usually posting photos of myself would make me feel great. it would make me feel confident and full of self love. But right now, it’s hard to look at these pictures. A couple days ago, a person who is more like a stranger rather than a friend, messaged me on here and decided it -

was a good idea to tell me, in a nutshell “no one will tell you this, but this feature of your face is ugly and other’s talk shit about it so you should change it”. I really tried to not let it bother me. But my old self hatred demons latched onto those words and quickly spread -

like poison in my mind. I’ve spent so many years fighting with myself for self love and acceptance. And you know, for the last yearish or so, I actually have had real confidence and self love! But it’s crazy what someone’s words can do to your mind. I had conquered a mountain -

and those words had triggered an avalanche. I’m having a hard time looking in the mirror, or at pictures of myself. I’m only posting these in defiance of what my head wants me to do - curl up in bed and hide myself from the world. That’s not who I am anymore. I can be strong. -

I’m posting this thread in hopes that people understand that regardless of how nice you think you are being, please don’t tell anyone to “fix” themselves. Don’t comment on anyone’s physical appearance to them, ESPECIALLY if you don’t know them personally. You don’t know their -

mental state and you don’t know what might send them down a dark path, regardless of how confident they appear. Just mind your fucking business is what it comes down to. If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.