Encouraging People to Stop Comparing Themselves to Others

This Woman Is Encouraging People to Stop Comparing Themselves to Others

She says “You will never actually see your own body. You may look down at it, you may feel it squish & wobble, you may see the way it looks in photos… But you’ll never FEEL the warmth of your own hugs, or the softness of your touch, or the way other people feel empowered by seeing someone who looks like them.

You will never, ever see your own face either. You will only see your reflection or a picture of yourself.”

 

Bree Lenehan posts a side-by-side image of herself posed and unposed every Monday as part of the ongoing series.

" 'Real Me Monday' was created when I was still struggling a lot with my own body image," Bree said. "I started posting the side-by-side images because I was the type of person who always compared myself to strangers online, and I also only ever posted my very best photos. I believed that the way to improve my own body image was to bite the bullet and post my unposed, real, in-between photos as well. If my followers saw all versions of me, then I knew I’d feel less like I had to show up as this 'perfect' version of me online and in real life. That was two years ago now, and I’ve posted 'RMM' every Monday since."