Iris Blue
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- Oct 23, 2023
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I can pretty much say my entire life I never had the best self esteem. Of course when I was younger like around elementary school appearances didn't mean too much to me. Of course I also knew compared to everyone else I was below average but I dealt with it.
Going into middle school and high school I still hated my looks. I was born in a different country and adopted and brought to the US at birth. So I already felt like I didn't fit in with everyone else. I avoided people who were considered pretty or attractive because I was afraid of them ignoring me or putting me down.
Now in my early twenties over time I refuse to look at myself in the mirror unless it's to brush my teeth or my hair. Even then I cringe at myself. I can't even look at myself in the mirror when getting a haircut. I refuse to even consider dating (well for one reason I don't plan on staying long enough for a relationship) because I just don't think I'm good enough for anyone and can only think of everything wrong with me. Whenever I took pictures for a dating profile or just any social media page I would literally take hundreds until I found one that was at least some what decent or if I just got too tired to take more. I stopped social media altogether so I don't feel the pressure to post plus I doubt anyone would care.
I already fucked up my teeth so it's not like they can get all pearly white and straight like everyone else's. And it's exhausting but seems necessary to frequently tweeze my eyebrows to make them thin. Last year I refused to go to a pool or the beach because I hate my body. I lost some weight due to what I would assume would've been from stress and maybe some health problems and now I'm weighing myself every or every other day and although I know I can lose more, right now if I find myself gaining an extra pound or two I try to skip the next meal or so to try to maintain the current weight.
I can't talk to anyone about it, even my best friend (she never judges me but I have and always will be the ugly best friend so it's sometimes hard not to envy her or what I say matter or make sense) or family because what even would I say. I hate myself. I know many people are out there with bigger problems and I'm truly sorry but I am disgusted with my appearance and my existence altogether and I just wanted to get it out because it's not like I can talk to anyone in real life about it without it seeming I'm asking for compliments or to just get a half-assed reply or lies. It's weird I hate how I look and wish I was different but equally at the same time I've become a bit careless with my health and self because I don't expect to stay long anyways. I know beauty isn't everything, but for me it is one of many reasons I don't find a reason to stick around because of.
TL;DR Although what I'm feeling won't matter soon, my self esteem has progressively gotten worse and how I handle it. Because of it I've hated myself so much more.
Going into middle school and high school I still hated my looks. I was born in a different country and adopted and brought to the US at birth. So I already felt like I didn't fit in with everyone else. I avoided people who were considered pretty or attractive because I was afraid of them ignoring me or putting me down.
Now in my early twenties over time I refuse to look at myself in the mirror unless it's to brush my teeth or my hair. Even then I cringe at myself. I can't even look at myself in the mirror when getting a haircut. I refuse to even consider dating (well for one reason I don't plan on staying long enough for a relationship) because I just don't think I'm good enough for anyone and can only think of everything wrong with me. Whenever I took pictures for a dating profile or just any social media page I would literally take hundreds until I found one that was at least some what decent or if I just got too tired to take more. I stopped social media altogether so I don't feel the pressure to post plus I doubt anyone would care.
I already fucked up my teeth so it's not like they can get all pearly white and straight like everyone else's. And it's exhausting but seems necessary to frequently tweeze my eyebrows to make them thin. Last year I refused to go to a pool or the beach because I hate my body. I lost some weight due to what I would assume would've been from stress and maybe some health problems and now I'm weighing myself every or every other day and although I know I can lose more, right now if I find myself gaining an extra pound or two I try to skip the next meal or so to try to maintain the current weight.
I can't talk to anyone about it, even my best friend (she never judges me but I have and always will be the ugly best friend so it's sometimes hard not to envy her or what I say matter or make sense) or family because what even would I say. I hate myself. I know many people are out there with bigger problems and I'm truly sorry but I am disgusted with my appearance and my existence altogether and I just wanted to get it out because it's not like I can talk to anyone in real life about it without it seeming I'm asking for compliments or to just get a half-assed reply or lies. It's weird I hate how I look and wish I was different but equally at the same time I've become a bit careless with my health and self because I don't expect to stay long anyways. I know beauty isn't everything, but for me it is one of many reasons I don't find a reason to stick around because of.
TL;DR Although what I'm feeling won't matter soon, my self esteem has progressively gotten worse and how I handle it. Because of it I've hated myself so much more.