Always #LikeAGirl Campaign

             Always has kicked off “an epic battle to make sure that girls everywhere keep their confidence throughout puberty and beyond, and making a start by showing them that doing it #LikeAGirl is an awesome thing.”

Puberty is already a big deal to go through so having somebody to tell you (in a disrespectful way) that you are acting #LikeAGirl it can bring you down so much that you will barely see that little light at the end of the tunnel.

When I came across this video that Lauren Greenfield directed in partnership with Always I had a flashback of my teenage years.

I have gone through puberty and I know what it’s like. It was one of the darkest periods of my life. A lot of emotions came crushing down on me. There was a lot happening in my life at the time and I remember that every thing no matter how small or insignificant, mattered a lot. Unfortunately that drowned me into depression. It took me about two years to overcome my fear of everything, really. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, I didn’t want to go out, not even out of my room. I hated everything, I hated everything that I was doing and soon I started to hate myself. And all that because I wasn’t fitting in. I felt like everybody else was better than me and that there was nothing I could do. What I didn’t know at that point is that my friends were probably going through the same things but coping better with them. On the outside I was always happy, always smiling but there was a dark storm inside me every single day, every single hour.

Fortunately I was never bullied during these two years, but to be honest even the smallest joke my friends were making about me felt like a bully.

Probably one of my advice for teenage girls and boys, because boys go through puberty as well and it’s not an easy thing for them either, is to be Yourself and forget about stereotypes. Don’t try to fit in a category. Embrace yourself and don’t be afraid to be and to think different.

Don’t use #LikeAGirl in a negative way. Being a girl is not a bad thing!

This video has a great message and I am so happy that somebody is bringing up this subject. I love what Lauren said about this campaign: “ I am excited to be a part of the movement to redefine 'like a girl' into a positive affirmation.”

I really hope that this ad will boost teenager girls’ self-confidence all around the world so they can act trustfully #LikeAGirl.

              Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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