Key to Happiness... Continued!

 

In one of my previous blogs, Key to Happiness, I talked about loving yourself and my experiences in the past with feeling self-conscious.

I didn’t really go into detail about WHY you should love yourself. The “WHY” is significant for many reasons.

A big concern I have for teens and adults is the fact that not loving yourself on the inside and out can not only cause emotional disputes, but it can cause problems with your physical health.

According to ANAD, “91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. 22% dieted “often” or “always.”5.” This is a big majority of women that try to control how they physically look. It’s scary how easy it is to fall into this type of habit.

Our generations are becoming so focused on having a certain “image”, and we are forgetting that we need to love our bodies just as they are.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to better your body, but there are healthy ways to do so. Something that most girls don’t think about is that eating disorders can lead to depression. Depression is a very serious matter and it’s not something you can just get rid of overnight.

Becoming more self-loving and accepting is such an important thing for us women to do.  We need to stop letting others influence how we want to look.

Be yourself, know yourself, love yourself!