Learning to Love yourself

Growing up in the day of age that we are in, is tough. All my life I have struggled with who I am and who I want to be, plus how society teaches us to be perfect. Unfortunately, like the rest of us I get tangled up in a world that truly isn't real. I catch myself in a train of thought of comparing my body to someone who is doubled my height and is absolutely gorgeous. Which Im not saying Im not either. Although, I never really knew how to treat myself at this time.

Now, Im not going to say that I don't do this anymore, because I definitely do. But... its always how I recover my thought process after. A practice that has helped me is that I remind myself who I am. Who I am as an individual, a friend, a relative and to myself. I tell myself a lot of the times, that I love my personality, and how I can try to make anyone in the room laugh or smile, because thats the person I want to be towards others. I tell myself I am courageous, kind and am trying my best. Some people would also describe it as affirmations as well.

Although, I also wanna dig deeper towards the core and also be vulnerable with you guys. I really never had this mindset until recently. A piece of my story that has led me to this point of my life is that I have been recovering with an eating disorder for the past year and a half, which is crazy to write down and actually admit to the world. Throughout recovery, these reminders and encouraging words have really helped. The idea that has also allowed me to feel a little more calm is that every body is different, your metabolism, genetics, height, so many areas of you that make up the person that you are and makes you so unique in your own self.

I wanna end this post with saying that learning to love yourself is a process and it's not just gonna happen overnight. It takes time, you got this, reach out for help if you need it. There is also the community group page that you are welcomed to share anything.

Another reminder, perfection does not exist.