Lili Reinhart reminds us that learning to accept your body is a daily battle

Lili Reinhart has always spoken openly about her mental health problems, especially those related to self and body acceptance.

In some Instagram stories he shared a few days ago he explained what has been happening in his life lately, reminding us that certain issues never leave us completely, but over time we can only learn to manage them.

“I want to take a moment to be vulnerable and share what I am about to say in the hope that those of you who are struggling with the same thing won’t feel so alone,” he wrote. The actress of Riverdale she explained that, lately, she has gone back to looking in the mirror, pulling back her skin to look thinner, and not liking herself anymore because she does not see herself in the standards that society and the film industry to which she belongs impose on her. “Not feeling at ease with yourself – he continued – is a devastating feeling. It’s as if I felt betrayed by my body every time it changes. “ A normal evolution because our body goes through the changes in our life with us, only it is not easy to accept and understand it. Beyond the body shape, there are stretch marks, imperfections, blemishes, wrinkles that, in some way, describe our path but certainly make us look different than before and, in many cases, even out of place especially seen the models of perfection to which we must often refer.

«It is painful to think – he adds in the story of his profile – that there are hundreds of thousands of people who worry every day about how their bodies look. It’s an incredibly sick system. “

Lili Reinhart she has always discussed these issues, but reading these words from her gives us the real scope of the problem. Given her public role and her popularity, she is often taken as an “example” to follow, as a canon to aspire to, instead she too suffers the same pressures, perhaps comparing herself with other colleagues, people close to her or, simply like us common ones mortals, leafing through a magazine and wavering at a glossy photo. It is a very toxic way of perceiving oneself: instead we must have respect for our body because it is our most faithful ally. In many situations in my life, it was my first red flag, the first alarm bell to make me understand that something was wrong and that I needed to change.

Furthermore, as the actress herself remembers, over the centuries, over the years, society has always imposed different aesthetic standards. With so many conformations and body characteristics it is difficult to constantly adapt, so it makes no sense to be influenced so much. Of course, it is a difficult awareness to mature, but starting to talk about it and understanding how we affect ourselves can help us deal with the problem. And let’s not forget: we always respect our body.