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Body/Self Image
Slick:
Growing up I was the Uncool One, and because of that I am incredibly socially awkward and have a tough time believing that people actually like me and possibly find me attractive or that they aren't staring at me because I'm weird and/or creepy.
It was a weird revelation that occurred over, I guess, the past three years or so, that in fact, I'm not a bad looking dude, and that having grown a bit and been in this environment, my odd traits are actually really neat. I work at a job with some really hip people, and by virtue of this job pretty much everyone on campus thinks I'm cool. Because of my baking and knitting, every girl says I'm a catch. Because of my crazy projects, people think I'm weird in a good way.
I guess I've gotten over thinking I'm intrinsically ugly or anything, but I really would like to have less of a tummy and more muscles. People have shown interest in me, this is good, but doubt and negative self-image are probably the main reason at least one thing with a lady didn't work out. That shit is really unattractive.
0bsessions:
I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. I'm not surprised the first "I am jealous of Jon" post was in the first page of the thread.
I give you the same advice I once gave Darryl: Life is worth living!
Sox:
I still routinely play that message to myself sometimes. Several people recorded some really great clips.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 13 May 2008, 10:18 ---I'd sooner be Joseph Merrick than look like Jon, because looking as good as Jon wouldn't suit my horribly benign personality.
--- End quote ---
tania:
there are about a million things i really dislike about my appearance. when i was a lot younger and growing up with a mother who was kind of insane and liked to put me down in order to feel better about herself this kind of fucked with me a lot. everyone wants to respond to people with low self esteem regarding their appearance by saying things like "oh but you're so pretty!" and they don't really seem to realize that for a lot of these people being attractive to someone else isn't the same thing as being attractive to yourself.
my story has kind of a weird ending because i think i like myself pretty okay and i am almost always successful with boys but i still think i am not really all that attractive. the main reason i'm okay with it now is because i got exposure to all kinds of wacky feminist ideas shortly after moving to guelph and came to the happy conclusion that how i look doesn't really matter. it's strange because lots of people see not being shallow as the ideal but i really genuinely am not and it constantly makes me come across to others as arrogant. i just don't place importance on appearance. when it comes to myself i can settle for being in shape and well groomed. if i became less smart or less hilarious that would definitely be a lot more devastating than becoming less attractive physically.
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