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Image issues.
Like the majority of females, i have alot of issues with the way i look. I was never really completely satisfied with how i looked but i dealt with it, until about a year ago when i had my formal. I saw all the photos and i looked so fat and horrible. My old science teacher told me that an image from a mirror and an image from a camera look different because of the way energy is reflected, and it made me wonder if what i saw in the mirror was not what people saw.
When i look in the mirror, i dont see the perfect specimen ever created, but i dont see what i see in photo's of me. Then i considered how the camera makes you look like you've gained weight but it didn't help me feel any better.
Ever since my formal i've just been so self concious. I have a wondeful boyfriend who tells me aaaall the time how beautiful i am and how he would still think i am no matter how i looked but it just doesnt work.
Sometimes i feel guilty because my friends and loved ones tell me im pretty but i just dont believe it.
I'm not one of those girls who complains like "god im so fat", because i dont want to draw attention to the way i look. I just want to feel good about my body, but i dont know how.
Alot of the time i dress reasonably well, so i appear thinner than i really am, but wen im at home in my room where i can see myself without the makeup and what-not, i see how i really am.
How can i make myself like the way i look, and not feel so self concious when im around other people?
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It is all mental! It is because of the magazines and television shows that show all of the SKINNY women and because we are of human nature, our mind digests it and we began to feel less than perfect because we don't weight what they weight or we don't look the way they look. You know what I did? I said they have on make up, they have been polished and aren't natural and that was the first start of my acceptance and liking of how I look. They also have money for surgeries, personal trainers and cooks!
Another thing - I used to weight 375- yep, I did. I am still over weight(based on society) "smile". because I weight 180 now. I have no health issues at all. I hate taking pictures because they make me look fat. You have to be determined to like the way you look because I am sure you have seen worst in someone who may be less fortunate than you. When you are around other people, ignore that people are around you and mentally concept that you are around people who you don't feel self concious around. Also, know when you do feel self concious on the inside it shows on your outside and takes away your shine, and no one can see the real you.
Try a different hair style or color. Try a new lip stick or gloss shade - try different things to add and/or change your appearance. You could just be tired of seeing the same look which is causing you to feel that way. I have found that also works for me too, even something as simple as a new pair of ear rings or a new shirt in a different color than I would normally wear. These things make you feel good about yourself! A person who is beautiful on the inside is always way more beautiful than a person only beautiful from the outside!
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