gooozooowggyoflove
Tryna be a nice kid and fix my mental
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It feels like things never truly get better, and when they do, it’s never sustainable.
Earlier today I got a call from a girl who used to bully me. She was with another girl, and they asked if I wanted to hang out. She said they were “helping people with their glow-ups,” not realizing how much better I already look now. They still see me as the same person I used to be, and that really messed with me.
I’m pretty sure they’ve already seen how I look now—and honestly, I look way better than them—but it still doesn’t matter. Where I live, it feels like race and status always win no matter how you actually look. Girls here are insanely hypergamous, and it makes everything feel pointless. I genuinely feel like I can’t live here anymore.
I’m tall for my age (5'9.5" at 13), I have a deep voice, and a masculine face. Online and in male spaces, I get validation and respect. But in real life, I still get people bashing me and talking about me like nothing changed. After two years of constantly trying to improve my looks, hearing that stuff still hurts, no matter how much people say it shouldn’t.
I’ve stood up for myself before. I’ve fired back and made girls cry for saying stuff to me. But I’m exhausted from always having to defend myself. Now I just let it go and move on with my day, but it’s been weighing on me more and more.
Even though people say I’m good-looking now, I never feel secure. I have a girlfriend who I find really attractive, and she’s honestly my only real comfort. But the feeling never fully goes away. It’s like life keeps finding random ways to knock me down—like this call from someone from my old school, a place I literally transferred out of because of people like her. When I said I already had my glow-up, she replied, “That’s what you think.”
It makes me spiral into thinking I did something wrong, like this is karma or punishment. I’ll just be lying in bed staring at the ceiling wondering why this keeps happening.
On top of that, the stress hit me hard this morning. My cortisol spiked, I got bloated, and no matter what I did all day, I couldn’t fix it. Stress ruined my whole day before it even started.
I’m tired. I feel depressed. I don’t feel like I’m ugly anymore, but I lived that life before, and the memory never leaves. I get validation now, but it never feels permanent. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, and I don’t know how much more of this I can take.
TL;DR
A girl who used to bully me called today and talked down to me like I hadn’t changed, which triggered a spiral. Even though I’ve glowed up a lot, get validation now, and have a girlfriend, I still don’t feel secure or at peace. Living where I do makes me feel constantly judged and inferior no matter how much I improve. Years of trying to fix my looks, dealing with stress, and reliving past bullying have left me exhausted, depressed, and questioning why life keeps knocking me down
Earlier today I got a call from a girl who used to bully me. She was with another girl, and they asked if I wanted to hang out. She said they were “helping people with their glow-ups,” not realizing how much better I already look now. They still see me as the same person I used to be, and that really messed with me.
I’m pretty sure they’ve already seen how I look now—and honestly, I look way better than them—but it still doesn’t matter. Where I live, it feels like race and status always win no matter how you actually look. Girls here are insanely hypergamous, and it makes everything feel pointless. I genuinely feel like I can’t live here anymore.
I’m tall for my age (5'9.5" at 13), I have a deep voice, and a masculine face. Online and in male spaces, I get validation and respect. But in real life, I still get people bashing me and talking about me like nothing changed. After two years of constantly trying to improve my looks, hearing that stuff still hurts, no matter how much people say it shouldn’t.
I’ve stood up for myself before. I’ve fired back and made girls cry for saying stuff to me. But I’m exhausted from always having to defend myself. Now I just let it go and move on with my day, but it’s been weighing on me more and more.
Even though people say I’m good-looking now, I never feel secure. I have a girlfriend who I find really attractive, and she’s honestly my only real comfort. But the feeling never fully goes away. It’s like life keeps finding random ways to knock me down—like this call from someone from my old school, a place I literally transferred out of because of people like her. When I said I already had my glow-up, she replied, “That’s what you think.”
It makes me spiral into thinking I did something wrong, like this is karma or punishment. I’ll just be lying in bed staring at the ceiling wondering why this keeps happening.
On top of that, the stress hit me hard this morning. My cortisol spiked, I got bloated, and no matter what I did all day, I couldn’t fix it. Stress ruined my whole day before it even started.
I’m tired. I feel depressed. I don’t feel like I’m ugly anymore, but I lived that life before, and the memory never leaves. I get validation now, but it never feels permanent. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, and I don’t know how much more of this I can take.
TL;DR
A girl who used to bully me called today and talked down to me like I hadn’t changed, which triggered a spiral. Even though I’ve glowed up a lot, get validation now, and have a girlfriend, I still don’t feel secure or at peace. Living where I do makes me feel constantly judged and inferior no matter how much I improve. Years of trying to fix my looks, dealing with stress, and reliving past bullying have left me exhausted, depressed, and questioning why life keeps knocking me down
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