True Life Stories

Viruses are invisible, but we can still take clear actions to keep them away from us and stop the spread. Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds, and if you don’t have access to soap and water you must use sanitiser instead. Maintain a safe distance (1-2 metres) from anyone you don’t live with and wear a mask when you are in public. Avoid touching your face (because this type of virus can enter through your nose or mouth). Limit the number of places you go and people you see.

It might seem boring now, but you are protecting yourself and every other human being by taking these steps. Making sure to follow these small rules could genuinely save the life of someone you love. And we KNOW that SKY Girls are the lifesaving type

Apart from taking care of your physical body, it’s important to remain calm and remember that this is not forever. Things will get better, the sun will keep rising and setting, and you will benefit from staying calm rather than panicking. Now is the time to seek out the small joys in life and remain grateful for what you have. Avoiding bingeing on news, just check what you need to check and then shut it off and focus on your own world.

If you are someone who tends to worry about things a bit too much, this could be an extra difficult time for you. If you think the stress is affecting you too much, try to use some of the tips in this issue of SKY Mag to remain calm and ask for help and support if you need it.

We all process things differently, so what seems fine to you might seem scary to your mum, your cousin or your bestie. Also, some people are dealing with other issues at the same time – maybe they are sick, or stressed, or they don’t have enough money. There are so many difficult things that people go through.

Make sure to look out for others, check in on your older relatives and make sure they are OK (because COVID-19is more dangerous for older people), and offer to help where you can. We are all in this together, which means we all have a role to play. So after looking after yourself, don’t forget to be a beautiful soul and look after everyone else too.

It’s funny how social media can play a big part in our lives without us even noticing it. I was 15, very naïve and I trusted everyone. All of this backfired on me when one day, I trusted a close friend with my Facebook account details. Just like in any friendship, we had an argument and as revenge she decided to go through my messages and went to the extent of posting screenshots of my private conversations with my boyfriend at the time. In one of the conversations I was telling him that I wasn’t ready to indulge in any sexual activities. People laughed and judged me period, I went from being one of the coolest girls in school and on social media to a laughing stock, I felt so alone and yet the whole world knew so much about me period, I didn’t expect so much betrayal from my friend. It tormented me for months I had to take a break from social media, and that opened up so much time for me to focus on my education. I didn’t have a boyfriend anymore, he dumped me because he felt like the whole world knew gore “ne a sa je sepe”. I was so broken. I had lost my popularity, my friends and my boyfriend. The fact that everyone knew my personal life wasn’t helping. Even though everyone has forgotten about the incident, it has still left a scar in my heart, but time heals everything, and I have learnt to regain my confidence. Social media can make and break you, in all of this I learnt that it’s easy for people to turn their backs on you, no matter how close you thought you were. It took a while for me to share posts on Facebook but as time went on, I learnt to be comfortable with the dynamics of social media, I am careful of the things I disclose on my social media, but I still express myself.