Influencer Concerns and Frustrates Viewers | Eugenia Cooney Case Analysis

This video answers the question: Can I analyze case of Eugenia Cooney?

Dr. Grande’s book Harm Reduction:

[rweems]

Many years ago I knew a young woman, a veterinarian who owned her own practice. She suffered from anorexia and bulemia. She was smart, a professional and loved by her family, a family that had struggled to help her. She experienced multiple crises, each of which left her mid-30’s body ever more depleted. She was one of those women when shown a photo of her within in a group, she couldn’t identify herself in any photo - she saw herself as fat, regardless of just how cadaverous she actually was. A matter of months later she was dead due to organ failure. Until the individual wholly accepts a reality reflective of her/his actual health state, this is one psychological problem that is almost impossible to overcome.

[lee]

The only other time I have seen anyone who looks like Eugenia, it was images of concentration camp victims. To say she is thin is an absurd understatement. I'm amazed her body is still going.

[DarioPriolli]

shes been concerning the internet since 2014...

[jenniferashley]

In 1992 I worked at a frozen yogurt store. We had nonfat sugar free yogurt..it was shocking the girls who would eat that only. One young girl died who came in twice a day eating that, and sometimes would vomit before eating in our bathroom. I still think of her after all these years and what she missed out on in life..its such a cruel disorder and if Eugene doesnt get help soon she will have the same outcome

[patricial]

You should do an episode on her mother - who is her enabler. She’s almost 30 and could afford to leave home and be on her own but it seems she is stuck being a child.

[Ipetam]

I am honestly surprised she's still alive, and i really hope shes able to accept help before its too late.

[islandgirl]

Underweight is an understatement. She's literally skin and bones. She's a walking skeleton.

[lunavalcreations]

She's a medical anomaly, how she even can stand up is beyond me

[msbluesky]

Dr. Grande could you analize Eugenia's mother role on this situation? She has appeared many times on her videos and continues reassuring that she is doing ALRIGHT, that SHE KNOWS how to take care of herself. On the other side, she goes everywhere with her, even when Eugenia visit friends, and some people say she's controlling and profiting from Eugenia's eating disorder. I'm sure there are many parents like her and would be interesting to analise this kind of family dynamic.

[jbegg]

The weirdest thing about this to me is the police officer who said she’s “always been thin” and likes chicken sandwiches. As if there’s no problem here. Also what a weird thing for a police officer to say. Maybe she’s surrounded by enablers like this.

[leslieroth]

As someone who struggled with anorexia for 30 yrs. Lots of relapses. Eugenia does promote it. Blue butterflies are sign of pro anorexia movement. She uses them and says she just likes them. She has young girls list their BMI in every post. It's a bad situation. Anorexia as a lifestyle has tons of support. I wish I had the answers. I am a grandma and still bodycheck and am still obsessed. On disability from spinal damage from overexercise. Eugenia is dangerous.

[RCHEL__]

Her mother plays a major role in supporting her social media and is the one behind the camera most of the time. It’s incredibly concerning and hasn’t gotten any better over the years, simply continues to spiral.

[rejaneoliveira]

As a registered dietitian it is safe to assume that she qualifies for the diagnosis of malnutrition. Furthermore, in a culture that is already obsessed with body image, she is a terrible influence for teenagers.

Thank you for the review Dr. Grande.❤

[true]

You should look into her mother. Red flags everywhere. Even the mother refuses to acknowledge her daughter’s illness.

[mori.kurogawa]

I've had anorexia for 13 years, at my lowest I've weighed 35 kilos at 160 cm. When I was sick I didn't realize that I looked awful and sadness-inducing. Later, when I saw the photos I gasped. I have also been bullied at school and at home by my father. At some point I just started recovering. I guess after all those years I gained distance from the trauma and got better mentally. Art helped me personally a lot. Seeing anorectics still hurts me a lot, but no, it doesn't make me want to relapse. I've reached normal weight, got my cycle back and now growing a baby boy 🤰

[roadlesstraveled]

I was a teenager and ballet dancer in the late 90's, during the heroin chic thing. Magazines and models like Kate Moss ABSOLUTELY influenced me, I'm 39, so I've had anorexia or bulimia for about 27 years. (Wow ... I never did the math before.) I phase in and out of recovery. Right now I'm out. Obviously there are many things that cause an eating disorder but it wasn't hard to find media that encouraged me to keep at it.

[CatalinaFOIA]

At a minumum I wish Eugenia was told that she must age restrict her videos to 18+ yrs of age or older to view. This won't prevent all young children/teens from viewing her videos however it would change the algorithm for pushing out her content to young viewers.

[franciscopino]

Calling that body "skinny" is a huge euphemism. It is simply amazing to see how a skeleton can walk and move by itself. Just the idea that someone can find that image of death attractive is mind-blowing.

[peakydene]

I’m also surprised she is alive and that her heart is still functioning. She’s lost so much muscle and it’s bound to affect her heart. I’m 80 and I remember in the ‘70s when the world sadly watched the multi-talented, lovely singer Karen Carpenter—who even Elton John and Paul McCartney were quoted as saying had one of the most beautiful female voices in the world—waste away and become thinner and thinner in just a few years because of anorexia. Neither her friends nor her brother, Richard Carpenter, who was the other half of their famous singing duo, “The Carpenters, ” could save her from starving herself to death from the Eating Disorder, and her heart gave out and just stopped beating and she died in 1983 at age 32. It was quite sad. This woman appears to be even thinner than Karen was at her death.

[MiniiCitrus]

I'm a student nurse and have worked as a CNA, so I've seen a lot of grisly things, from open bilateral leg amputations to unstageable pressure ulcers. Eugenia's illness gives me a visceral feeling of horror that I haven't experienced with anything else so far.