Lol you know my head is being a knob when I look at this and all I can see is that my shoulder looks fat.
My hair is as messy as my life. I haven't had in cut in ages because I feel too guilty. And I haven't sorted out the blonde bits for nearly a year.
My mood has completely crashed. I'm so low. I don't even know why. It just feels so hopeless.
I intended to write three blogs today. Instead I couldn't wake up, had crappy dreams, eventually woke up, and I've been working on the first one all day and not even finished that. It is one I am liking writing, but it's taking a lot of brain power because there are many words, and my brain is a little lacking in power, so it's taking a while. It's also highlighted how much stigma there still is around depression which has made me want to repeatedly headdesk. But I don't have a desk so I've just internally headdesked instead.
What beautiful hair and I love the composition here. And for the record, your shoulder does not look fat! :) So sorry you feel so bad, hopefully you'll feel up to the blogs tomorrow. There is stigma, but there should be no shame in suffering with what more people than you realise also have.
Naomi, your hair looks to me to be a beautiful colour and that colour is complemented by the tone of your top. Your shoulder looks fine. I'm so sorry you had such a bad day today and hope tomorrow will be better.
Naomi, you are a lovely girl blessed with beauty, beauty in colouration and body proportion. I came to know a 365 member whom I later met in person. She has a nephew who's been wheelchair -bound all his life, having brittle bone disease. It's distorted everything about him. Still, he's such an upbeat individual, he's a motivational speaker and even married a lovely young lady who adores him and takes care of him. I offer you this to ask yourself how you view your life by comparison. It may take time, but you have every opportunity to rise above your depression, and your photography & writing is excellent for reflecting on your feelings. I don't want to hurt you with this sentence, but, ask yourself, am I the daughter my mother hoped I would be? Believing she's there beside me, can I give her something each day to be happy about? Can you tell yourself, I have a lovely rounded shoulder, a thing of beauty, cloaked in a colour that sets off my gorgeous hair that came to me through my family? Baby steps, darling girl. I want to see you become the dynamo you're capable of being! And when you write, just write words...don't think about forming sentences...just write and let it flow. Something magical will happen.
Wish I got you hair.
Love the words of Louise. My sister is like the person she wrote. She nearly can do anything , even need someone to feed her, but love to live . I admire her.
My middle one, 4 years, has got this gorgeous colour (he lost his curls though when he was three). I love it when someone brushes my hair, not when I do it myself though. Three blogs is a lot in one day. Sleep well for tonight...
You take the most interesting self portraits, Naomi. They tell about little pieces of you and yet such a personal view. You have the most gorgeous hair, by the way.
It looks like lovely hair to me. I have to tell you that you've opened my eyes so much to the ravages of depression and medications and side effects and the daily struggle. I hope it helps to know that we're all in your corner, and we all appreciate that you share these details with us. I continue to pray for you, and I know the rest of your followers also do. And you do not have a fat shoulder!
@aecasey Thank you :) @jesperani Thank you - you're so right, stigma is a nightmare @kali66 Thank you Xxx @quietpurplehaze Thank you - it's one of my primark men's hoodies! @bfairfield Thank you :) @Weezilou Thank you - my Mum always told me to be kind to myself and it's something I'm bad at but trying to work on. It's hard to reframe everything but I'm hoping to get there one day Xxx @pyrrhula Thank you - I so admire people like that, too @overalvandaan Thank you - I used to love my Mum playing with my hair :) @theserotonin aha what an amazing way to look at it :') @hellie because it's curly, I only brush it when I wash it! But finally washed it today :) @lyndemc Thank you, I'm not very good at my face so you always jsut get bits of me :') @kwind Thank you xxx @slash Thank you, you always get bits of me, rarely my face lol @stray_shooter Thank you - it's lovely to hear that I've opened the eyes of someone even in my current less-than-best state! It really means a lot having you all in my corner @purdey Thank you :) @craftymeg Thank you - the colour is something I like about myself!
@hellie it's something my Mum didn't learn for about the first 10 years of my life, queue many hours of painfully dragging a brush through my dry hair :')
My heart is with you.
Love the words of Louise. My sister is like the person she wrote. She nearly can do anything , even need someone to feed her, but love to live . I admire her.
@jesperani Thank you - you're so right, stigma is a nightmare
@kali66 Thank you Xxx
@quietpurplehaze Thank you - it's one of my primark men's hoodies!
@bfairfield Thank you :)
@Weezilou Thank you - my Mum always told me to be kind to myself and it's something I'm bad at but trying to work on. It's hard to reframe everything but I'm hoping to get there one day Xxx
@pyrrhula Thank you - I so admire people like that, too
@overalvandaan Thank you - I used to love my Mum playing with my hair :)
@theserotonin aha what an amazing way to look at it :')
@hellie because it's curly, I only brush it when I wash it! But finally washed it today :)
@lyndemc Thank you, I'm not very good at my face so you always jsut get bits of me :')
@kwind Thank you xxx
@slash Thank you, you always get bits of me, rarely my face lol
@stray_shooter Thank you - it's lovely to hear that I've opened the eyes of someone even in my current less-than-best state! It really means a lot having you all in my corner
@purdey Thank you :)
@craftymeg Thank you - the colour is something I like about myself!