Fitness blogger Maeve Madden has opened up about struggling with body dysmorphia.
The star shared an emotional post about her body after receiving a comment about her weight under one of her photos on Instagram
“I remember you when you were Slim Jim!!” she said referring to the comment.
“Who am I now then?” she began. “3 Years 12+kg in weight from the hell that was “slim jim” to the fabulous happy Me.”
“If only you knew just how far I had come on my journey. Maybe you would think twice about commenting on another person’s weight. Would you even recognise me in this picture?”
Recalling that time in her life, Maeve said: “I had complete body dysmorphia, always tired, always anxious, unhappy, over-exercised, undernourished, hair loss, bad skin, 0 confidence… not the real me! Gosh, now I can’t stop looking at this picture and my poor tiny body.”
Maeve recalled how she once put so much pressure on herself to look a certain way and is finally at a good place with her body.
“The stress and pressure I put it under it breaks my heart. It has taken me quite some painful years to be comfortable in my perfectly imperfect body, it was hard at the start I even LOST modelling jobs over gaining weight & muscle, luckily I hated doing that anyway lol but I am not “slim jim” and I never ever want to be actually…”
“Like Helen Mirren said he can fu*k right off.. because I am happy and I am me,” she said.
“Love your self for everything you are. You are STRONG You are BEAUTIFUL You are ENOUGH”
Fans praised her in the comments labelling her ‘inspirational’ and ‘strong’.