Start Loving Yourself | Mental Health Journey

March 21, 2022

Start Loving Yourself | Mental Health Journey

I've always battled with loving myself. Sure, I'm not perfect but I'm also not a shitty person. My heart is so big I have gotten myself hurt time after time with letting others take over it. I value others. Yet, I was still not valuing my own worth. Loving yourself really does go hand in hand with Imposter Syndrome and if you're too deep in that mindset it is nearly impossible to even like yourself.

I'm not saying I have to love every aspect of me but why not? I know that would be asking a lot of me since it's hard, to begin with. So I started with baby steps. I started pointing out the things I do love about myself versus the things I hate. The color of my eyes and how they remind me of loved ones I've lost. I still have the shade of their eyes. I get to see them every day in the mirror. The shape of my lips that my kids have and I receive sweet kisses from. Those are just the outside but it helped me expand my thinking. Not only on the physical parts of me that I needed more confidence about but also starting the process of being kinder to the way my mind works.

I started shutting down the negative talk. It can ruin you. It ruined me for so long. I've seen it ruin others. Even on my worst days, I reverse it with the saying "kill them with kindness." I kill the negative self-talk with affirmations.

"I'm kind, I'm loving, I'm strong, and I'm going to be okay."

It takes a bit to adjust and that's okay. I've carried this mindset for close to a year and it has helped my overall mental health and confidence tremendously. I'm still a work in progress but at least I'm not standing still any longer. Find a reason to love yourself and then find 2494724 more reasons to. You will be okay. <3