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Originally posted by Adele Addict
Well, I think everyone has insecurities in some way or another, and overall, I'm not a really insecure person that hates themselves and really feels bad about the way I look. I've always been happy being the person I am and not caring what other people think of how I look, and I'm proud of that. But at the same time I try to take pride in my appearance and I've matured in what I wear and stuff. I used to wear a lot of T-shirts and I still do, but I dress a little classier and preppier now. I'm a guy and obviously I want to look good to make a good impression, but I don't want to look like a model. I just want to be happy with who I am. I've recently started exercising more and doing everything I can to achieve the body I want. I'm not overweight, I'm actually really skinny, but I want to have abs and have a body that I'm proud of. It's not that anyone ever pressured me into looking that way, I just want to look that way. The main thing about me that tends to make me upset though is my hair, because it's naturally wavy and it's always caused me problems when trying to style my hair a certain way. I don't want to look stupid and sometimes my wavy hair can make me look stupid, so I've gotten very frustrated with myself in that respect, but overall, I'm pretty happy with what I look like.
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I have the same issue with my hair. While I do love my hair, it can be hard to tame (and I try not to complain because I know that I could have alopecia and life could be much worse). I've been looking for natural products that will straighten it over time. And I share the same stance towards body image as well. No one is pressuring me into looking a certain way. I want to have a better body because it is what I want. I use my favorite singer as a source of inspiration for the stomach that I want, lol.
As of lately, I've been having issues with my skin, and because of that, I hold myself back from certain opportunities, which is just stupid. I'm very spiritual though, and I know that God is taking me on a journey (a very humbling one) to prove that there is nothing that I can't get through. I know that soon enough my skin will be where it needs to be, and I will be completely content and do what I have to do to maintain my desired appearance. 9 out of 10 times I do fake my confidence though, but I don't want to have to do that. I want the confidence to be natural. Soon enough though, soon enough...I'm just grateful that I don't have skin cancer, or psoriasis, or anything serious.
Also, I used to feel racially inferior when I had first begun attending college. I am multi-racial. More White than anything, but my skin doesn't necessarily reflect that fact. I used to feel ugly and unintelligent compared to the many White people who had surrounded me (even though it was unintelligent for me to even be thinking that way to begin with especially since some people may look White/European, but they aren't at all). My grades plummeted. I was in therapy (albeit, very briefly). Nowadays, I'm completely happy with my racial/ethnic identity. I joke around with people and refer to myself as "an exotic mixed beauty", lolll. Anything to keep me from having a fit over the skin issues that I'm experiencing...
I'm getting there.
Guess some of us are merely works-in-progress. Oh, well.
And Moonview, I understand you, completely
I wish my skin had some more color to it. Of course I wish I was more muscular but that's something I can change.
