| I know the correct thing to say is "everyone is beautiful in their own way" or "we're all beautiful on the inside", and while you may be, I definitely wasn't from around the ages of 12-17. There was literally nothing physically attractive about me, which people often felt very comfortable telling me (I was once presented with a fake certificate at a party in front of everyone to congratulate me on being the ugliest girl there!?) I hated everything about the way I looked, and landed myself in hospital through self harming & didn't receive any counselling afterwards. This made me realise that there probably wasn't anybody who could help me, apart from me...so I started trying to change my self so that although my looks weren't my best feature, I had a list of other things that were good about me! I was still shy, but got enough confidence to be the funny one in my small group of friends & then started building up a few witty come backs that I could use in case anyone made fun of me again (which they did, but I was much more prepared and even got a laugh out of humiliating them in return). Over time I became more comfortable with my looks, and I'm by no means perfect but I get complimented now and then (usually when I have a full face of make up, but I rarely point that out) but more importantly, I never judge people on the way they look, because I know how it feels and I try not to focus on my looks as I know how insignificant they really are! |
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