BUT SERIOUSLY

In a world that often demands perfection and conformity, many individuals, particularly women, find themselves adopting a practice known as

"In this photo I look composed, happy, relaxed. In reality, I had a panic attack about 20 minutes prior to it being taken..." - Charlie...

"Body positivity and self confidence have not been my strongest forte and to this day I am traumatised about my appearance." - Natasha...

"The paramedics arrived and I then became a part of a human jigsaw puzzle as they dismantled the escalator around me and cut off my hair...

"I wish that no-one ever feels the way that I have felt & that if they do, they know that I am here to listen" - Kayley "My name is...

"I screamed and passed out on the floor. After I brought myself to stand up, I grabbed my coat and headed for the road by campus, hoping...

"In High School I was really badly bullied by every single person in my year and pretty much the whole school..." - Sammie "There was a...

"But I smiled because I needed an Instagram picture." - Sophie "My ex and I were moving to a new apartment together, we went on holiday...

"I had taken 3 hours to get ready because I had to muster up the strength to plaster a smile on my face." - Anon "My mum passed away 7...

I am the girl who was told what to wear and the girl who wasn't allowed to wear makeup, the girl whos phone was taken and checked, the girl

"Truth is, I dressed up solely for this picture when in reality, I was spending the new year alone in my room, studying...." - Afi

"The photo I've added is a happy picture from an awful, and I mean dreadful, time. You see back at home I was surrounded by the fact I...

“ I got bandied around Doctors with numerous diagnoses before I had a breakdown at 19 and finally got diagnosed with bipolar disorder...”...

“My Instagram shows adventures and my car and my dog and normal “insta” things. I’ve not yet spoken there about my 18 months, only those...

“A mental health journey is never smooth, and things don’t get fixed one day but if you make it through the tough days, better days are...

"This picture shows me and my cousin, and it was taken in October 2019. I’d travelled to Ireland with my mum for the first time since my...

"...I took the self harm a step further by gradually cutting deeper & even writing the word ‘fat’ on my leg with a razor blade..." - Kait...

"You will never see a picture of me without a smile on my face, even when I feel completely empty inside, I will always have a full face...

"...Of course it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There’s still so much work to do but being in this online community has been life...

Eventually I went to a mental health service to start CBT therapy, it was the best thing I did that year!