How do i start liking the way i look?

Every time I look in the mirror at myself I get disgusted with how I look. I how skinny I am, how linear my body shape is, how my face is shaped, and how my hair looks. I want to get cute clothes, but then I think of myself in them and I get grossed out. How do I accept the way I look, or how do I change how I look to my liking?

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  • college

    Louis. C. K. once said "I finally, I have the body that I want, and that's a thing people really covet. It's a hard thing to achieve, and I did. And I'm going to tell you how to have exactly the body that you want. You just have to want a shitty body. That's all it is. You have to want your own shitty, ugly, disgusting body."

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    • Anime7

      That's actually really good advice. And Louie C.K. is hilarious as all hell.

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  • Aliceee93

    I also hate the way I look, if I could change everything about me I would. But I think you have to learn to accept who you are because you can't change what you've got.

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    • Freedom_

      Shut up, sexy farmer girl.

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      • Aliceee93

        No :(

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        • Freedom_

          Just when I thought it couldn't get no hotter, I caught a glimpse of the farmer's daughter ;p

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          • Aliceee93

            You must be joking me..

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            • Freedom_

              Well you've got a picture up, so I can honestly say you're not ugly. And I think it's cool that you're a farmer.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers

    I was told that I was hansome, then I gained weight :s

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  • dom180

    Start caring less. There really is no other way. Find a way to reach the conclusion that how you look doesn't matter at all. Because it's true :)

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  • Freedom_

    I haven't really felt ugly in quite a long time, except for the occasional menstrual ugliness feeling. Take some selfies that make you look good to boost your confidence and imagine yourself as always looking as beautiful as you do in those selfies. If you have a good friend, have them take flattering pictures of you. Look back on them at a later date when you're feeling ugly to remind yourself how beautiful you are and then take some more selfies. Grooming, playing with make-up and experimenting with my hair usually makes me feel prettier.

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  • loopoo

    Sometimes I think it's about accepting yourself, alot of girls would die to be skinny, sad as it sounds some do. Look online at clothes that will suit your body shape, look in the mirror and instead of finding things you dislike focus on things you do like.

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  • Anime7

    In my experience, you have to actually try to see the person in the mirror as beautiful. Try giving yourself a compliment every time you stare at the mirror. If you can't think of one then you're not trying hard enough. Honestly I understand where you're coming from, as I'm sure most people do, but to be honest you probably aren't as ugly as you think. Focus on yourself, I'm telling you give yourself a compliment every time you see yourself in the mirror. I know that I may not be Jensen Ackles, but I'm an average looking guy. My face isn't too eye hurting and I'm not that fat (if at all). By the way that's another thing I recommend, try working out, exercising will probably make you feel good. By good I mean that you'll feel skinny and skinny is usually associated with beautiful. Thus, you'll feel beautiful. Again working out and eating right has helped me in some ways feel better about my body. That's really all the advice I got, and like I said it's helped me in some ways see myself in a better light.

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  • I have a horrible problem: comparing myself to people. I have often been described as beautiful, but I personally feel as if I am not as pretty as others, I do not have as good of hair as them, or make up, or facial features, or weight, etc. So I eventually just set around making myself into something unique and incomparable; at least in my eyes. If I put myself in a different mold, so to speak, I don't feel so bad about myself.

    I also feel better about myself when I wear clothing containing elements of my personality. I hate wearing "normal" clothes because everyone looks better than me in them, so if I wear unique clothes, or clothing I have a bond to (such as earthy colored tones) I feel much more confident . It is difficult to explain but I hope you get my meaning.

    Try bringing your "inside, out" when it comes to looks. It is almost like a balm. I take something I am secure in, my personality, my tastes, my likes, and put it on something I am insecure about (my hair, body). That is how I change myself into my liking, so perhaps it would work for you.

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  • oleo

    Fat is a bigger problem than being skinny. Being trim is liked/accepted especially if you're a girl. Though if you're bony then it might be too much and you gotta put on weight.

    I was a skinny kid, got built, then got fat-I have muscles underneath but need to lose the weight. I had to forget about my body and focus on my education and career.

    I think most people are not happy with themselves or the way they look. But we had no choice in the matter-your looks were decided by your parents who chose to have kids and created you.

    You just have to either put up with it, or try to change/improve your looks if you can or end life.

    While I don't look too great today, when I'm fit, it's a different ball game. So I am glad in a way that I wasn't born average like most people-I have a unique look, but then it's also hard to stay attractive.

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