Does Eugenia Cooney Need Help?

Eugenia Cooney, who is considered an "OG YouTuber," has been dealing with eating disorders for years. The last time she spoke out about it was in 2019, but she's reentering the cultural news cycle looking even worse. She's saying that she doesn't need help, but her fans disagree.

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[TheProfessorExplains]

There’s a really simple solution to all of this: STOP WATCHING. Seriously. Once she no longer has her audience feeding her mental illness, she’ll likely have to confront it. But when 100 million people watch her videos and millions of people like them, it’s positive reinforcement for negative behavior. Or you can keep “feeling concerned” while watching her until she dies.

[jeannie]

This girl has had years of people worried for her. She literally lives for this and will die for it.

[lizmejia]

My oldest sister had an eating disorder on and off for over 20 years. She died 5 years ago. Her poor system couldn't fight off an infection. This poor girl needs help and prayers.

[Ingerimm]

Attention is a drug.
She will never stop doing this, and people will never stop watching/feeding her thirst for attention because many people can't (or just won't) tear themselves away from a train wreck spectacle.

[SToNEYx-_]

What’s also is disturbing is a large portion of her audience gets off on seeing her slowly dying and encouraging it

[LuigiNotaro]

Eugenia needs help and her mother needs to be put in jail.

[CBaller]

Nurse here! I'd love to see her blood test results. I guarantee she's severely anemic, has a clotting disorder, doesn’t have her menstrual cycle, and is probably very close to organ failure.
The problem is no one can force her to eat a ton because her body will go into shock. She needs TPN or a GJ tube for immediate enteral nutrition. This is so bad.

[ARO]

She is literally a skeleton. It’s terrifying! She really needs to be involuntarily admitted to a mental health hospital. She doesn’t just need a high concentration of calories, but consistent support and therapy to keep her on the right track

[Kneon_Knight]

My daughter was subscribed to her, and one day I happened to see Miss Cooney and was absolutely shocked at how emaciated and pale she was (and still is) and had a long talk about what was going on with her. My daughter had somehow gotten the idea that she had some wasting disease or cancer. I had to explain what Miss Cooney's eating disorder is, and how it's affecting her, and how it is going to kill her, or rather how she is killing herself. I then told her that yes, people may choose to end their life, but that my daughter doesn't have to watch them do it.

[Sigurther]

It is legitimately horrifying to see someone in this condition. I can't believe she's lasted this long given the last time I heard about her.

[jaydedollyy]

When I was battling with anorexia, I watched her videos a lot between 2015 and 2018. I was between the ages of 16 and 20. She was my reason to keep on that path. I ended up getting down to 95lbs and my family noticed and tried to get me help. I'm recovered for the past 4 years now. The fact she says that she is not influencing her audience is bullshit. Most of her audience are children and young teens. I've read comments from them that say she influences them to look like her and there's even people on instagram and tumblr that use her for ana inspo. She needs to be taken off the internet.

[clarissa]

I had an eating disorder and the life was sucked out of me. I had no zest or energy. I was weak and lethargic all the time. It’s been six years and I’ll still have crazy heart palpitations that I had never had before my disorder. I also would wake up in the middle of the night with painful muscle cramps in my legs and feet. I would cry out of fear and pain. Of course I shed little tears. I was way too exhausted 24/7 to really experience many emotion even ecstasy. I have been healthy for a couple years now and I am more lively and optimistic than ever!

[princesse]

I’m shocked that YouTube hasn’t demonetized her yet. It’s clear YouTube is enabling her behavior.

[GanchiPlans]

Every time this story resurfaces, I'm amazed that she's still alive. It's heartbreaking

[Rachel-twwq]

Yes. She DEFINITELY needs help. That girl is one fart away from heart failure, liver failure, and death. It's very very sad to see. I'm honestly surprised she hasn't past yet.

[lucianunes.]

As someone who struggled with eating disorder behaviors eugenia did NOT help me. When you have this disorder and are 12 YEARS OLD this doesn't help. Eugenia played a massive part in how my life was ruined for more than a year and I'm so glad I didn't fall into these behaviors as deep as she did or even close.

[Eclipse]

I’m surprised that she hasn’t passed yet to be totally honest. She’s so so sick and must have so many health issues. It’s a testament to how hard our bodies work to keep us alive.

[yaseminmerwede]

I used to work for the National Eating Disorders Association and had reached out to her on numerous occasions in the past. So devastating to see this.

[haleytruslow]

This is one of the most dystopian situations I have pondered lately. We ALL know that she is dying and is in desperate need of help. But none of us can help her. And the algorithms continue to feed the beast

[princerose]

I was 19 when I had an eating disorder. I remember my friends and family expressing their worries, and how it strangely just validated my ED even more. That’s what makes them so hard to treat. You can say: “I’m worried about you, ” and the patient will think: “Ah yes, that means I’m *almost* thin enough…”
But conversely if they DO start getting help and you say: “I’m glad you’re looking healthier, ” then the patient will think: “Oh no, I must be getting fat.” Which will send them spiraling again.
This was exactly how it was for me.
I’m 38-years-old now, and my ED is in remission. Fun fact for a lot of people, they never go away entirely. Every now and then I catch myself in those old patterns: “What if I just skip a few meals before my next doctor’s appointment so the number on the scale will be a little less?” Or “maybe I’ll take too much of this laxative, ” because I want to feel “empty.” Or I’ll fixate on my weight, by checking the scale multiple times a day. Sometimes when I look in the mirror I still see a version of me that I know isn’t real -I will actually hallucinate that I am this big, blob of a person whose body fat is spilling out of my clothes, when realistically I’m a moderately-sized, 5’3” middle-aged woman who goes to the gym and wears a size 10-12. I’ve been through multiple diets over the years, and they usually result in ED-like fixation on my part. Anxieties about going out to eat, constantly checking to see if my belly looks “pouched.” I have had to hide my weight scale in an inconvenient spot to get to in my house to keep me from standing on it every couple of hours of the day.
I feel bad for Eugenia, too. I, like most people, hope she gets the help she needs. And I also know from personal experience what a hard road it is to healing.