I broke the mirror cause i feel fucking ugly

I know, real beauty is on the inside and that's what matters.
But I start college in a week and people judge you for how you look first, often unconsciously, and then get to know you.
I feel ugly. So fucking ugly.
I hide in my room cause I don't want people to look at me. I can only socialize through the interwebs.
And I'm an okay person otherwise. I read a lot, can win practically any argument and make an effort to never say anything mean/hurt anyone.
This shouldn't bother me as much as it does. I should be smarter than that, you know?

But I'm not. I was staring at my face in the mirror when the tears began to fall. then before I knew it I had punched the mirror.

Is it normal to feel so disgusted with yourself? I'm a 19 year old girl and I know people, my age especially, obsess over how they look but THEY LOOK FRIKKIN PERFECT.

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  • ProseAthlete

    Well, yes and no. Yes, it's normal to have "bad face days" when you just feel fugly, but it isn't a feeling that should affect how you live your life the way it seems to affect yours.

    It might help to find some focus outside yourself, something deeper than looks. Volunteer to work at a home for the elderly, for example; you'll see the worth of people who have contributed so much more to the world than a pretty face. You could also help out at your local animal shelter; animals never judge. They're just happy for a little attention.

    You say that you make an effort to be kind to other people; I recommend that you try the same tactics on yourself. Find the beauty, physical or otherwise, in yourself and cherish it. Say kind things to yourself. Compliment yourself for having great style or good hair or whatever you decide is your pride and joy.

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  • myboyfriendsbitch

    Confuse their senses and get some bomb perfume that makes you smell like a $5000 whore. People will respect you.

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  • Sorry to tell you, but beauty on the inside is only really worth something if you have beauty on the outside. Harsh, I know. An example is that you don't see many attractive people with "beauty on the inside", not the outside people. It's sad, but I'm not going to lie.

    Win any argument? You're rattling my debating chains, but I'll let that slip by. ;)

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    • VioletTrees

      Jesus, did you go to special classes to learn to be unhelpful and insensitive?

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      • I was just stating it how it is. The sooner she/he realizes this, the faster they can stop trying to be more attractive than they can be and invest that time in to being good at something else.

        It is true, so I don't see it as unhelptful. I'm not going to lie to the person, how is that helpful? Insensitive, perhaps, it still doesn't change the truth.

        For example, I sometimes don't find myself attractive, that doesn't mean I'm going to lie and say "well, people are kind, they're more so for heart than appearance".

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        • VioletTrees

          People achieve things without being attractive all the time, though. Of course it's a disadvantage, but it doesn't completely outweigh other qualities.

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          • I never said it does. I never said that because she may be ugly that she won't achieve anything, I'd say I'm saying the oppposite, that instead of focusing on looks she should progress on something else that she can be better and progress at.

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            • VioletTrees

              No, you weren't saying the opposite. "Beauty on the inside is only really worth something if you have beauty on the outside" doesn't mean "focus on your strengths instead of worrying about your looks". It means "being a good or competent person is worthless if you're not attractive". If you don't believe that, don't say it.

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    • Anime7

      Sad but you're right.

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  • tehfoxyfire

    Normal. I know for a fact that outside beauty and appearances are what people focus on. There's no doubt about that yes people will say the ideal theory it's what's in the inside that counts however that one takes effort to get someone to even APPROACH you to begin with then the time for them to know you to then be attracted to you, and even then they might be resentful or secretly wish you were physically attractive. This is especially true for men when asked what they look for in a partner the majority would say physical beauty/attractiveness.

    possibly some good news for you though. You are transitioning from high school to college? High school is not like college St all and you will see.the whole pretty girls Jocks crowd is not there anymore alot of them are nerds :-)

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    • OtherSide

      Major in engineering. The whole class will be like "What is this divine creature without a Y chromosome? I fear it and feel compelled to worship it."

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  • musiceater

    This happens a lot when I watch TV and there's perfect people, we all don't have classic movie star looks, I doubt your ugly, I bet your not even bad looking your just not perfect. From the description I would date you.
    You didn't mention you were fat or anything so add some points on the ten scale.

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    • Anime7

      Nice. I agree with musiceater, you really don't sound that bad, and since you didn't mention anything about being fat you sound pretty awesome.

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  • VioletTrees

    Bad self image is really common, especially among women, but it can still be really difficult. I've struggled with it for years. It sounds to me that it's at a really unhealthy level for you, so I suggest you talk to a doctor or therapist about it. You're not alone in this, and you deserve help.

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  • KeddersPrincess

    Well, I think you should stop worrying about what you look like. People are visually stimulated, yes, but I always felt like we put too much energy and importance into beauty. What is the importance of beauty? There isn't any. There are so many more aspects to life than looking good, and if you put so much energy into being beautiful, you'll never really be happy. Why do you care so much if you look ugly? And even if you think you're ugly, everyone's opinions are different, so I'm certain there are plenty of people who find you beautiful. Just look at all the other aspects of life, before turning to whether you are attractive or not. Because life goes on...no matter what you look like, and you should enjoy it for what is. Ugly or not.

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  • OtherSide

    I get that same feeling too. But then I go onto IIN and whine about how ugly I am and everyone says stuff to cheer me up. It always makes me feel better. Maybe you could try that?

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  • beestinghoney

    I bet you're beautiful just highly insecure- if you were "ugly" you'd be used to it by now. Either way, everybody has different tastes and everybody looks different from one another. If your not the typical hot girl it doesn't mean your ugly, and who gives a fuck? That means you have a chance at a life with awesome clever friends, true love and depth. Hot girls get old-their shallow husbands cheat on them and their friends hate them-they are more insecure than interesting looking pretty girls, like you. Your lucky if your not the typical hottie- you'd probably be a dumb-ass like "ItDuz" PS I am beautiful PPS So are you

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  • tehfoxyfire

    And alot of beer goggles too did I mention that :-

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  • Shaung1

    Yeah I know what you mean, don't worry there are some open minded people out there that don't judge people on how they look, unfortunately not a lot though

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  • IrishPotato

    You know, confidence helps a great deal in looking attractive.

    And I bet you look great when you smile :I

    Erhm, I know this may sound weird.
    But do you have any form of social network or messenger outside IIN?
    Sounds like you need a confidenceboost ^^

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  • emilydoll

    Change your thoughts, be more living towards yourself and take care of yourself and focus on the positive or possibly get a haircut or something, listen to yourself, you know what you need.

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  • emilydoll

    First of all you need to work on your self esteem and self confidence and in order for that to happen you really need to listen to your needs and wisdom... Everyone has felt this way at some point but you should never not for a second compare yourself to other human beings, but instead focus on yourself and your own comforts. You're problem is that you ate uncomfortable in your own skin, it's within you to know what to do to change this, without CHANGING yourself.

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  • squirelhunter

    Well yh ur right they get to know you at first but thats only within the first week after that you meet everyone else and then is your time to shine and im guessing you have a beutiful personality and im sure you will shine just be positive and friendly throughout which im sure you already are :-)

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  • why cant you be the odd one out then? whey cant you be different its not a bad life really, you could meet others n the same boat

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