School

I literally hate being at school so much I’m so fat and ugly and my hair looks bad already even tho I blow it out and ppl probably look at me and think I’m embarrassing myself for trying

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 14w

My daughter feels similarly. It makes me so sad. You have to learn to see yourselves as the unique people and one-of-a-kind beauties that you are. There is no one else on earth like you. And no one can replace you. No one can do the job on this earth that only you were meant to do. You need to start to see yourself as intrinsically valuable. And this has nothing to do with other people's opinions of you. It's true that what we repeat to ourselves actually creates neuropathways in our brains. It's time for you to make new and good pathways! Every time you get up in the morning, tell yourself that you are beautiful and valuable. It doesn't matter if you don't feel it. It doesn't matter even if you don't believe it yet. Just SAY it. Your brain can become engrained in new, healthy pathways over time.

Vanessaaa

Date posted: 14w

Aww. Idk if this is weird but I’m the same age as you and I’m down to be friends I really relate this. I promise no one thinks that. Everyone at this age is just worried about themselves and scared people are thinking that about them.

SeanUK88

Date posted: 14w

Hi, As someone that was bullied in high school and always hated myself as a teenager… Let me tell you, Please stop judging yourself so harshly, You need to learn to be kind and forgiving to yourself. People are rarely if ever judging you as you imagine now. It is because we already have a negative bias towards ourselves we assume everyone around us is judging us in the same manner. I know its easier said than done but try not to percieve negatives of yourself based on what you think others might think. There is little else more satisfying than learning to be yourself and happy with yourself which everybody on this planet should be! We let societal expectations and others around us try to shape our self perception when in reality being yourself and being happy with yourself regardless is the true key to happiness. Anyone that might rarely actually judge you only does so out of there own insecurities. I am older now and never felt more confident in myself regardless of percieved thoughts and expectations of others, I just wish I could show my 13 year old self this so I wouldnt have wasted so much of my youth self loathing when there is so much to be happy about and enjoy. I hope you find positives in yourself as I guarantee you there will be plenty! Hope you find this helpful 🙏

Hieronymus

Date posted: 14w

School is a nightmare I know, please love yourself. You’re just in a nightmare microcosm of people in a system designed when society was a lot more authoritarian. Don’t let it get you down. But like also, people in school have their own issues to deal with they don’t notice or think “you’re trying too hard” Also, if you think your hair isn’t great looking after a blowout. It might a different texture, I assume maybe it’s wavy/ curly (my hair is wavy and the hair dryer is not too kind to its beauty). Maybe try air drying it no hair dryer and applying mousse/ salt water spray or curl cream to the ends.

guiltstudy7

Date posted: 24w

I don’t want to do this anymore

i’m so tired of everything i can’t take the ocd on top of school life no friends no love never will find good love. i can’t be out publicly i’ll never be in the right body i’ll never be happy and stable i just want to dissapear. I will never escape my ocd and my gender. i can’t do this my entire life.

stuckonathought

Date posted: 20w

I’m ruining my own life

I’ve been in a really difficult situation recently and this weekend I’ve been looking forward to for ages. I had a concert and then nights out planned with my cousins. But I’m a tad bit older than them and they’re a lot closer in ages, as are all their friends from uni, so I’m kinda just stuck here with nothing to do. They’re off flirting with people their age and dancing and I’m getting no attraction or even attention (not in an attention seeking kinda way just an I’m lonely kinda way). At the concert they left my 5 or 6 times to go to the toilet and get drinks, when I went to the toilet I went alone. I was left alone to the point people around started to notice and I had one guy say “left alone are you? You need to get better friends” I just feel very left out. I’m a lot older than them and I know I have to keep a mature head but I’ve already fallen into a pit of depression recently and very very low self esteem to the point I barely wanna go out in public, that I’m now sat here all anxious and in a really bad mood. I don’t even know exactly why or when it changed but last night I just snapped. My sister was off meeting new people, my cousin was dancing with creepy men, a guy I found attractive was more interested in my cousin, she started dancing all provocative on him and I was just kinda there. I then had people asking me if I was neurodivergent and bisexual which just sent my ocd spiralling and nobody quite understands how horrible it is to be in my head. There was this lovely guy saying how amazing stunning and beautiful I was but it kinda just made me go “you’re saying that because you feel bad for me, because you know they’re getting all the attention and I’m this ugly duff person on the side”, it’s insanely exhausting. I’m tired of it now. I don’t wanna be in a mood anymore but I can’t seem to shift it, I’m stuck

julia204

Date posted: 15w

Hard day

Hi everyone! I just want to share that I’m having a really hard day, selfishly, to feel better. But some of you might relate to it. I’ve been obsessing about my looks and body image. I feel soo ugly, like almost deformed, “abnormal, ill” looking. Like I have never seen anyone that looked as ugly as me. And I spend hours checking myself and doing skincare and using face sculpting tools compulsively. I also feel VERY very alone partially due to this being isolating but also just being back at my (abusive) parents home for the summer. I feel very empty today like nothing makes me excited or matters. I feel like a disgusting, awkward, incapable, undeserving little creature. Like everybody else on this world is in a group chat,and im the only one left out lol. I went shopping today to feel something and ended up compulsively buying stuff and shocker, now im feeling 10x worse, more empty. But I am also stressed about the money and feel extremely guilty. I feel worthless. I guess i should just let me feel the emptiness and feelings that come up without trying to distract myself with something all the time. So yeah thats where I’m at today.

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