thoughts on this situation okay so anyways that's all I got for this video if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing and a huge thank you to everybody who has donated 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