Anonymous #2 11w

YES SO ARE YOU!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous #1 11w

So real! I was looking at old pictures of myself from the time when I thought I looked like a mound of dirt but like WOW I was wrong I was so gorgeous!!! And I still am!!!!

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Anonymous #4 11w

I know it sounds really cliche but YOU have to be the one to stop yourself from thinking that way and change your own mindset. Cause first of all we all know when you’re that insecure it doesn’t matter who tells you you’re beautiful and how often, you still won’t believe them. So make the change yourself, believe it for yourself.

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Anonymous #4 11w

You will one day, I promise! It took me till I was 19 to realize that just because I’m not everyone type doesn’t mean I’m not someone’s type. I’m currently single but ik I’m beautiful and my person will come along when the time is right.

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Anonymous #6 11w

Yupppp. My favorite quote is “you can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” That way of putting it really turned it around for me and my own mindset.

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Anonymous #5 11w

i like that quote, thank you. do you have any advice for helping me change my mindset?

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Anonymous #6 11w

i’m 21 and it’s gotten worse ughh. i am sure you are so beautiful, and i hope you and i will both find our people soon enough ❤️

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Anonymous #4 11w

It takes time but it’s really mind blowing when you find the RIGHT people who know your beautiful.

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Anonymous #4 11w

Something that helped shift my thinking was being mindful about pointing out the things I like about myself and shutting down negative thoughts whenever I notice them popping up

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Anonymous #4 11w

I kinda did the same as OP. I made an effort to compliment myself more or focus more on the things I liked about myself (including personality! becoming the kind of person I wanna be!) and whenever I thought badly of myself I’d just be like “omg stop that shit” and make my brain change the subject

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Anonymous #5 11w

It’s good to put a name to those feelings too like “you know you’re not ugly you’re just upset about X life circumstance and projecting onto yourself and that’s not ok” and it not only shows yourself you’re not ugly but gets better at naming your feelings and what’s really the source bc it’s just not u u aren’t the problem

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Anonymous #7 11w

Yesss, you have to find beauty within yourself.

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Anonymous #4 11w

Yea I always thought I was the ugliest person to live aswell specially cause I never had a relationship and the firsts of firsts I’m 18 I turned it in December and now i definitely feel more pretty then I did it’s like a mindset thing cause even now I convince myself I’m hideous you just have to remember to not seek validation from others

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Anonymous #11 11w

Yes this is so real but for me I was being compared to skinny family members that was around my age and being told I would look beautiful and attractive if I was skinny it created so many problems for me around that time and even now

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Anonymous #4 11w

I promise you I was the exact same way for so long but I realized that it was honestly a waste of energy to hate myself and no one benefits from thinking that you’re ugly other than corporations and mean people, so why not believe that you’re beautiful, even if it’s just out of spite?

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Anonymous #9 11w

this! i was watching a show with a friend and there was a pretty girl in it so i said “would” and my friend told me that of course id say that cause she looks like me, felt really validating considering ive only recently started working on changing my mindset when it came to my self worth

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