all right so before we get started and explain why Shane Dawson was the perfect
person to help Eugenia Cooney come back to YouTube can we take a second just a
second to acknowledge how amazing that anything was where he was explaining to
her today and then you see a tweet and people are like what is up everybody
this is Chris from the rewired saw where we talk about the problem but focus on
the solution and if you do to my channel what I try to do is take different
topics from the YouTube community trying to see what lessons we can learn from
them and something that I'm extremely passionate about is mental health so by
the way I have a few different videos I'm going to be making about Shane
Dawson's new video with Eugenia Cooney there's a few different angles I want to
take that I can't fit into one video so anyways what I'm getting at is make sure
you subscribe and bring that notification bow all right so a couple
things real quick those of you who are following me on social media at the
rewired soul my brand new book cancelled is coming out on Monday I delayed it
because Shane Dawson's new video came out and I'm not dumb I'm not gonna
compete with Shane Dawson on a book launch all right but anyways the second
thing is for those of you who have been around my channel for a while I'm
experimenting with some new formats so this video is gonna be similar to the
video I did yesterday I'm gonna do some voiceover I'm also gonna pop in here but
please do me a favor and just leave comments and let me know if you like it
all right so let's get started so first let's discuss how brave Shane Dawson was
to take on this project for those of you who don't know well last year Shane
Dawson did a series on Jake Paul and after the first two videos he received a
lot of pushback many people were upset when they
the premise of the series you see Shane Dawson explained in the very first video
that he had always been fascinated with sociopaths and he had a theory that Jake
Paul might be a sociopath based on what Shane has seen from Jake's
behaviour YouTube's resident licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Kati
Morton was also extremely brave to help Shane Dawson once again see in the
second episode of the Jake Paul series called the dark side of Jake Paul Shane
Dawson went over to Katy borns house to discuss
sociopaths now while we don't know the whole story it really appeared as though
Shane was simply going to his friend's house to ask her about sociopaths so
we're not entirely sure if Kati Morton even knew what Shane Dawson series was
gonna be about before he showed up to her house so what are the issues that
people had was in that video and because Shane loves spooky things and has a
flair for the dramatic he made this video quite spooky and dramatic after
that the internet freaked out people were extremely upset with Shane Dawson
and how Kati Morton describes sociopaths when Shane asked her how you could tell
if someone is a sociopath she explained how you get and you know a key or gross
feeling from them so people attached Shane for talking about mental health
and then people began attacking Kati Morton for being a part of it people
were quick to say that although katie has a degree from Pepperdine University
and has been a practicing lmf T for years she was not qualified to discuss
sociopaths after that Shane Dawson toned down their dramatic feel of the series
and Katie had to publicly address what happened Katie was getting all sorts of
hate comments and one person even said that she should die so when I first saw
that Shane's new video was about Eugenia Cooney I was really curious to see if he
enlists the help of Katie one more time although Katie doesn't specialize in
sociopaths she does specialize in eating disorders and has a ton of experience
so those of you who don't know me not only am i work we're covering drug
addict and alcoholic I also worked in an addiction treatment center where we also
specialize in mental illness so I have worked with many people who struggle
with eating disorders as well and one of the number one questions I get and I'm
sure Kati talked about it too in this video but a lot of people say how do you
talk to somebody how do you talk to somebody the best thing you can do is
what Shane Dawson did in this video talk to somebody who has experience alright
like talk to somebody like know somebody who has been able to help somebody with
an addiction or something like that or an eating disorder a lot of people say
how do I help my friend or family member with depression or anxiety talk to
somebody who's either been through it or help people before you should always
talk to a professional if possible like for example with my experience in
addition a lot of people try to do like their own interventions because they
like watch intervention on TV the best thing that you can do is consult an
addiction professional because there's a lot of like do's and don'ts when you're
trying to intervene on somebody who's struggling with an addiction now let's
talk about why Shane Dawson was the perfect person to interview Eugenia
Cooney and help her come back to YouTube although Shane is not a licensed
professional he's someone who has had his own struggles with disordered eating
in the past there are those who will see this video and say that Shane shouldn't
have done it but I think he was the perfect person to do so and I'm glad
Eugenia invited him to be a part of her return well there's this narrative out
there that only licensed professionals should talk about mental health this
video showed why it's just as important to have someone who's actually been
through the struggle to talk to these people as well now this isn't to say
that you shouldn't seek professional help
but I can tell you from my own addiction recovery it was extremely beneficial to
have someone who understood exactly what I had been going through it makes it a
lot easier to have a discussion and to open up I believe that this is because
many of us who struggle with mental health issues also have trust issues
it's common for us to sit back and know that a therapist or psychologist has a
lot of book smarts but do they really understand what we've been going through
let's be honest there are some professionals out there who have
terrible bedside manner if we don't think they truly understand what we've
been going through we may not open up entirely and be honest with them I also
think that this clip right here shows that Shane is amazing at talking to
people about this stuff just keep it from feeling too like too much too fast
all right so so she doesn't get defensive or feel attacked because
that's not the goal the goal is to like help her tell a story that's beneficial
for everybody it was definitely like an eating disorder but yeah just like I
said you really get to weigh believe but
okay so my experience I always knew that I had a disorder I always was very
self-aware and I was always very like I know this is bad I know I shouldn't be
doing this I feel guilty I feel a bit embarrassed like when I would be
throwing up in the bathroom I I mean I was doing it with like friends in the
other room and I was like hiding it and trying to whatever very very shameful
thing so yeah right there like I want you to save that clip when I was
watching it I was like oh my god like Shane could be a therapist like Shane is
an impact he feels what other people are feeling and I loved how they edited it
because they were showing how you know he was asking Katie like you know what's
too much what should they talk about and everything like that and you could see
you could see when he was talking to Eugenia she wasn't comfortable talking
about certain things like the label of the disorder and Shane felt that and
this is so important so any of you out there who have a friend that you need to
talk to a loved one you need to talk to about what they're going through like
really be able to feel them out like you could see Shane felt her out and then
then what Shane did was he quickly turned it back to himself he started
sharing his own experience and his own struggles and this is blah
perfection like that's what we do this is how I talk to people with addictions
too like if somebody is struggling with opening up or just being honest or
whatever it is like I start sharing my own stuff right like it helps other
people open up this is why peer support is so crucial and it's something that
some not all but some licensed professionals haven't been through like
there are many therapists psychologists psychiatrists out there who haven't gone
through you know depression anxiety eating disorders addiction and all those
other things so when you're talking to somebody who can share their own
personal experience it kind of like opens up the doors for you to open up to
so that's why I love I love that Shane did this finally Shane talks to Eugenia
about something that only someone who has struggled with an eating disorder
would understand he starts to talk to her about how he understands how
difficult it is to overcome an eating disorder because you need food to live
this is true for so many people who struggle with various process addictions
such as gambling sex shopping etc so one of the reasons I make videos about
eating disorders is because there are actually studies out there that people
with addictions like myself our brains are very similar to people who struggle
with different eating disorders alright and when I would have clients who would
come in and I would talk to them or even friends or people in the audience who
have talked to me about eating disorders like it sounds crazy if you've never
struggle with addiction but I'm grateful that my addiction my issue my mental
health issue was with drugs and alcohol see because I can look I can I can
logically look at drugs and alcohol say those things are ruining my life
I don't need those things I can be completely abstinent so I've been clean
and sober for seven years being 100% abstinent but what Shane Dawson is
connecting with Eugenia about is you need food to live right like you have to
have it so I really really like feel for anybody out there like if you have
overcome an eating disorder like that is amazing like that is phenomenal even if
you're making the attempt to recover you know what I mean like me I just don't go
to my drug dealer you know what I mean I just don't go to the ball
but we do need food to live so this is similar for people who have a shopping
addiction or even a sex addiction and that's why these types of recovery are
much different because you have to learn to manage it like with me and my
addiction to drugs or alcohol there's no managing my substance use you
know what I mean so I really admire anybody who has been able to overcome or
even tried to overcome one of these types of disorders you know but anyways
let me know your thoughts on this down in the comments below like what's your
personal experience have you ever found it difficult to connect with a therapist
or maybe even a doctor because you felt like they didn't truly understand what
you've been through has it been easier for you to open up to someone who's
actually been through it maybe you've been part of different
support groups or something like that let's share our experiences down below
alright and please please please make sure you let me know if you like this
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