MENTAL HEALTH & SOCIAL MEDIA

Let's make something clear: my body confidence is, at times, very low.

I've never been able to unconditionally love absolutely everything about my body – something I'm sure most people can relate to. Sometimes it's my stomach, sometimes it's my nose or my teeth or my chin. Lately, I've noticed how social media has had a massive impact on the way I see and feel about my body.

I am well aware how, these days, people have gotten particularly good at Photoshop and Facetune and I also know (deep down) that no one would ever share something they don't particularly like or are 100% content with. Despite my common sense, I can't help but scroll through my Instagram feed and feel like I am not enough.
You're basically almost expected to have it all: perfect body, perfect face, amazing outfit, lots of money and great photography skills. And let's not forget about the constant pressure of getting tonnes of likes and followers – something I have yet to master I'm afraid.

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Outtakes: January in Pictures

During the past week or so, I felt the need to update my blog.
Truth be told, I've never been particularly great at scheduling and publishing when I wanted or needed to. But that's because I created this blog as a safe place for me to talk about things I didn't want to face – and, in the end, I was never ready to write those words down.

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GUESS WHO'S BACK!

Well hello there.

I guess long time no see?

This has been a long coming post but the past couple of months have been so awful and stressful that I had practically no time to think about my blog, let alone writing a post.

I started off the year with great expectations – lots of posts, content, photos. And everything was so exciting up until the moment I realised my anxiety was taking over my life.
For the longest time my relationship with anxiety has ruined so many great things, but I feel like this year has probably been quite literally the worst one.

I've always been very anxious about everything I do, it is in my nature and I can deal with it. But the pressure of succeeding and finishing my second year of university, friendships going wrong, awful housemates (that story deserves a whole post, trust me!) and the pressure of keeping up a relationship had the best of me and I ended up finishing this academic year with a first overall (yay me!) but a very unwell mind.

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SELF LOVE

I have been thinking lately about what 'self love' really means. Does it have to do with your image? Your body? Your personality?

Is it possible to love myself even if I am constantly changing and growing?

My appreciation comes and goes I guess. Some days I feel lucky to be myself, some days I think it's crap. Sometimes I like my body, my eyes, my smile – sometimes I hate my thighs, my stomach and my nose.

I like it when I'm nice and when people laugh at the funny things I say – I hate it when I feel anxious and can't think straight.

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A Confession

Dear you,

I've got a confession to make, I am not well. 
I think sometimes my brain decides panic attacks, anxiety and sadness are exactly what I need. And I think my body doesn't agree with it and tries to fight it.
I don't know how to fight it this time. I don't know what's wrong with me or why this time around I'm struggling so much.

What people don't understand is that not everyone will share their feelings. Depression, anxiety, they're not visible. You can't see them, you can't touch them, but you can feel them. You feel them so much it hurts.

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