"In a raw and emotional Instagram video, Mohamed said, "Today I decided to be vulnerable. I look at my feed and I realized unfiltered Salama energy faded. I know exactly why." What followed was not a carefully curated influencer statement but a confession - one that peeled back the layers of performance she says she had been hiding behind for years."
"According to Mohamed, every time she picked up her camera, fear took over. It wasn't a fear of failure or creativity; it was something deeper - "like my nervous system is attacking me from overstimulation," she admitted. The influencer, known for her humor and candor, said she felt trapped in a version of herself that wasn't real. She described years of pretending, of feeling judged not for how she looked or spoke but for being loved as a persona rather than as Salama herself."
"The worst of it all, she added, "was having to perform when, in fact, I was just tired." Mohamed, who was previously married to social media personality Khalid Al Ameri, clarified that her disappearance wasn't a planned break - it was a matter of survival. "My kids needed me, and I needed me too," she said. "It wasn't a break, it was life. And we paid attention.""
Salama Mohamed unexpectedly stopped posting for months and later revealed the reason in an emotional Instagram video. She explained that every time she picked up her camera fear overwhelmed her, describing it as her nervous system attacking her from overstimulation. She had been performing a persona and felt judged for being loved as that persona rather than as herself. The disappearance was not a planned break but a survival choice to care for her children and herself. Mohamed framed her return as a rebirth rather than a comeback, emphasizing recovery, authenticity, and paying attention to life.
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