Model Thalia Heffernan has hit back at cruel trolls who commented on her weight on social media app Instagram.
Revealing that she has suffered with body image issues for much of her life, Thalia explained that she has worked on her mental health and the way she views her body, making nasty comments now irrelevant to her.
Penning an open letter to the troll on a recent post, she began:
“To the fake account (sounded masculine) who was concerned about my ‘obvious weight gain’ in my latest post, thank you but I’m good.”
“Yes, I’ve gained weight and a lot of muscle, which I’m really proud of. I also was waiting for my period, where naturally I was bloated and sore (to most you probably wouldn’t recognise it but for me it took a lot to post it knowing I didn’t ‘look my best’),” she continued.
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Going on to speak about her journey with her mind and body and getting herself into the positive space she’s in now, she said:
“Also, I’m gonna talk about my periods because a combination of eating and mental health issues meant I lost them before and my amazing body was able to give me that gift back again”
“Opinions like these are the kind of thing that made me sit and consider deleting this at 2am last night. But, on a clearer head today, without my belly feeling like it was on fire thanks to Mother Nature, I realised how proud I am of it”
“My body may fluctuate, but it carries me everyday and works to allow me to stretch, move and survive. I think that’s pretty special.”
The 25-year-old then addresses her troll, adding:
“Please remember that you never ever know what’s going on behind closed doors. Passing negative judgment on someone else’s size/weight/skin colour/skin texture or anything else isn’t going to make you feel any better and it certainly isn’t going to make them feel better, either.”
“Let’s try harder to be better to ourselves and in turn it’ll be easier to be better to others.”