Diary Entry 2💋

Thankyou so much for your submission! Gosh as good as social media is, it’s also so damaging to our mental health. This is something that so many people suffer with, so please don’t feel alone at all. I think it’s so easy to forget as we get caught up in people’s stories and days in the life and grwms, that people love to curate their social media to be a display of just their hightlights. Rarely do people want to post on their bad days or when they feel self-conscious or not good enough. We are all conditioned in a way to think that we need to only post our success and hightlights on social media, the selfies where we feel we looked the best and not the 1, 000 of selfies we thought aren’t good enough. It’s very important to remember you are looking at someone’s highlight reels not their entire life. Also it’s so easy to fall into the trap of comparison especially when we see someone we deem as ‘better’ or ‘pretty’ than us, as that is completely natural and normal, we need to remind ourselves that another person’s beauty does not ever take away from our own. In our everyday life we see so many things and people that are different but still incredibly beautiful. The moon and flowers, oceans and butterflies all completely different but all as equally as beautiful. Follow accounts to inspire and uplift you, it’s okay to unfollow or mute account that consistently make you feel bad about yourself. We sometimes don’t realise how harmful and how much content we actually do consume in a day. It can be so easy to scroll for hours, but it is also essential to give your self a break so you don’t become overwhelmed and stuck. Whenever you catch yourself comparing, think and pause and reflect on everything wonderful about yourself, list 5 things you love about yourself, you are proud of yourself for and are excited for the future. Also it can be helpful to analyse why you are comparing, could it be that they do yoga 3 times a week and you feel lazy and you could think I am feeling this way because I wish I could do yoga and then see if you can start doing yoga 1x a week along as it isn’t out of shame and hatred for yourself and it is something you do want to explore. Also I find it helpful to remember everyone is on their own journey, they might have things you want but you might also have something they want too. Be kind to yourself, you’re beautiful!💗

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