Mikayla McLaughlin

I started my YouTube channel because I have experienced a lot throughout my lifetime and I felt the need to share. I have a brother with a rare disease so I stayed in the hospital with him while he and I were growing up. As I went to college I started having stomach pain. I was diagnosed with Crohns, colitis. Being that I had physical health problems, I realized how much it took a toll on my mental health. I began going to therapy as my disease affected me physically and mentally. Over the years I knew I had to share my story. From experiencing binge eating disorder, to skin picking, and anxiety and depression, I have been humbled. I feel that my experience with mental and physical illness inspires me to help others in similar places. I currently focus on my health instead of my appearance and focus on nurturing my body instead of depriving it. I hope to share my story to help others and create a community where none of us are judges for being imperfect or having mental traumas. Mental health needs to be talked about, it is so important to our overall health after all! I am currently graduating from college with a degree in dance and psychology and soon I will be attending grad school for clinical mental health and dance therapy. Dance has helped me heal and express what I repressed for so many years! I hope we can connect and inspire each other!

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