Race Across the World’s Sioned shouldn’t be sneered at for her tears

‘I don’t want to be here.’

Four episodes into this year’s series of Race Across The World, it seemed as though 19-year-old Sioned was on the verge of quitting the BBC series.

Following their arrival in India, she and 18-year-old boyfriend Fin had to find a transport link to the city of Varanasi, after riding in a bus that had Sioned putting her head between her knees to cope with the loud traffic around them.

Two episodes earlier, she burst into tears while sitting on a beach in China with Fin, as the reality of being away from home hit her in a massive tidal wave. Some fans of the show ridiculed her for ‘always crying’, and said that they were ‘fed up’ with her complaints.

In my opinion, anyone who sneered at her for sobbing, for admitting that she was overwhelmed, or that she was out of her comfort zone, should be ashamed of themselves.

How hard is it to try and put yourself in another person’s shoes, even if you can’t relate to the way that they’re feeling?