Everyone seems to have something that they always feel self conscious about. In many cases, this “terrible” aspect of themselves is not quite as severe and isolating as having part of the face missing. However, for people, it may have the same gravity in their mind.
For years I was bullied by even my closest friends about the size of my forehead. Yes, it is true that the size of my forehead is larger than others, but not in too large of a significant manner. In my brain, I thought I was a monster. In highschool, I could barely take the bullying and got a full set of bangs just to hide my “five-head”. This made getting ready in the morning even more unbearable. I have extremely curly hair, and every morning I would have to get up and straighten my bangs into place. When it became time to cut my bangs, this was also an extremely stressful time. Much of the time, they would be cut too short, and the resulting look would be an awkward looking hairdo. I would then, subsequently, be bullied for my bangs being too short. My outward appearance could not seem to please the people around me, which made myself become utterly unpleased with myself.
In the end, not everyone is going to agree with how you look, or even find you attractive. We put so much weight on ourselves to look like everyone else, to be loved by everyone else, that we never look within and love ourselves. Self love can be hard to find, but we need to forget about how we look and more how we feel.
