TheDragon
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I hate the phrase 'Just be confident' and 'Just have a good personality'
Good personality doesn't mean shit if you're unattractive. Beauty and the beast isn't real life.
You can't be confident if you're unattractive. You'll either get ignored by everyone or get outright bullied for your confidence and because of negative reinforcement theory, you'll naturally stop being confident.
I've been bullied a bit when I was younger due to the fact because I was chubby and looked asian even though I'm hapa. 8th grade was the worst. I went to an all-boys school and more than 50% of the kids were jocks. Obviously I got bullied a lot by the obnoxious athletic kids. It was kind of a good thing since my parents transferred me to a school that wasn't all boys and it also prompted me to gymmax but the bullying destroyed my last bit of confidence made me socially awkward as fuck. It's been about two years since I've moved I've made no (lasting) friends at all because of my awkwardness. Not even male friends. I've had girls talk to me but I always fuck up the conversation making them not want to talk to me. The most that has happened was when a girl invited me to hang out and the entire time I never made her laugh and didn't even talk much except for boring shit using the 'social skills' I learned from my therapist. I haven't talked to her since because I'm too awkward and for the fact she hangs out with my crush. How tf are you supposed to 'be confident' when you've been ignored and outright bullied many times in your life?
Good personality doesn't mean shit if you're unattractive. Beauty and the beast isn't real life.
You can't be confident if you're unattractive. You'll either get ignored by everyone or get outright bullied for your confidence and because of negative reinforcement theory, you'll naturally stop being confident.
I've been bullied a bit when I was younger due to the fact because I was chubby and looked asian even though I'm hapa. 8th grade was the worst. I went to an all-boys school and more than 50% of the kids were jocks. Obviously I got bullied a lot by the obnoxious athletic kids. It was kind of a good thing since my parents transferred me to a school that wasn't all boys and it also prompted me to gymmax but the bullying destroyed my last bit of confidence made me socially awkward as fuck. It's been about two years since I've moved I've made no (lasting) friends at all because of my awkwardness. Not even male friends. I've had girls talk to me but I always fuck up the conversation making them not want to talk to me. The most that has happened was when a girl invited me to hang out and the entire time I never made her laugh and didn't even talk much except for boring shit using the 'social skills' I learned from my therapist. I haven't talked to her since because I'm too awkward and for the fact she hangs out with my crush. How tf are you supposed to 'be confident' when you've been ignored and outright bullied many times in your life?