My sister was struggling with her studies after her breakup.
My sister and I have always shared a great bond. We share everything with each other. Interestingly, we are both academically smart but emotionally weak. I have been noticing her for a while, and she’s not herself lately. She’s one of the most active people you’ll ever meet. She excels at almost everything and gives […]
I had a hard time trusting my partner.
In any relationship, one of the foundational core values is trust. Trust is when you have faith in your partner because you feel secure around them. When you don’t have that faith in your partner, it affects you internally and may cause emotional distress. Growing up, I always witnessed constant family conflicts, parents doubting each […]
I have never felt confident.
I remember always feeling uncomfortable in my own skin. All those years growing up, I used to feel doubtful and insecure, having thoughts like “Do I look good enough?”, “I hope I don’t sound stupid”, “Will I be able to do this?”, all of which added up to my sheer lack of confidence. I never […]
I was body shamed at family gatherings.
Growing up, I hadn’t really been ‘fat’ or ‘chubby’. But as soon as I hit puberty, my lifestyle and eating habits changed drastically. And these bad eating habits led to excessive weight gain. Originally, no one at home pointed out these weight gain problems to me, perhaps because they are more sensitive as parents to […]
I might be gay, but I was too scared to talk about it.
Growing up as a boy, I was always aware that I was different. In school, people usually form friendships by making connections and finding mutual interests with one another. However, when I was in school, I had difficulty identifying with a certain friend circle; thus, I spent most of my school life without friends. […]
I wasn’t confident about my body.
I remember attending a workshop on body positivity where everyone was asked to write the part of their bodies they liked. And I remember not being able to think of any such area of my body that I liked. My face had a little too much acne, my thighs had a bit too much fat, […]
The number of followers I had on Instagram started impacting me.
As a part of Generation Z, I had always been surrounded by social media. Ever since I was nine years old, I had been on Instagram. Social media back then was not what it had become now. As Instagram evolved, so did people’s behavior towards the platform. In 2020, it was all about the […]