Youtuber Eugenia Cooney forced into mental hospital

[lofistos345]

A YouTuber opened up about her friends forcing her into psychiatric hospital because of her eating disorder

Eugenia Cooney talked to therapist Kati Morton about what it was like to be put on a 5150, or a 72 hour psychiatric hold, by her friends.

www.insider.com

Who needs friends like that! What a horrible system of Healthcare for Mental health. She was handcuff. Disgusting.

 

[AnnonyBox]

I think I'd be finding some new friends, and telling these ones where to go.

Edit: I read through it a bit, why do all youtubers have to be self absorbed pricks? I suppose the same amount of egotism it takes to think you deserve to be blasted into everyone's homes via a screen, is enough to make you think you can take over someone else's life.

 

[90sAesthetics]

Good for her. Now that she's been irrelevant for so many years, may she stay out of the spotlight and find the help she needs. Being a walking skeleton (I've been there) is nothing pleasant, and 2000% fuggglyyyy

 

[a.n.kirillov]

I once tried to open up to a good friend of mine; it was a bad idea, I was a mess; hysterical, crying, shaking. He's my mountaineering partner and we are both very cold and distant emotionally, which is great for mountaineering but not for giving comfort. He was helpless and his rational side took over so he tried to force me to go to the psychiatric ER. He was very uncomfortable seeing me at my worst and in a frenzy (though I didn't hint at suicide at all, I wasn't suicidal back then).

Some people (me included) just can't deal with other's emotional breakdowns and that's okay. They are trying to help as best they can.

 

[xBrialesana]

I have no comment on the situation because tbh I'm too depressed to open up the link lmaoooo but I used to watch, tbh she was my thinspiration which is why she had so much hate. I only feel sorry for the girl
but like I do understand the upset to other ppl when there's 11 year olds affected by this :/ idk I had surgery I'm a little not with it I hope I make some sort of sense have a good day lol

 

[lofistos345]

Good for her. Now that she's been irrelevant for so many years, may she stay out of the spotlight and find the help she needs. Being a walking skeleton (I've been there) is nothing pleasant, and 2000% fuggglyyyy

The main problem is being put on psychiatric hospital against your will and being handcuff

 

[marriedindeed]

The article says:
"she was sent to a psychiatric hospital against her will"

If they have decided to put you into a psych unit then the "smart" option is to go in willingly. Once they have made the decision you are going in, then you are going in - its academic as to whether you agree or not. If you go in willing you are likely to get out sooner.

In my country, if you are unwillingly then:

• your stay is longer;
• they won't let you out during the day;
• you have to attend certain amount of therapy classes;
• the law allows them to recall you after you have been released (a bit like having your parole/warrant recalled).

You also have to be careful what you say. One guy I met on the inside told me what happened to him. He said to them "I don't want to go to the assessment unit...", and before he could finish his sentence they invoked the law. However, his full sentence was going to be "I don't want to go to the assessment unit first, I want to go straight to the main hospital", i.e. he was willing, but wanted the skip the assessment phase, which had been through many times before.

 

[Insomniac]

Eugenia is not suicidal so Idk if this applies to her... what I mean is, I'm not sure if forcing her to eat is a bad thing. I feel like being pro choice doesn't automatically mean to deny the fact that certain mentally ill people need to be under supervision.

I mean when these people have not clearly expressed that they'd like to die.

I have watched her latest videos and Idk how the feel about the comment section.







I'm disgusted by these comments. Idk how people can think that someone as ill as Eugenia can be doing this to herself on purpose.

This to me is a perfect representation the cruel reality that people still think mental illness is a joke and that mentally ill people are just attention whoring.