JESY Nelson has told how she “mentally bullied and starved herself” as she battled her body issues in Little Mix. The 29-year-old wrote an emotional post about “wasting years of her life” trying to “please other people” by being a size 8. Sharing an image of herself lying on the floor after a workout – […]
JESY Nelson has told how she “mentally bullied and starved herself” as she battled her body issues in Little Mix.
The 29-year-old wrote an emotional post about “wasting years of her life” trying to “please other people” by being a size 8.
Sharing an image of herself lying on the floor after a workout – looking very thin with her rib cage showing – Jesy wrote: “I just saw this picture pop up on my feed and it made me feel so sad.
“On the day this picture was taken, I remember going to the gym with my manager and I stood in the mirror and I said, ‘god I’m so fat I just want my legs to be like this’ and I pulled my skin around to try and create a thigh gap because I genuinely believed that being skinny would make me happier.
“And even when I got to a size 8 from starving myself, I still wasn’t happy. I mentally bullied myself everyday to try to please other people.
“It’s taken me 10 years to realise that I’m the only person I need to please.
“As humans we find it so easy to pay other people compliments but yet we find it so hard to be kind to ourselves because it’s so much easier to pick ourselves apart than to find the things we love about ourselves.
“So if you’re someone who is feeling like I was, please don’t waste years of you’re life seeking approval from others, seek approval from yourself.
“Be your number one fan. You are the one in control of your happiness and you are the only one of you in this world and that’s pretty f***ing powerful!”
Jesy quit Little Mix in December revealing that nine years in the band “took a toll on her mental health”.
She said she wouldn’t be returning after taking “extended time off” from the group, telling fans: The truth is, recently being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health.
“I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard.”
Last week she hinted that she was about to launch a solo career with a cryptic post from inside the studio.
