Table of Contents
A Message for My Reader 5
A Higgledy-Piggledy Introduction to Yours Truly 9
Media and My Mind
Balancing social media and real life 24
How media moulded me 33
Cyberbullying 44
Depression 53
Anxiety 61
Using 'the Force' to turn dreams into reality 65
Food and Body
From 'the wrong type of skinny' to overweight and unhealthy 82
Losing weight - the easy part? 93
'Just eating clean' 108
Binge eating 118
Body dysmorphia and how it can be helped 128
Ten healthy foods I always have in my kitchen 139
Beauty and Confidence
Perceptions of beauty 148
How I feel about make-up, and becoming 'the acne girl' 156
Giving up on perfection and #goals 173
Bad beauty habits 181
Reasons why I'm probably the worst person alive to give beauty advice 183
My all-time favourite lotions and potions 185
How to feel good naked 188
Sex and Sexuality
Ten reasons to masturbate every day 198
Fancying boys and girls 200
Coming out 215
Having sex 225
Consent and sexual assault 235
The baby I never had 243
Love and Happiness
Things that make me happy 250
A tribute to my dad 256
Friendship 263
Why my mother is my greatest teacher 273
Romantic, love 279
Things I've learned/am learning from dating and relationships 293
A few words on 'ghosting' in modern dating 296
A Grateful Farewell 301
Helpful Information 305
