Looking beyond Mirrors
Photo credit: dreamstime.com Body positivity. Basically, having a positive attitude towards your own body type. Accepting yourself wholeheartedly, just the way you are. Oh scratch the golden words. Frankly have we, as teenagers ever felt completely secure of our body? It might seem all pretty and nice in theory, but when it comes to oneself, insecurities and overthinking are natural defenses. One night admiring yourself and claiming, “Oh, I am delighted with my body,” and then opening Instagram the next morning and finding someone leaner than you, someone with more defined abs, someone curvier than you, someone with better hair or someone having better biceps. And down the lane goes all positivity. I was really big on makeup when I was younger. Totally obsessed. I used to dress up and load makeup on my face, randomly. Used to put in hours and hours of work on my face before stepping out. Why? I still have got no idea. But once I got my specs on, the obsession sl...