Anonymous

The following is part of a comment left by anonymous on my blog yesterday
'Sometimes it feels like you are posting a lot of things to hear how great you are or how lovely you look. The thing is if you do not believe it yourself, you can post until the end of time and get a million of these nice comments, but you will never feel it for yourself if it does not come from your own belief. This is where it need to come from from, no one can give you this but you'
I answered this comment in my replies yesterday But I just wanted to address it here in a post too
First I am not annoyed or upset by this commentAnonymous, you are entitled to your opinionHowever I feel I must defend myself I get the impression that you are a new reader Correct me if I am wrongBut you don't know me For the record I do not post to be told I look lovely Or to be told how great I am I post what ever I am feeling that dayAnd if I feel I want to add a photoThat's my perogative If you notice I am very much a have a go photographerOr else my photos are mainly taken by my sister or my mother who openly admits that she is a terrible photographerI do not alter or photoshop my pictures They are taken with out my hair or make up done They are literally just me And I don't expect to be told how lovely I look because I know I don't look all that lovely I include photos to remind readers that there is a girl behind these words A human being behind the illnessAnd I think it's nice to have a face to put to the words I also include photos of my family and dogs Because I want people to get a feel for my life 
I know you were making a point anonThat I need to love myself Before I ask for affiirmation from others Maybe I don't love myself But I am slowly but surely getting there I feel like you are accusing me of attention seeking And if you are You have me all wrong I write my blog primarily to help myself and others I'm not looking for congratulations For kudos Or fame Or fortune I am looking for recovery For like minded people For friends People to share the burden of this illness with Nothing more So please anonymousI appreciate your concern  But Think before you write