Tbh I have low self-esteem. I'm not confident with the way I look and to put it into words, I'm the ugly duckling out of my siblings. I kind of expected to look a bit decent bc of puberty and since I'm almost an adult (17 rn), but that didn't happen. (gosh. thanks, Asian genes for making me look 12).
Not only that but I'm pretty shy so whenever I meet new ppl online or on apps like TikTok or Yubo and etc, the convo always lead to them wanting to like facetime, skype, or meet up (btw i already confirmed that those ppl weren't pedos or stranger danger). Like I understand that it only makes sense for them to want to see me, but I'm not really that comfortable with my own face and I'm scared of disappointing them. telling them my insta doesn't make it better... My pics aren't photoshopped or anything just like lighting filtered but this just increases their expectation of me...
Is this the same with other ppl or is this just me???
I believe its a phase that you'll overcome someday. Maybe work on self love if your self esteem is affecting your outlook of yourself. You have to be comfortable with yourself before you become comfortable showing yourself to dtranhers.strangers.
Honestly, same. But I have problems with socializing in person too. I’m in my second year of secondary school (17rn) and I still haven’t made a single friend. I can’t talk to anyone because I don’t think they’d want to have anything to do with me (I feel ugly and boring). And even tho I know it’s probably just me overthinking it, no words come out.
work on self love I recommend doing positive affirmations(this worked for me after a few months) anyways I am pretty sure you are focusing too much on how other people will view you when their opinions don’t really matter. stop trying to find things wrong with yourself and find things that you actually like about yourself.ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
I get what you mean!!! I so totally relate! But if they wanted to befriend you then the face shouldn't matter right? Also don't force yourself. It's important for you to be comfortable. If you're not ready then don't.
honestly, I'm just mad depressed. I read illegal translations of korean novels and manhwas and all that but lately, one by one, they started being reported and dropped. Like today, I logged into one of the translating sites to read Trash of the Count's family. It was dropped. Fucking dropped and had to be on a indefinite hiatus bc the author didnt want to sign a contract and release an official eng translation on that site.... It stopped at 625 chapters and I havent even read any since the start of school, so I had like 120 something chapters left... just hella depressed. That novel was one of my source for serotonin, and although Ik that illegally translating is not right, I loved reading that novel nonetheless.
Didn't eatapplepie pick the novel up?
Just to make u feel better, there are some translators that picked it up, and is steadily uploading chapters. All of their translations arw of good quality too.
And you can access the old chapters at readlightnovel
thank you so much!!!