Smritimalik

“It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are.”

TWELFTH SERIES; Action is a high road to self-confidence and self-esteem , Put all excuses aside and remember this – you are capable. Self-command is the main elegance. Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye , Every time I became too confident, life reminded me I should not. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.
Ending this series with positive vibes and the lesson of self belief. 🤍

TENTH SERIES ; Self worth is how you value yourself. It’s not based on what others think of you or the things you have (or haven’t) accomplished—it comes from within. But it’s easy to forget that our worth isn’t determined by outside forces.

When it comes to measuring self-worth, many people use something just as unreliable as a random stick,” Morin writes. “You may not even consciously think about what type of stick you use to measure your self-worth. But it's likely that, deep down, you know. After all, when you feel like you're measuring up, you feel good about yourself. But when you feel as though you've fallen short, your self-esteem likely plummets.”I’ve learned this lesson the hard way. I’m a people pleaser, and I let that determine my worth for the longest time. I always felt like I had to prove myself as worthy of everyone for everything. I did things that made others happier than it made me. I did this so often that I lost track of what I valued , Thankfully, I recently realized that this "measuring stick" set me up for disappointment. I decided that what made me happy mattered more than pleasing others. I’m still a work in progress, but I now try to measure my self-worth based on my own sense of self rather than how other people perceive me. Instead of chasing things that temporarily boost your self-esteem, measure your self-worth by who you are at your core . fashionphotography

FIFTH SERIES; Hiding mental illness symptoms was a way of life. From an early age quickly learned it wasn’t OK to talk about negative emotions, depression, self-harm, su***de or psychosis and was loved as the manic child and ignored as the depressed one. This learned then to mask who was and act like the people around me did. This stunted the development of a personality that was my own. Always masking lead to a lot of years of being undiagnosed. Finally reached my breaking point though.

The months leading up to being diagnosed with type 1 bipolar was some of the hardest times had to face in life and was constantly struggling and striving to hide symptoms. It had gotten to the point where was cycling between mania and depression every three to six days and was completely out of control, but yet trying so desperately to contain the madness & was withdrawing from relationships, was spending extra hours at work to avoid facing the truth & was short with people, never letting anyone in enough to see what was going on. All time was spent trying to mask the mood shifting episodes. It was becoming apparent to people around me and was losing the battle of trying to hide it ,knew what was going on and was scared of what it meant to be diagnosed. For one thing, it meant couldn’t deny it any longer.