Ellie Cure

Mental health and its olive branches

Today's self boundary was "an hour of exercise whatever that looks like" Me and I had to compensate for the kilo of bread and pastries consumed and enjoyed on rest day yesterday. Which brings me to a story... Mental health isn't just depression, mood swings and being seen as 'crazy' it also extends its olive branches into other areas of life. For me, when I was younger, it fed into self-image, self-belief, and in turn the way I saw myself physically. Being in my 30s (mid 30's 😭 - the crying is because loving life, can't believe I'm here already - yes I know I still have plenty of time) BUT, mid 30's I genuinely love myself AND like myself enough to have boundaries around caring for myself. Like taking care of my body, eating the right foods, etc. It wasn't always like that. Mental health didnt just provide the self destructive thoughts, the blues that felt so cold, nothing could make my heart feel warm, but I was constantly critical of how I looked and yup, my body weight. I'll share more on this later today. It is something I've never really spoken on, and something, to this day, I feel incredibly lucky to be on the other side of. Anyway, if you got this far thanks for reading, these days I'm not letting anyone steal my sunshine, especially not my god damn self! Ellie Share