Yik Yak logo
Download TikTok Instagram X
Yik Yak icon
Join communities on Yik Yak Download
Girl Talk icon
Girl Talk 1w
not to get depressing but i genuinely hate myself so much and i think i am the ugliest thing to walk this planet. how do i change that? does anyone have advice cause i could use some
comment

10
upvote 30 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 1w

Time, therapy, medication, and a partner who thinks I’m the most beautiful goblin of all, has helped me overcome

upvote 15 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 1w

It helped me to stop focusing on individual features of mine that i thought were ugly because i realized that other people don’t focus on our individual parts, they see us as whole people. Idk if that will help you but that perspective shift helped me a lot

upvote 10 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 1w

Compliment yourself in the mirror. Pick one thing and acknowledge how lovely it is. Positive self talk. and it doesn’t have to be a positive ‘wow I love my nose’ but just being neutral towards things on your body that allow you to function like ‘I’m so grateful for a nose that breaths air into my lungs nice work’ or like ‘my skin is protecting everything under it and it’s healthy and I’m grateful for it’ or ‘my face is doing all it needs to be doing’ that’s helped me stop being negative

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 1w

are you ages 18-21

upvote 0 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

22… why

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

i truly hope i will find someone who makes me feel so beautiful and loved

upvote 3 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

it just sucks cause i look at myself in the mirror and on my phone camera and hate every single thing

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

And then to stop hating yourself you need to look inwards and find qualities and personality and actions and intentions that make you proud. Things like ‘I’m kind’ ‘I’m empathetic’ ‘I’m worthy’ ‘I’m where I need to be’ it’s a bit Buddhist and I’ve read some abt how this helps build self confidence so that could be sm to look into. And then like someone else said therapy and time. I would argue partner can be a friend who also loves you unconditionally and who you click with

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

Im always worried ill rely too much on my partner for my confidence so friend and building up my inner self worth has been very helpful and more concrete for me

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

but maybe if you look at all the “things” as a whole, it could help?

upvote 1 downvote