Actress Kristen Bell and other celebrities including Gabrielle Union and James Van Der Beek have filmed a ‘to my younger self’ video.
In the video, they discuss the mental health issues that they have all had to deal with in life.
The aim of the video is to show that no one goes through life problem free and that it’s ok not to feel ok.
During the first minute of the video Veronica Mars and Frozen star Bell says;
“What I would say to my younger self is don’t be fooled by this game of perfection that humans play.
You deserve to feel just as beautiful on the days you wear no make up, and the days you don’t shower, and the days that you feel like you’re depressed.”
Many teens and young people put themselves under pressure to appear perfect on social media, under the belief that everyone else has a perfect life so they have to appear to have the same.
The truth is that social media is all smoke and mirrors and that even the person with the amazing Instagram feed still has bad days, they just don’t upload those days.
The stars of the video hope to get more young people discussing their mental health and let them know that they are not alone.
