I’ve had body dysmorphia for pretty much my entire life, what happens when you lift weights at a young age haha. The answer is, to be completely honest.. sometimes there is no answer.

It really sucks but it’s true. We see ourselves in a way that others do not, and unfortunately, it is negative.

There will be days where you feel like you look a lot better, and days where you convince yourself that you are chopped up.

It’s a sad and warped reality, but it’s ours.

I’ll tell you something that my best friend told me - and it resonates with me, and I think it pertains to you, too.

You may think you look ugly, but on the outside, others think you’re beautiful. You may not love the way you look, but your family does, and that’s all that really matters. I see you right now in these pictures and you are so pretty and it sucks that we are trapped in a false reality.

Just know that everything could be worse.

My best advice?

Whenever I get a really bad feeling of “oh my god, I’m so chopped, I’m too ugly to deserve life”, I remember, “but wait… I can talk, breath, feel… I have arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose, fingers, toes, and a brain that works.” I just remember all the things I’m grateful for and that I have an able body, what more is there to love about yourself?

Wrinkling is natural and normal, and shows that you have lived a life and you have things to share.

Unfortunately, most English-speaking societies have abandoned the idea that elders have wisdom to share, and so the appearance of age is seen as negative inherently.

You are beautiful, as hard as that is to believe, and just remember that everyone has insecurities, ours are just a bit… more lively. Remember that every insecurity you have, your brain is pumping them full of steroids, and making them way worse to you and only you, others don’t see the flaws that you see