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About Me — Victoria
“Self-disgust is self-obsession honey, and I do as I please…”
That’s a lyric from ‘Faster’ by the Manic Street Preachers, my favourite ever band — not so much an important fact about me as something that invariably comes up if you speak to me for more than five minutes, so it’s best to get it out of the way early.
I’m embarrassed to admit it, but my eyes lit up when I discovered About Me Stories. Finally, a chance to write about myself! It’s not that I think my life is especially interesting (although I have had more than the average number of old ladies in Starbucks offer to show me nude polaroids of themselves, so maybe there’s something about me). I think it’s that I’m depressed.
Someone told me years ago that depression is the ultimate form of self-obsession and I can’t say he was wrong. I’m so concerned with people’s perception of me that I’ve developed a habit of oversharing in a bid to win approval. I mean, everyone likes a secret, right? Writing helps get it out of my head and frankly, if I have to be sad all the time, I’m bloody taking the rest of you down with me. #sorrynotsorry
Medium is a hobby for me as I’m already a writer and editor for an education company in my full-time job, but I have a couple of other sidelines. I fell into hair modelling about 10 years ago, which involved…
