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User Profile: dapperPenguin127
dapperPenguin127 September 22nd

My daddy always tells me “...whos daddys pretty little girl” i never thought i was that pretty. Mom never told me i was pretty, i was always either too big or too tall….too fat or too thin….they tell me that i should work on myself but when i try they always say “...why try too hard” why do i try so hard?...hurtful words twist in the winds of my mind like a storm that i cant shake. I dont think i would ever be able to shake it….the kids at school tell me to wear makeup…when i wear makeup i do it wrong….when i learn how to do it right its always “...you wear too much….you look like a cake” well maybe i shouldnt wear it….or should i? They tell me to wear clothes that fit me, but then i look like a pig…i look pudgy…i look boxy….but when i wear baggy clothes i look homeless, or im drowning in the endless fabric that squeezes my ribs every panic attack i have, at the yelling and screaming, the endless snickering i get at school when will it stop…or maybe should i block them out? If i do that im dramatic so i become the everyday girl everybody is, clean hair and no acne, perfect hair and makeup, wearing crop tops and leggings with pretty shoes and girly perfume….maybe i should become a copy and paste? Just like everyone else. I dont think i want to be like everyone else….i want to wear baggy clothes that devour my small frame…i want to wear makeup but the makeup i wear is beautiful when its three days old eyeliner and masscara. I dont need to do my hair, its perfect just the way it is. The only perfume i need is the endless sin of my ciggerette smoke holding in my lips, i dont need no pretty shoes, my beat up converse’s are in my closet begging me to wear them telling me “ dont worry what people say” as i agree, i dont want to be the typical girl whos scared of bugs, if anything i am the bug crawling on the floor, im no typical girl who likes to stay clean and do nothing diry besides sin and sleep with her fith boyfriend this year. Im no typical girl i skateboard and i harm my pretty lungs with my endless sin…so again? Whos the pretty girl now?

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User Profile: fossilfellow
fossilfellow September 24th

@dapperPenguin127 I'm so sorry you experienced all that 🙁 You're not ugly, and you didn't deserve to be treated that way ❤️ please know that your feelings are valid. I'm so glad that you're here, and opening up instead of bottling things in 🤍 You don't have to carry it all alone, we're all here for you, and you truly matter 💜 Sending you loads of love ❤️❤️❤️

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User Profile: GoodMellow
GoodMellow September 24th

@dapperPenguin127

Your prose is extremely heartfelt and touching. I want to assure you that your feelings are valid against the constant nagging. It's never easy to satisfy everyone, and taking advice from multiple people leads to paradoxes (the clothes you mentioned, wanting to stay true to yourself or follow others). 

I want to assure you that it's important you choose what YOU want and what YOU will keep. If what you do is for others, then it comes from a place of pleasing others as opposed to fulfilling yourself. A person who enjoys themself will easily do better than someone who does something out of obligation. Or at least a person who enjoys themself will have something at the end, while someone who has nothing will just run around in circles all day. 

Of course, the main thing is that you know what advice is worth taking, and what is not. You are always free to say no to suggestions. Main thing is, no one but you understands you the best, and I'm sure you will make decisions that are the best for you. Take care of yourself.