The Girl In The Mirror #MindOverMatterContest

The Girl In The Mirror

"You're ugly. You look like a beaver with that gap between your teeth. No one is ever going to love you because of how ugly you were. " those were the words of the bullies who tormented me in school.

Going to school was really hard on me since every single day I'd get bullied by people. There wasn't one day that I didn't get bullied. Since 5th grade till my senior year of high school I was bullied.

Bullying ruined my self esteem over the years and I began to hate myself as well as hate my body and the skin I'm in. I started to self harm in 7th grade because that's when the bullying got so bad for me.

Growing up into an adult I still hated myself because of those bullies that tormented me in the past. I recently started learning to love myself and the body I'm in. After getting out of a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship where he would belittle me and be demeaning. I lost all my self esteem I had left but after being single for awhile now I started seeing how beautiful I truly am.

It starts with your mindset and how you think of yourself. It's all about how you love yourself in order for people to love you for you. Getting out of that relationship was truly a blessing and a lesson. I've learned that I'm beautiful just the way I am. I don't need any guy to love me when I can just love myself.

Learning to love myself for my flaws and imperfections and not caring about what other people think of me was one of the best things that I've ever done. I don't care about what negative things people have said to me because at the end of the day I am who I am and I am a beautiful human being inside and out.

Ever since I started loving myself more people wether it be family, friends, co-workers, the kids I work with, people I don't even know compliment me on a daily basis. It really helps with learning to love myself even more. I've never felt so happy in my entire life since I am at peace with myself.

My advice to people who are struggling with learning to love themselves is that you forgive yourself for your mistakes, you remind yourself everyday that you are beautiful, and that you find peace within yourself. I hope that your journey on self acceptance is a positive one with lots of joy and happiness. Best of luck to anyone who reads this and is learning to love themselves. You are beautiful no matter what they say. Don't let anyone bring you down.

P.S. I wrote two poems about self acceptance and self love. Hopefully you can relate to them and I hope they help you or even impact you in a positive way.