I think the issue a lot of us have with Rebecca is that she has obviously lived a very sheltered life and had a hugely privileged upbringing. That in itself is not her fault but it has meant that she hasn’t experienced much and so any feelings of worry are turned into anxiety, a headache is a migraine, people living on the breadline must be completely destitute. It’s black and white thinking that is a product of her upbringing, there’s no middle ground. Where it does become her fault is where she point blank refuses to be educated or told otherwise. If she say there and said ‘I’ve been so naive, YouTube has given me the opportunity to see a more diverse view of the world’ I think everyone would have so much more respect for her. But she won’t, she likes her bubble and anyone who tries to pop it and drag her into the real world is the one with the problem. I have no issue with people living in their comfort zone for the most part but she is putting herself in the public eye and touting herself as a role model.
And going back to the anxiety, yes it does affect everyone differently but that is why what she’s saying is so problematic. She’s perpetuating the idea that people are ‘absolutely fine’ while living with anxiety. Some people can cope and get through the day but so many can’t and they are the ones suffering because people expect them to just ‘pull themselves together’.