Jesy Nelson opens up about her battle with body image
Jesy Nelson bravely took to Instagram to share her struggles with body image and self love.
The former Little Mix member has become increasingly vocal about her mental health, her BBC documentary Odd One Out was a brutally honest look at the effects of online bullying and body shaming.
Although no longer a member of group Little Mix, having made the decision to leave last year, Jesy Nelson continues speaking up and sharing her experience.
The star took to instagram to get real about her struggles to love her body.
Jesy states-
“I remember going to the gym with my manager and I stood in the mirror and I said, ‘god I’m so fat I just want my legs to be like this’ and I pulled my skin around to try and create a thigh gap because I genuinely believed that being skinny would make me happier. And even when I got to a size 8 from starving myself, I still wasn’t happy. I mentally bullied myself everyday to try to please other people.”
She continues
“It’s taken me 10 years to realise that I’m the only person I need to please. As humans we find it so easy to pay other people compliments but yet we find it so hard to be kind to ourselves because it’s so much easier to pick ourselves apart than to find the things we love about ourselves.”
Jesy Nelson’s openness about such difficult topics is a brave and commendable attribute.
We wish her the best of luck as she focuses on herself and her mental health.
Reported By: Jessica Rowe
