Self
Confidence?
Written by: Nadine Chavarie
What is it like to feel beautiful? To be loved? Have you been feeling low about yourself lately? I can relate. I'll be the first to admit my childhood wasn't all fairies and rainbows, many things have happened that have made myself look down upon myself and have no self esteem. "Fat! Ugly! Stupid" all words that have been told to me multiple of times. After hearing the same thing over and over
again for such a long time
you tend to start believing
it. Throughout most of my
life, I never thought I was
pretty enough to have a
boyfriend, skinny enough
to wear nice clothes or even smart enough to proceed in a different post secondary program. Not only were the kids at school driving these ideas in my head, so was the media.
On tv and in magazines, all models are super skinny and pretty.
Most shows have the bigger girls being the lonely ones or the ones getting made fun of. It does not show what really life is about. Sadly enough, society today has a huge impact on one's self esteem. Social media has been known as a form of bullying, once again another major factor for self esteem.
Here I am 25 b years old bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb and finally bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb slowly bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb gaining my bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb self esteem bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb back. You may ask why it took so long or how i'm gaining it back? On a daily basis I sit here and wonder, look around and see what I have accomplished in my life. Many accomplishments that I'm really proud of, specially my two year old daughter. I find her the most beautiful little girl ever, and so many people tell me the same. Well, she came from me so I must be beautiful as well, right?
"Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words can never hurt me"