Insecurities

[wixard]

None because I don't seek attention. If people aren't willing to accept who you are they are not people worth knowing.

everyone has insecurities, anyone who says otherwise is lying. also, you definitely can't say people that claim to have an insecurity are looking for attention...

people seek approval from others and that's just human nature, you can say you don't, or that you don't care but it's still an insecurity. you might have identified a flaw/imperfection in yourself but have learnt not to be defined by it.

[Adam]

Okay maybe I phrased it wrongly.

I do, but I get over them and get on with life without letting them affect me. I wish people would see this way and I understand that some people don't 'cos to be honest everyone who posts in here who hates their body is probably beautiful. It's a ******* shame they don't see it and I wish it could change.

That's probably a better way to put it.

[buttons]

A lot of stuff but I try and just get over it nd "man up" (?)



This has (and always will be) a good message for people to aspire to follow though^

its good advice and one i follow when it comes to my personality but its not always as easy as that. when im happy with my looks, for myself, idc what others think but when I'm feeling bad I'm more affected by what others say. it's bout accepting yourself not always what others think, I accept my personality but not my looks most the time

adam, you don't understand mental illness, you've shown that before. my bdd has led to depression and social anxiety, it's not as easy as hey i accept my looks it's sometimes more than a cognition thing. body dysmorphia can be a genetic or brain chemical issue.

[Absently]

err, i really don't like my eyes, but i like their colour. my nose is too chunky and i think it really sticks out in photos. i have a sort of love-hate relationship with my thighs, i like them sometimes but then sometimes i think it makes me look sorta fat. i always moan about my stomach and its size, but i can change that.

this rly isnt a nice thread lol

[Adam]

its good advice and one i follow when it comes to my personality but its not always as easy as that. when im happy with my looks, for myself, idc what others think but when I'm feeling bad I'm more affected by what others say. it's bout accepting yourself not always what others think, I accept my personality but not my looks most the time

adam, you don't understand mental illness, you've shown that before. my bdd has led to depression and social anxiety, it's not as easy as hey i accept my looks it's sometimes more than a cognition thing. body dysmorphia can be a genetic or brain chemical issue.

I can have an opinion though, right? Just like you can.

[wixard]

it's not a nice thread but i think it's vital to help those who do have a lot of insecurities that they're not so accepting about and see that others are just like them, and that they're not alone in feeling the way that they do about their self image.

@adECW; yeah, now that you've rephrased you're quite right. it pains me to see so much self hate, especially among younger people

@buttons; with mental illness as a factor for perceiving body image, i understand completely
but saying that, a lot of people who are extremely insecure are not facing a mental illness, but rather due to the pressures of being accepted by society and not straying from the norm

[buttons]

buttons[/URL]; with mental illness as a factor for perceiving body image, i understand completely
but saying that, a lot of people who are extremely insecure are not facing a mental illness, but rather due to the pressures of being accepted by society and not straying from the norm

ye i deffo know that or else almost everyone would have a mental illness lol i didnt mean to say everyone who has insecurities has a mental illness but those who do have insecurities that are caused by mental illness can't always accept it and move on just like that. i don't know anyone who doesn't have an insecurity but like u say they accept them or in some cases cover it up. some really 'vain' people act vain in order to cover up insecurities, i tried it for a while but in the end we'll always have insecurities in some form

[le harry]

nothin really. i'm pretty pale compared to my mates and get dark rings under my eyes cuz i'm up to 4am but apart from that i like me.

[Empired]

Like most people, I'm not a huge fan of my own appearance but I suppose I've come to accept that. Acceptance is the only way forward.

But I constantly worry that I am some kind of social-freak. I've had so many different friends and almost every single time we've ended up drifting so far we never even speak, or having a roaring argument which means we hate each other. I've been "through" about five different "groups" of friends like this, so I don't feel it's fair to keep blaming them. There can hardly be five coincidences involving me, so it must be me

[Derrener]

Mainly my speech but it doesn't really bother me that much no more. This has affected me socially because I'm scared people won't be able to understand what I'm saying but my speech has got a lot better over the years though