***Ok soooo I have no clue how this is related to soap but I still think it contains some truth. The fact that we can always so easily detect our own flaws but no one else can see them should tell us something. That maybe we should stop looking at ourselves as hideous monsters and more like decent human beings. But how can we go about doing it??? I’ve asked that so many times an when I see people on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc etc etc, you know what I read/see/hear? “Just be yourself”, “Don’t worry about what other people say”, and {my personal favorite} “Sometimes you just gotta tell yourself that you’re beautiful”…..yeah. Well it’s not always easy being yourself because you may think that the real you isn’t good enough. And no matter how much you convince yourself you don’t care what people think, you do. You may not acknowledge it but you do. It’s in your nature to care you’re only human and you really just wanna be accepted by someone. So, yes, you do care, AT LEAST a little bit. And as for the telling yourself you’re beautiful thing? That’ll work so long as you’re convincing enough to forget the fact that you’re lying to yourself. I am not one of them. Like, AT ALL! I tried and it just didn’t work out because I would look at myself and say, “How can you be pretty?You have crooked teeth, two braces brackets stuck on your two front teeth cause the rest fell off. Acne is just all over your face, which is too round btw. Plus you are somewhat fat. Your stomach sticks out over your waist (kinda looks like you’re prego or something) you have stretch marks and flabby arms and you have all sorts of marks and scars all over your legs so don’t even THINK about wearing a bikini. Besides, you’re a freakin boring nerd, do I even need to say more?” Then I start going on about how if I change certain things about me then just maybe the guy I’m in love with will love me back and maybe I should take some of these guys offers who just want sex because that’s probably the only thing closest to love I may ever get from any guy. But then I stop. 1) I don’t have the heart to just give myself to any and every body and 2) I may not be a whole lot on the outside (or inside for that matter) but I am something, if not everything. And I do get the occasional compliment from the occasional person. At which point I get awkward because I’m not used to hearing them and I don’t believe it. But I am taking baby steps. For years I was afraid to show my legs because I thought my calves were too big and I have too many dark marks on them (some scars, others unknown). But one day all of my pants I had for school were in the dirty laundry and the only pants I had left were capris. So I had no choice but to wear them. I felt awkward. And I had to wear shorts multiple times as part of the uniform for a performance when I was in colorguard. I still don’t think my legs look pretty but I’m a but more comfortable with showing them. And I still have somewhat of a hard time showing my arms. They’re quite large and flabby and they have stretch marks. I always feel the need to wear a jacket even when my shirts had sleeves. Just last year I got into the habit of not wearing one when my shirts had sleeves and I’m still fighting the urge. Every once in a while I’ll wear something sleeveless around friends and family because I’m comfortable with them. As for the nerd thing, I shouldn’t feel ashamed because of my hobbies and music choice so I start reading in public more and listening to my music out loud. I still hide some of the things I enjoy, but I’m getting there. Because I’m slowly realizing that a body is just a body, a face is just a face, and personality is just personality. No matter what you do, not everyone’s gonna like your body or your face or your personality. You just gotta find those select few who are just as damaged as you are and will approve of you no matter what. And maybe then you’ll start to think and believe more of yourself. Maybe.
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