I feel self-conscious about my braces?
I could tell you just to find your inner beauty, but i had braces, hated them, but had them for years and was super self conscious about it so i know that doesn't really help much. there are no real ways to make the feeling go away, but here are a few tips i used to make the experience less awful. 1. practice smiling without showing your teeth, find a pretty closed mouth smile so that when you look at yourself in pictures you'll see and think you look pretty 2. spend more time buying/wearing cuter clothes and fixing your hair/make-up, take pride in what your wearing and how gorgeous it makes you look (this also has the bonus of getting you more compliments and thus a better self image) 3. imagine how amazing your smile will be when you get the braces off, they ARE temporary even if it doesn't always feel like it. 4. this one may seem strange, but tell your friends how you feel, this will help you get it off your chest and vent about it and, if they're good friends, they tell you how much you're over reacting because trust me no one really looks as bad as they think they do good luck babe!
Can't overcome shyness... :/ ?
FIRST OF ALL: Shyness is not the same as being an introvert. Being shy is actually being scared to socialize, while being an introvert is more along the lines of not wanting to. In your case I think you are shyer than are introverted. You can be both though, which is probably more accurate. I used to be a shy introvert myself, and I now how horrible it is. All you want to do is be alone, yet there you are being awkward and self-conscious the whole time. The most important thing you can do is to find people that are as similar as you as they can get. Then you will always feel equal, and always have something to talk about. The problem is getting to find those people, and you never will without being confident. In my experience you can feel the most confident when you look good. Start working out, build muscle, get a good body, you will feel great walking around. Next make sure you have a nice haircut and keep facial hair trimmed to compliment you to the maximum. And even dressing nice can help, I always feel very good in dark jeans and a button down shirt with skateboard shoes, even though I don't skateboard I wear them solely for the looks, and have other shoes that are more practical. The reason I feel good in that: No idea, but then again, why must we be cursed with being shy? Okay, so confidence, and meeting the right people, that is what I needed to do to overcome my shyness, I'm sure it will work for you. Now on to being introverted. You cannot change that, you should not change that. Make sure you get your alone time, because that is what you, we, need. Introverts can be the best leaders, and some extremely interesting people. I even see that girls begin to like me more after I get to know them, whether it be the surprise of me suddenly being interesting, or the fact that nobody else sees how cool we can be. Never change these things about you, instead of being a wild, obnoxious guy, be respectful and learn to use your withdrawn personality to its fullest, only speak up when it is a good idea. This will be a long promise, but you can do it, therapy might even help to an extent if you are able to get it, but I recommend that to be a last resort. Good luck! You can do it, we all can.
When people stare at me I feel self conscious and hideous?
Whenever I'm out in public or at the store I get all anxious and self conscious if I catch someone staring or looking at me. I know this sounds stupid I just wish I could get rid of the feeling I have that prevents me from not just not caring. I feel like if someone is staring at me then I must be ugly or have something on my face or body. I try to not to draw any attention to myself but how do I overcome this feeling? I'm 17. Is this a normal feeling to have?
I'm self conscious about my big boobs... But I don't mean to be ungrateful. Help?
I would like it to be noted that I am not fat, I work out every day and am relatively toned. This is for health/sports. Not because I want to be "sexy." I have 34D-36C boobs and everyone is always making fun of me. I love my boobs and all but they are such a pain in the a** sometimes. I literally can't walk without them bouncing all over the place and I hate how everyone always laughs at me. It's not like I wear low-cut shirts or anything. It makes me so self conscious when my friends poke them or tease me about how they jiggle all the time. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO RANDOMLY GRAB YOUR FRIEND'S BOOB. One time, me and my cousins made jello and while we were eating it, one of them held her bowl of jello up to her chest and said, "look, I'm like you now!" And jiggled the bowl so that the jello wiggled around. And they're always talking about guys and I've never kissed a guy before and they always tell me to just choose a hot guy, walk up, and smoosh my boobs against his chest until he kisses me. Wtf. I am not a slut. Everybody always tells me how lucky I am to have boobs and yeah, they're great, but have you ever tried running up the stairs with a couple of huge grapefruits stuck to your chest? It. Does. Not. Work. Neither does yoga, seat belts, folding your arms, sitting at a desk, wearing button up shirts, or wearing long necklaces. Also, people have been telling me that guys don't even like big boobs anymore. Gah! That's the one thing I have going for me!
I have low self esteem and today i found out i have to wear glasses?
So today i went to get my eyes checked at doctors. and im 16. it turned out that i see perfectly on my right eye and only 10% on my left eye which is very bad. she told me i have to wear glasses al the time. I really have low self esteem and i consider myself ugly but with glasses i would feel even worse. i cant wear glases at school i really cant. and i cant get contact lences cos the doctor said so. but i know if i dont wear glasses it will only get worse. what should i do?