About Me — Camellia Kamoun. Media student, crime shows lover. Just…
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About Me — Camellia Kamoun

Hi. My name is Camellia. In this current moment & time, I’m studying International Communications & Media in Belgium. So, you can picture me now sitting in my student room (also known as “kot” in Belgium), with a cup of coffee having stacks of chapters to study for my finals yet I’m writing about, well, me.

*Long sigh* If I had to imagine my perfect life I’d see myself living in a place where the weather is a bit sunnier than Belgium, owning around 20 animals, having 3 kids along with my loving partner, doing a job in public relations or have succeeded in being a criminal psychologist at some point.

Photo by Ruben Engel on Unsplash

I’d also have fully recovered from my eating disorder. I’m currently in a recovery process from Anorexia Nervosa* and I’m starting to see my purpose in life on the other side. I have talked about my eating disorder in a previous story I wrote “How My Trauma Taught Me To Love Myself.” In this story, I explain briefly how trauma contributed to me falling into the trap of an eating disorder. So check it out if you’re interested to know more. I will also be writing about it more in detail in some of my upcoming stories.

Now, about my background. I’m half Egyptian from my dad’s side, half Greek from my mom’s side. I grew up in Saudi Arabia though because of my parents’ work and attended an international school. It’s not as bad as you think, as long as you have your community of foreign friends, and access to compounds where you can hang out, you’re all good. I could say I quite miss it sometimes.

Growing up I was described as cheerful, always wanted to be on stage, loved cameras, and everything that had to do with being “out there”. I never really was shy, except in front of boys that I was interested in, then I’d want the ground to swallow me.

Young me performing on stage for a school event, 2007

I’m not really good at explaining how I felt through talking, but once I got ahold of a pen and a paper, I was unstoppable. I could go on and on about how I felt, and it gave me a sense of peace somehow. I’m more extroverted than introverted I believe, as I feel more energized when talking to others and socializing. So, it’s been a bit tough during corona times, but I’m trying to make the best out of it with a very special person: Rik.

When I found out about medium, it pumped my gas for writing again. I enjoy topics like politics, human rights, animal rights, mental health and psychology. I’m a huge believer in two sides to every story, so I will write and always leave the door open for discussions in the comments so we can all kind of brainstorm together.

For now, I can say this is a brief summary about me. You’ll get to know me little by little with every story I post.

Thank you for reading!

See you in my next stories!

Love, Camellia x

*Anorexia Nervosa is a kind of an eating disorder that causes a person to have strong desires to stay at a low weight, to restrict food intake even after being underweight, and might be obsessed with one’s body image.