Every girl out there (and guy, but since I go by she/her I will be referring to girls mostly.) that i've ever met have struggled with body image. And to be honest? So have I. I still struggle. I thought that if my stomach didn't stick out so much I'd be pretty and self accepting, well guess what? It still sticks out. But even if I hide it in jeans, or suck it in so I look slim in a tank top, I find something else to hate. "Oh.. my face is to long!" "My chin isn't pretty.." "I have circles under my eyes!" Every little comment slowly eats away at my self worth, I never had depression, and was never about to go jump of a bridge, but... I was hurting. It got to the point where I asked myself "Who would ever love me as more than a friend, or a relative?" Sure I had friends, but you'd have to be an absolute brute to only be friends with people who were Taylor Swift. I did eventually get asked out on a date, and knowing the dude liked me helped boost my confidence (bless his heart i don't love him romantically). But my point here is, why do we "glam" ourselves up on every social media post? We have to look perfect for school or we're a failure, if our bodies aren't the shape of models, we're fat. Ugly. Unlovable. Is it really hard for us to look past the outside and see what's inside? Why do girls have to worry about going out in public and being judged for not wearing makeup, having those deep eyebags or a tummy that just won't be flat? So what if that girls bust size is small? Why is the stereotype now "small waist, big butt and bust"? Why can't we just be, and feel good about it? The truth is you'll never be at the point of perfectness, none of us can be. We just have to be okay with ourselves, and the road is hard, and its bumpy, heck I'm not even halfway done with my journey! but I'm not going to give up. I can do this. And so can you.
