Why It's Important to Talk About Your Mental Health
I have always hated mornings. I felt lazy and far away from motivation when it came to waking up any time before 9 AM. I knew what that felt like. But that morning was different. I stayed in my bed wide awake for four hours staring at my popcorn ceiling. And the morning after that and the morning after that. I started zoning out in every meeting, every conversation and every activity. I loved being photographed but I started feeling an emptiness in myself while posing, like I didn't deserve to be photographed. Everything that I felt good about in myself started vanishing from my memory. I stopped dancing, an activity I have never left in 20 years. I stopped painting my nails, something I loved doing every Saturday. I stopped styling my hair. I stopped shopping for shoes, I stopped shopping altogether. I barely spoke to my parents.