To be honest, I don’t think this blog post will immediately stop you from feeling any kind of embarrassment / fear of posting on Instagram but I certainly hope it helps.

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I hate the feeling of being physically scared to post a picture on Instagram. Because I will either be worrying about likes, or what people will think.

Even though this makes absolutely no sense. We shouldn’t care what people think about an image / caption we like.

We have these social media platforms to post anything we want to.

Likes and followers don’t define you.

It may take a while to finally realise that. I think I’ve only just realised this in the past few months. The pressure we feel from other people makes us think the likes and follows are the only thing that count, when really it’s what counts the least.

I find that you can post an image you love, write a wonderful caption and get “no” likes whereas if you post a photo of your face / body you find all the likes come in. (This happens to the majority of us anyway) I’m referring to Instagram mostly, and this proves that it is a platform highly based on physical appearance. It’s sad. So post whatever you want! Likes really don’t mean that much.

Don’t work yourself up over a post. If you like it, post it. And other people like you will like it too. And they’re the likes that count.

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Here is a link to my new podcast! Where I will be discussing with various guests, topics ranging from mental-health, social media, eating etc. And trying to get shit together. Please listen!

https://anchor.fm/frida-waywell

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lgiOLENVnhj56hkj4Vd8Z?si=YPXdZWl1QNeJ5nBE38eRXw