#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Added 2019-05-15 08:46:53 +0000 UTCMorning friends. Bit of a personal reflection today, given it’s Mental Health Awareness Week with a focus on body image and body confidence. Today’s video is on body dysmorphia and my experiences.
Wishing everyone love and happiness 🌞❤️
J x x
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Comments
It's funny. Not funny. Just a bit odd, how much I relate to your sharing and to your journey, and to your history. A therapist I once went to said that we had to figure out why I was a renegade submarine trying to torpedo myself. So, I identify. I also noted at 19:01 your use of the word (not really a word) "uncomfortability". I had previously only heard that word at AA meetings. Seems a common theme among alcoholics like me, though I'm sober now and have been for many years. I just don't hear the word among the civilian population. So, keep doing what you're doing. You are magic.
randy johnson
2019-10-05 17:10:28 +0000 UTCThanks for all your supportive comments guys, it means the world x x x
Janet Devlin
2019-05-22 08:31:03 +0000 UTCSending lots of hugs and thanks for the postcard :)
Paul Mathews
2019-05-15 20:43:22 +0000 UTCVery Heartfelt And Emotional Video Janet! But I Think Lots Of People Can Learn A Lot From Watching This! Must have been really hard talking about these issues, but shows how strong a person you are, because you have faced them and dealt with things! Continue your journey Janet! 💜💖💜💖💜
Pete Childs
2019-05-15 19:36:11 +0000 UTCI've always found you a beautiful person, both the fact that you are very pretty (no Janet's brain I'm not lying) and especially your soul. I love that you open up and tell your story like this.So thank you. I understand where you are coming from as well, I am just glad your epiphany came when it did, and that you began to get the help you needed. My own almost came too late. There was a time in my late teens when I was very much suicidal. The only thing that kept me here was a very real fear of leaving my mom sad and hurting. That idea at the time hurt more than my own life. Maybe someone upstairs kept that in my head for a reason, but it was just enough. Finally, after a long time, I got an actual diagnosis, and pointed to government paid for counseling, an actual psychiatrist, and medication. I wish so much that when I was young I had a person, like you, who I admire and looked up to be open and honest with the world about what they face, have faced, and be real, and say "it's okay to need help" and that you don't need to wait until it all piles up and buries you to ask for it. Thank you for being you.
Tim Bend
2019-05-15 16:15:23 +0000 UTCThank you for your courage and strength in this post. I now have a name for what others have told me I might have, body dysmorphia.
Terry Bliss
2019-05-15 15:52:01 +0000 UTCJust have recommended your reflection to a young australian artist, who i am happy to support on the same platform. Hopefully, she is also able to escape from her deep personal black-hole and one day only fragments of the stones remain, that are blocking nearly every motivation now to have a happy and successful live. Thank you for your openness !
Thomas Rathmann
2019-05-15 12:44:09 +0000 UTCIf any of you all need a good pick me up, I refound a great message from Joyce Meyer: https://youtu.be/uVWCInlbUQk
Chris
2019-05-15 12:35:35 +0000 UTCPeople, especially young people need to learn that being different is ok, and even I hate to say it, normal. I went a lifetime not looking in a mirror or letting anyone take a photo of me and now that I am wiser I am sorry that there is no record of me ever being for my kids to look back on. You are a work in progress and even though you do not see it your strength is helping so many weaker than yourself. Keep growing and keep getting stronger and keep being you. I wish you a very wonderful and happy day knowing that you are a helping so many by just being you. Thank you for being!
Mark Doherty
2019-05-15 12:17:22 +0000 UTC❤
Bart Peters
2019-05-15 11:44:31 +0000 UTC
