What My Appearance Says About My Mental Health
My body always knows before I do
Today’s post is behind a paywall because it gets into things that still feel too tender to put out in the open: the fallout from my last breakup, the complicated and ever-shifting dynamic I have with my mother, and body image issues too. I’ve been emotionally distant here lately. Maybe you’ve felt it. I know I have.
Holding back this much has started to feel confining. I need to share and be honest to feel okay, but lately the challenge has been figuring out how to do that in a way that still honors my sense of safety. I’m grateful to have this close-knit little space where I can do that.
I’m no longer in a place where I’m airing my meltdowns on Instagram Stories, but I am craving bringing some realness here. I don’t plan for every post to be an emotional catharsis, but this is one I just had to get out…