Love Yourself：面對掙扎，女生們能學會像Demi Lovato一樣接納自己嗎？

接納自己的功課，往往比想像中更難學會。大家或許聽過美國歌手Demi Lovato這個名字，迪士尼童星出身的她與Selena Gomez是好朋友，去年十月以前所未有的自信姿態推出專輯《Confident》，憑著單曲〈Cool for the Summer〉打入Billboard百強排行榜。不過，也許你未必知道的是，現在性感、自信、強悍的Demi Lovato以前是經歷過一段低谷時期，曾患上抑鬱、暴食症、躁鬱症，還有試過自殘和濫藥，而她的康復，都是近三、四年來的事。23歲的她，雖然被冠上了「搖滾公主」的稱號，但脫下光環，她還是一位跟你我一樣的女生，都會面對生活、事業、外表等各方面的掙扎。以下是5句出自Demi Lovato 的話語，希望都能夠成為女生們面對掙扎時的鼓勵，學會慢慢接納自己。

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逞強有時候會令人很累，女生們要學會接納自己的各種情緒，包括開心、傷心、憤怒等等。

One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.

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凡事總有出路，女生要堅持向著光明的地方跑呀！

No matter what you’re going through, there’s light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.

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過去的傷痛，乃是成長的印記。

I think scars are like battle wounds – beautiful, in a way. They show what you’ve been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

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創作幫助了Demi走出陰霾，你也找到了能夠幫助你解脫負面情緒的方法嗎？

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

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做自己，做自己，做自己。

I try to keep it real. I don’t have time to worry about what I’m projecting to the world. I’m just busy being myself.

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懂得接納自己的一切的女人，其實很美。

I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.

TEXT: FLORIELLE
DESIGN: JOANNE L/HOKK FABRICA