This Plus-Sized Influencer Opened Up About The Mental Health Struggles Of Trying To Be Body-Positive
Olivia, a body-positive influencer and model from Toronto, Canada, has been tearing down stigmas surrounding plus-size women on nearly all social media platforms.
Known by her handle @Oliviasworld95, the influencer has attracted massive follower bases on TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube.
She often shares her perspective on all things beauty and style while encouraging followers to love themselves and be confident no matter what.
Still, Olivia is human and has her own self-love struggles like everyone else.
She recently shared how being body-positive is not always easy, especially due to how sought-after “thinness” is in our society.
“I don’t know if it’s just me or if every body-positive influencer on this app goes through this, but sometimes I feel like a fraud because there are days I have to go through mental gymnastics to get myself where I need to be mentally with my confidence level,” Olivia said in an Instagram reel.
“Like, I don’t wake up and think ‘I am the baddest b***** alive’ every single day,” she continued.
Instead, the influencer described how choosing to love herself is a daily effort. Olivia proactively works to unlearn toxic diet culture and anti-fat media but still falls victim to the stigmas some days.
Instagram; pictured above is Olivia
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So, while Olivia– and countless other body-positive influencers– may always seem completely constant in their self-love and acceptance, she wanted her followers to know that the process is never linear. Instead, it ebbs and flows, and that’s okay.
“I just want to be transparent with you all. I know I get questions asking how to be so confident, and it is honestly a daily working effort. It takes a lot of mental power to believe in yourself and ignore the toxic thoughts in your head,” Olivia said.
“Just know that everyone is human, and even I struggle with my confidence. Not everything you see depicted online is one hundred percent true– we are all insecure sometimes,” she added in the reel’s caption.
The Instagram community widely appreciated Olivia’s openness and willingness to start a sometimes hard conversation. Her post spurred hundred of comments from mostly women who all related to the message.
“I so agree! It is mental work every day to function as a plus-size person, and to do it while influencing others is hard,” commented one follower.
“You are doing an amazing job, and you are allowed to have off-days as well. We are all only human.”
“I agree. The worst enemy of ‘you’ most of the time is ‘you.’ We all have to dig deep in our minds to pull greatness out of us. I appreciate you sharing your human side with us,” wrote another user.
To learn more about Olivia and keep the conversation going, visit her Instagram account linked here. Or, to view the original post, visit the link here.
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