Vulnerability Post✨
***Long Post***
It breaks my heart to look at old photos of myself because I know the thoughts/true feelings behind them.
If only younger me would’ve seen what we were going to grow up and become🥹 From always being picked on, overlooked, and dangerously insecure. Looking at these pictures you’d think I was happy but I can still feel the pain behind every one of these forced smiles. I put myself through so much at a young age…crazy diets, endless comparisons, & the most negative thoughts. I was so obsessed w/losing weight and how to be pretty, instead of just being a child. I want nothing more than to go back and hug her & tell her it’s all going to be okay, to enjoy her youth and that in the future the same boys that talked about you are going to be the same ones BEGGING for a chance (you reject them all btw lol).
For any girl moms that read this PLEASE pay attention to your daughter(s). Ask questions, learn them! I would put up the biggest front for my mom cause I didn’t want her to know what was going on. She does not play about her kids and I knew she would go to those schools and get on EVERYBODY which was the last thing I wanted😭My parents never hesitated to give me words of encouragement or tell me how beautiful I was. But constantly having other people telling/treating me different overshadowed that. I regret letting the ignorance of others have that much control over me.
#embracevulnerability #transformation #glowupjourney #bodytransformation #Lemon8Diary
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You’re so pretty !!!