Things you like about yourselves

Mental Health Awareness Week

Leading up to Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked students to note on a paper person what they liked about themselves. The week's theme was body image but we had a range of responses and of course body image isn't everything! Here are some of the responses. Do any of them resonate with you?

• My ability to speak in different languages.
• I'm caring
• My body has carried 5 amazing children
• I like that I am thoughtful as I always put a lot of though in my presents I give people.
• I like that I am weird and make people feel comfortable.
• Resilience - proud to be me.
• My loyalty to friends
• That I always try my best and aim to make myself happy and others.
• I am passionate and committed to my learning/
• I like having glasses.
• I like being a small human
• My ability to make people smile.
• I have nice eyes.
• I'm tall which is OK I guess.
• Caring less about my appearance the older I get!
• I feel that I'm full of surprises, people never know what to expect.
• My jawline.
• I like being a unique soul.
• I like having a strong will and mind.
• The ability to be content
• My hair. My beard.
• My weird smile.
• My happiness, honesty.

The BBC published an article worth reading this week called How to Keep Body Positive in the Selfie Era which gives some advice on the whole issue of body image.