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Cuddlebugie:
Right back at you, crackhaus.

Okay figurine...

Growing up then, i always thought i was too tall...
Already 6ft at 16...
I remember googling different ways to stop growth..
Looking back now, i just laugh....my height has opened many doors for me

My only insecurity is my nose . I wish it was longer and straighter not small .

The thread would have been better with pictures

Cuddlebugie:
Well, as a teenager, I was insecure about my boobs.
I was thin with small boobs and the hips of an adult.
Friends would jokingly ask me why "front no resemble back". E pain me that year o.
There was a day I was walking with a friend and two guys were behind us. All of a sudden, they stopped talking and walked past us. One of the guys looked me in the face and said something about how the boobs aren't big enough to complement the ass. Got home that day and cried myself to sleep. I was 16 then.
I'd pray to God to please increase the boobs and take away the hips.

My first love helped in rebuilding my self confidence.

lol sorry...we all have insecurities one whether we admit or not.

but wait do you have bigger boobs now...Asking for A Friend...

So many body insecurities I'm still dealing with.

I used to be extremely shy during my primary and secondary school days.. it made me to be too self conscious whenever I was walking or doing anything at all and it made me make some mistakes I shouldn't have.. I was made fun of so much because of my shyness.. I was also struggling with self esteem issues. it all came to a head when I was in 300lvl in the university.. my experiences then made me a better person.

Hathor5:
We obsess with our perceived imperfections because we all want to be loved and accepted. How I wish we lived in a world where our inner assets would be much more important than vanity, where character would be what counts and determine the way people see us. But we live in a shallow world "glorifying false gods".

Bless you.

Abetterperson:
Growing up funny enough I didn't even know I had problems with my body until a friend back then pointed it out to me. When I was still a SS 1 student.We were all walking back from school one day when she told me that I don't have a big butt��. This girl made it to sound like it was a life problem. She told me that since I didn't have a big butt guys wouldn't find me attractive (funny thing this girl butt nor big o), she made me feel like am ugly and soon started instructing me on want to do to have a big butt. That day marked the start of my insecurity. I was so adamant to have a big butt. I would hide from people for days at one period it affect my education because I didn't want to go to school, I didn't want people to see me. It got worse day by day. I would Google in things that can make the butt grow, I wore bagging clothes to hid my figure. I even thought of going for plastic surgery. That want body insecurity does to you, it messes with your brain. It didn't take long before I started notice all the things wrong with my face. I thought I was ugly and tried to hide from people. My body insecurity got the best of me even people I knew am far more attractive than started using it to insult me.
How I overcome it is a testimony in is own right. I left that my friend group not only because they were the cause of my body insecurity but they will remind me of everything that's bad about me, leave their educational purposes to start gossiping other people. They were just toxic and brought out the worst in me not only physically but also mentally. I started to love my flaws and accepted my imperfection, I allow my body to do it's thing.
Body insecurity is something most teen and even adults have. It's natural to feel you are not beautiful enough but you should always love your body. It's yours and no has the right to tell how it should be. You look in the mirror and you don't like want you see and lable yourself as ugly even when you are one of the most beautiful creature the world is lucky to have. Be happy with your body


#SPEADPOSITIVITY
#SAYNOTOBODYINSECURITY

I have decided to write about the things teens go through so as to help parents understand their kids and build a healthy relationship with them.

For parents tell me what else you will like me to talk about

It's about your self esteem.You need to build your self esteem so you live according to your own terms.

Rozz:
I had similar experience dear,mine was envious mates using the woman part of my body to shame me,they will gossip to my hearing arguing why I developed some parts so quickly than my mates,they gave me a nickname and I began having issues with myself,i began to double my mums wrapper to press down my chest so it will look flat like my mates,i was starting to assume some postures to hide things(curved postures so that my chest can be hidden)and that was when my mom noticed, she had to step in and sharply built my self confidence for me back.I bounced back hard on those girls ehn,when we got to the sss class I became center of attraction in the whole school and everyone wanted to become my friend including those group of girls and ever since I have never allowed myself to be in such situation again.Even though I'm naturally a quiet and reserved person,my self esteem remains top notch

Hehehe. I have a similar story!

So, mine really wasn’t that I lacked self-confidence, but I grew up amongst people who believed that once a young girl starts developing breasts and starts getting shapely at a young age, then she’s spoilt or probably having sex.

As a child, I was bigger than most of my age mates. When the boobs started coming, mehhhn, I was so self-conscious... scared that people will start thinking I was having sex.
I went into “operation-breasts-must-disappear!” LOL. What didn’t I do? Grind the breasts... tied all manner of things to press them down! *Sighs.*
I used to be busty as a teenager...

But other than that... nahh, I never let anyone body shame me. It’s one thing I love about myself. I never buy into anybody’s negative narrative of me. Thick skin!

Because really, lots of these things don’t matter... they do not define you... Love every part of you, even what you consider imperfections... and magnify your strengths!

If you don’t look down on yourself, nobody would!

Iffffffy:
So many body insecurities I'm still dealing with.

Embrace what you can't change and own it.

All the best

PrimadonnaO:
Hehehe. I have a similar story!

So, mine really wasn’t that I lacked self-confidence, but I grew up amongst people who believed that once a young girl starts developing breasts and starts getting shapely at a young age, then she’s spoilt or probably having sex.

As a child, I was bigger than most of my age mates. When the boobs started coming, mehhhn, I was so self-conscious... scared that people will start thinking I was having sex.
I went into “operation-breasts-must-disappear!” LOL. What didn’t I do? Grind the breasts... tied all manner of things to press them down! *Sighs.*
I used to be busty as a teenager...

But other than that... nahh, I never let anyone body shame me. It’s one thing I love about myself. I never buy into anybody’s negative narrative of me. Thick skin!

Because really, lots of these things don’t matter... they do not define you... Love every part of you, even what you consider imperfections... and magnify your strengths!

If you don’t look down on yourself, nobody would!

looking back now it was all very funny,we were in same shoe only that you were bold and full of confidence unlike me who was sometimes feigning sickness to skip school because of those bully.I can't narrate all I did then to flatten my chest lmao.

Rozz:
looking back now it was all very funny,we were in same shoe only that you were bold and full of confidence unlike me who was sometimes feigning sickness to skip school because of those bully.I can't narrate all I did then to flatten my chest lmao.

LOL. We thank God for maturity.

If I hadn’t pressed all the potentials from my breasts, they would have been something remarkable today!

PrimadonnaO:
LOL. We thank God for maturity.

If I hadn’t pressed all the potentials from my breasts, they would have been something remarkable today!

lmao laughing so hard,so I wasn't the only one that went through such experience.Mine gathered momentum and came back with full force beyond me.

Rozz:
lmao laughing so hard,so I wasn't the only one that went through such experience.Mine gathered momentum and came back with full force beyond me.

Thou art lucky! I’m just waiting to see what mine become after children...