Am I enough?....

[sarah14]

Ever since I was 10 years old I always thought of myself as fat ugly and just. Plain weird... People tell me no your not fat no your really pretty etc.... But in my mind I just can't think about myself as pretty... I don't know if it's just me ... I don't need the " every teen is like that" speach , I just need to now that maybe I am ugly .. Or maybe I could be pretty to some?? Idk my question but if u got somethin to say .. Plz tell.....
Thanks

[SinisterMystery]

I feel like that too. All my friends, parents try to tell me different but it doesn't make it go away. It doesn't even make me feel better. Like today (mufti day at school) I couldn't even wear my favorite Green Day shirt because I felt mega fat.

I know how you feel.

[bambino]

Could be BDD [body dysmorphic disorder] hun. I have it. Google it.

Its where you cant see yourself clearly because your view is distorted and hypercritical. I dont even recognize myself in reflections or photographs ..that might be just me though i dont think all sufferers have that. But I also cant see myself as pretty- I see myself as extremely ugly, fat etc and cant live the house for months at a time [like now]. Its infuriating..
If you do think you have it, please please get help as soon as possible. You dont want to be my age and living like this.

[Chester]

Sometimes others see us better than ourselves. I don't really put any attention on this before,. But now I begin to realize that everyone has beautiful sides within them, and every people sees different things. May be those people weren't just trying to comfort you..

My sister used to be just like that. She fell to the state where she doesn't value herself. But she's far better now. I think you'll go through this too as time passes by_ just don't think to much about it, have some self confidence. If you think losing some weight would help you to gain some confidence, perhaps you could start a diet program? Anyway, whether it has or hasn't been seen, there is a beauty in everyone, which includes you too.

P.S you know, it's funny how I used to be a chubby round brat and nobody in my family is kind enough to lie for me. Bullseye, whenever there's a family gathering, they'll come to me just to say how puffy I were LOL thx God, as I grew up I lost most of those excess fats

[mbishop94479]

Every single person on Earth judges themselves really harshly, whether it's in terms of their looks, personality, performance, etc. It's just human nature.

[StoppingTime]

First of all, after looking at your pictures on your profile (not stalkerish btw :)) your not ugly. People always judge themselves harshly like Mat ^^^ above me said, so dont worry. It's how we are, and you just have to be able to accept who you are, very pretty, and I think it is to more than some :)

[mbishop94479]

Life is a competition. Ads for makeup or clothing or whatever make you feel inadequate so that you'll buy that whatever to try and make yourself look like that model. Nobody has that model's body. When people start to become more self-aware, around 10ish, they start on that competition more fully. It's a competition to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. It's as simple as that. Everyone is like that, not just teens.

If anyone tells you "oh, you're fat/ugly/whatever," it's either one of two things: they're jealous because they place you higher than themselves, or they're trying to make themselves feel more successful. Just ignore them. It's not worth dealing with them.