self-esteem: from self experience.

all teenage girls have atleast one of those days when they feel physically out of it. we look in the mirror and all we see are flaws. we don't accept ourselves for our distinctive features that set us apart from everyone and makes us unique. flipping through magazine pages and watching actresses on t.v. tend to set a standard for ourselves--that we didnt start in the first place. we allow the media to play with our emotions and make us feel lesser of a person if our hair isn't straight enough, or if our bust is too big or too small. as for me, self-esteem is something that i used to struggle with tremendously not too long ago. i took the wrong approach to recover and used acception from boys to make me feel better. i was not as all promiscious but when they made me feel worth something and beautiful, i got more and more confident. right now, i am at a point in my life where i no longer suffer that badly from self-esteem issues because (thanks to boys =/) i love myself enough to not hate me. its bad enough getting hated on by others on a daily basis, but when you dont love yourself...you restrict yourself from loving others which makes it harder to have a relationship because your bf/gf won't want to hear to complain about how big your forehead is or how much longer your pinky finger is than your thumb. there's no way you can love your boyfriend, if you hate yourself (thats like loving hamburgers and hating cows). i hope that me sharing something sacred that i went through almost one year ago helps other teen girls to love themselves because we are all beautiful in someway, we are not ugly or "mugged" just because one boy doesn't like us and picks the chick with the big butt && the long hair over us because there is a mate out there for every girl. what you may see as a flaw will turn a guy on.

*pictures from shayna's journal.