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Uglyness

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Couie · 27/02/2019 21:23

I have struggled greatly through most of my teens to thirties with the fact that I dislike very much everything about my face. It has made me feel extremely self concious sometimes to the point that I sit and cry (most days) in the bath, shower or in my car and avoid certain social situations. I always thought I would 'glow' being pregnant but I am 28 weeks pregnant and nothing has changed. I think I just wanted to know if other people feel like this? I have had CBT and struggle putting it into practice because everything in my head is so negative.

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MrsMaisel · 27/02/2019 21:48

I have struggled with this - i would like to say, in the past, but still do to a degree. As a teen i had a 'disfigurement' and surgery to fix it went wrong. I don't want to say the wrong thing, but is there anything specific you want to do to 'correct' anything, or is it just the way you look overall.
Because of what i have been through, i notice faces - and actually, most people are pretty 'average' looking. There are very few truly ugly people. Average is ok you know. The rest is 'you' - your personality, how you treat people. I just hated feeling that my disfigurement distracted people from seeing the rest of me.

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