When I was a young teenager and the girls in my class started getting their puberty and all the things that came with it, when they got more feminine and curvier, started wearing makeup and looking at boys I was still very child-like. My chest didn't grow like other girls' did, I wasn't interested in romance at all, and all my "masculine", nerdy interests did not help the situation as you would imagine (video games and fantasy worlds' lore were not exactly perceived as a girly thing when I was 13...)
Both boys and girls in my school pointed this out pretty straightforwardly, and even though it felt like it didn't hurt too much in that moment, for many years I've felt very insecure about my body. I was called "flat", "a boy" and even just "stupid-looking" for not having breasts and a curvy waist as a 13 year old!! Sounds incredibly absurd, but all those things got to my head... For a long time I didn't feel feminine at all, and even when my body became like that a lot later, I would hide it in baggy clothes just out of habit and fear.
But I'm very glad that this mindset is in the past now. Thanks to wonderful people around me who helped me regain my confidence and love for myself, I feel very comfortable in my body and think that it's as beautiful as any other! Remember - beauty is a subjective concept, it is unfortunately forced to all of us by mainstream media, which is designed to influence us in negative ways. Your body is natural, and therefore is beautiful and absolutely normal! No one should ever assure you that there are any actual standards of visual beauty, because in fact everything that matters is how you feel inside it. When you feel beautiful and you know it, people will perceive you like that too! 🌸
I wanna share my confidence with you and inspire to love yourself!! And show you a piece of me for your pleasure ☺️
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