Youtuber Nikki Lilly has spoken about the importance of sharing bad days on social media to help people feel “less alone” in the world.
On Tuesday, the 14-year-old vlogger appeared on ITV’s Lorraineand opened up about using her social media platform for good.
“I do have bad days and I think it’s really important to share when I’m having a bad day because everyone can relate to that,” Lilly told television presenter Christine Bleakley.
“It’s important to show that side because some people can feel really alone and isolated in this world, especially on a bad day.”
Several Twitter users have praised the teenager on her inspiring words.
“Nikki lilly is an inspiration #lorraine [sic],” commented one user.
Another added: “What a star #NikkiLilly beautiful girl with a beautiful soul.”
“Such an inspirational young lady!” wrote another fan.
"What a super young women, so empathetic, so eloquent," commented another.
The vlogger, who has accrued more than half a million subscribers on the video-sharing platform, was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) when she was six years old, a rare condition that typically appears in the head, neck or spine.
AVM is found when there's an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, and can cause swelling and life-threatening nosebleeds to occur.
Lilly launched her eponymous YouTube channel at the age of eight to raise awareness of people with 'visible differences' such as her own, and to create videos on a variety of topics, such as beauty and music.
In February, she spoke about being part in a television programme titled My Life – I will survive, which was aired on CBBC on 11 February.
In an interview with television presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on ITV's This Morning, Lilly spoke about being hospitalised last June due to her ill health, an event that was been documented in the TV episode.
"I was very poorly," the vlogger said.
"I actually ended up being emergency admitted to hospital because I was bleeding really profusely and they had to put me in a sleep-induced coma for eight days to stabilise the bleeding and just let my body rest really because I'd lost so much blood."
The teenager explained that she had then undergone surgery in August, in December and has another surgery scheduled for this summer.
