I bet at least once a day you see someone at school and think they're so good looking, so much more prettier than you. You aren't the only one, in this video, it shows thousands of people posting videos online asking others about their appearance. Most kids grow up hearing that they are beautiful from their parents, but how do we expect these children to believe that if they are being told they are ugly, over weight, or should even kill themselves if they don't look a certain way, online and in person. It's also so hard for for kids these days to stay reassured in their own bodies seeing size 0 models or guys with 6 packs on every magazine cover. It's also hard seeing on billboards or social media, ads about losing weight or getting more tone.
It's been proven that in a classroom setting, 1/3 people won't speak in class in fear of attracting attention to their appearance, 1/5 won't show up at all if not feeling confident that day. There have been 3 steps creating to overcome this mass feeling of being ugly. The first, is teaching body confidence, teaching young adults strategies to not giving in to the pressure of having to look a certain way. You also need to be a good role model. We need to teach that in order to overcome or accomplish something you have to look perfect all the time, gold medalists should be judged on their abilities not flaws, lawyers should be judged on their will to give justice, not look good while doing it, letting generations to come know that they don't need to look this way or weigh this much, but give their all in what they do. Third thing is, we have to work together, work together to know to value everyone's diversity, ethnicity and grow together not judging one by one.
I think everyone needs to realize that no one doesn't have a blemish or imperfection about them. In my opinion magazines should stop photoshop because young people assume that's what pretty or good looking looks like, it's not even real. Also, to make a difference in your life and everyone around you, realize that everyone around you has some kind of insecurity as well, we should stop judging other people's appearances if we don't like it being done to us. Meaghan Ramsey tells a story about her young niece who had just turned 1 year old, she would run up to her reflection and kiss is whenever she saw herself in a mirror. She was so happy and fascinated by her reflection, my question is if we all did this at some point, when did we stop, when did we stop loving ourselves and being so happy to see ourselves.
At this point in your life, you need to be as happy with yourself as possible, your not going to get another body or look just because you pout about your current one. Don't worry about how other people look, just learn to be confident and yourself and always remember to not base what you can and should do on your looks. Remember all of those models and actors wouldn't look like that if you saw them in person, everyone has flaws. I encourage you all to watch the video attached above and learn to be happy with yourself in spite of other people's opinions and your own, which could very well be the worst.