Acne Support Group

Alright...first, I want to say that being pretty will not give you a happy life, at least not permanently. Actually, nothing guarantees happiness. There'll always be a time in your life when a certain happiness will go away for some time. Emotions come and go. Instead, try to focus on accepting and appreciating your life right now with the way it is. Surely, there could be a reason for why it is the way it is, even though you don't realize it now. I know that acceptance of life is not always the easiest thing to do, but it's worth a shot. Maybe you could set little challenges for everyday. It could be as simple as trying a new food, starting a new workout regime, taking interest in a new hobby, etc. Now, I'm certain that you're beautiful, whether you realize it or not. Of course, you can't right now because your physical "flaws" are misleading you. Perhaps you need to focus on your character at this point in your life. Determine what kind of a person you are, your interests, talents, etc. Then, embrace what you discover about yourself and show it to the world. You are so strong on the inside. I know it. It takes time for the positive to be revealed. Hang in there...You can do it. :)

repunzel i completely agree with everything that you have to say ... i need to start applying this to myself. im a guy and i guess i should just be tough and not give a shit about my appearance but it was tough for me becuase i used to be good looking and got praise for what i looked like before my cystic acne took over and scarred me for life. I had MOST of my confidence ripped away from me and have been very depressed because of that. We need to look inward rather than outward to find out who we really are. Acne makes life very difficult hippylu, but it isnt all that you are .. you know that .. i know that. It is a matter of acceptance of that fact and diligence at lookin inward for positive aspects of our being that will bring us out of our preoccupation with something that is really out of our control. I struggle like you do because for me geting the girl was easy, they would come to me (sounds vain and self absorbed, i know) .. but all of htat is gone now and a great deal of who i was was ripped from me. I need to begin to look inward to heal as do you. Have you ever seen zoolander where derek says a quote along the lines of,"theres more to life than being really, really good looking and i plan on finding out what that is." It is comical that he says that becuase of the vanity of the statement - the lack of a realization of what it is that makes us who we are. It most certaainly is not what we look like. As we get older everyone gets friggin ugly anyway. Look inward .. its the only way .. and is where you will find true beauty in yourself. Stay out of the mirror, write, find a hobby, eventually build up the confidenc to go out and help others in need (i plan to try to do this sometime soon), get outside of yourself and your probelms, think about the problems of others around you, etc. THere are plenty of things that you can do to try to find the inner you. I am on my way to doing that and have to start doing a lot of the things I just listed above. It isnt easy, but I am giong to give it a go .. otherwise I will be stuck in my own misery. If we have to live we mgiht as well try to life happily .. life fuckin flies .. you dont want to spend it all worried about your skin or your looks when there are so many other things that life has to offer.

I felt the same way when i was 16..Or when i was 19 and had severe acne..Or when I was on accutane or in brackets so on..Looks are so superficial and yet they matter in this world..i wish we could show the light of our hearts, that there wasn't any beauty pattern, that we were all unique..
Your face will clear..You're only 16..My acne was terrible but it went away with the right treatment..In your twenties you'll be this amazing woman, admired and confident, who will also know to take care of herself because you have had some problems at 16..
After my br left me two onths ago i went on to isolate myself and stay indoors all the time..But that get me so depressed..Now I try to go out every now and then..It doesn't work so much and sometimes i get more depressed, but it keeps me going..I think you should go out a little too..Just get out of the house a little..Maybe you'll feel different..

god knows i know how you feel,i hate going out.i walk around the house with the lights off so no one can see my acne and i isolate myself from people.i also know what is like to hate my body i've bee anorexic for almost 6 years.the truth is however that is to not give up and keep some small hope that time will even things out.i dont have much advise because im going through the same thing but im here if you need to talk:)

being pretty does not make you happy. FACT!

I am always told i am very pretty and i like teh way i look but it doesnt make me happy, i am not always happy. I always though being skinny would make me happy but when i lost weight i wasnt any happier.

what makes me happy is my friends and family and having confidence. You should be happy at who you are and how you look, if you keep wnting to look diffrent thats going to make you unhappy.

Focus on the good points about you, if you have big eyes play them up, beautiful teeth show them off..