And how did you respond to it? How did you feel when someone tried pushing an insecurity on you when you like that part of yourself?
What’s something someone tried to make you insecure about but failed?
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And how did you respond to it? How did you feel when someone tried pushing an insecurity on you when you like that part of yourself?
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Being bubbly and generally a happy and friendly person. Like ???? Nice try.
Some people seem to mistake cheerfulness for a lack of intelligence, for some reason.
I’ve come to realize that it says more about them than it does me.
My self-worth is not contingent on others’ opinions. If I’m happy with myself, that’s all that matters. If I’m not, I’ll work on myself, for myself. I used to weigh more a couple of years ago, and people made comments about it. I did lose all the weight, but it was for myself, not for anyone else.
I dont put up with any bullshit like that.
one person said “wow you have big thighs” (I do heavy weight lifting and build muscle there fast) to which I responded with “yes that’s right; I can squat 190lbs on a free bar. let me know if you need advice when you want to start strength training and get strong legs as well”. The look on her face was priceless 😂
another person said “you have gray hair” and I said “yup, I see you have wrinkles. We’re both aging!”.
People immediately go for my height. I’m 5’1 and it has never bothered me in the slightest yet people immediately pick that to rip on as if we are children? Literally who cares. Also my small boobs but I love my boobs and they fit my body perfectly🤷♀️
I think I learned a long time ago that anyone trying to make fun of me is simply insecure themselves and what they think does not matter as long as I’m secure with myself. Teach your self, friends, siblings, kids, etc. self love, it goes a long way♥️
The way I walk. I have a strut (my mom taught me to walk into every room like I own it, so I do) and I have had so many people try and tear me down for that. Not happening. I am confident, I do own any room I walk into 😉
“You’re short.”
“Correct.” Shrug.
Brother used to try to make me insecure of my singing voice because I sing all the time. I’m not the best singer by any means but I’m not tone deaf and it’s something that brings me genuine joy. I think it hurt my feelings at first but I like the sound of my voice so I don’t really care if he does too or if anyone else does for that matter.
caring too much about my health. I will go to bed early, I will skip going out, and I will prioritize movement. I have struck a healthy balance finally but I refuse to be told I’m lame or “old” (I’m 23) for caring about my health.
Some loser guy tried to neg me by saying I had fat arms. Like no I don’t?
I find it hilarious when strangers decide to comment on my appearance. I’m sorry, who the fuck are you and why am I supposed to care? And I will generally laugh and say pretty much that.
Being in a happy relationship, this was coming from someone who continuously cheats on his missus even doing it on a fake account where he pretends to be a female and has interacted with a 15 year old. Well I sent his partner all the screenshots of what he had been up to with other girls. It didn’t bother me because my husband said it was crap and that there was nothing wrong with how we was. (The dude also got mad because I held my husbands hand in public and when we was together, my husband wasn’t messaging him because he was busy with me)
A gym teacher in high school tried to make me insecure about being skinny, and specifically, having small wrists? Granted, in the moment it was incredibly embarrassing because he took my wrist and wrapped his fingers around it in front of a bunch of people. He tried to make it something funny, but my young brain couldn’t understand why an adult 4 times my age is making comments about parts of my body. I used to have a weird relationship with my body after that, but just ignored it because how is that something I can control? I feel alright in my body so why should it become a thing after one person.
Getting easily excited about little things. Small joys are wonderful & I will never stop appreciating them
Settling and not having kids at my age. I would rather be alone and childless than marry/have a child with a looser over societal pressure.
About my introverted nature & selective socialising. I am not really a party person & I love hanging out at my home instead. My bff would whine abt how I am really private person & it bothered her & how I’m missing out so much in life etc, by not partying or doing weed, by not posting on social media.
But I’m really sorted about my priorities so it didn’t bother me.
2 years later, she came to me saying she wants to learn how to be a private person from me. 🤷♀️
My nose and ears. They called them big and I was no they’re not. 😂🤣 it was the wildest thing and I couldn’t care less about that. I actually loooove my nose. 😊
“Oh, I don’t really like girls that do XYZ, that’s not attractive to me”
Oh, THANK GOD. Please shoot me if I start hanging on to the every word and thought of random dudes who want to get twisty with me!! Especially when I’m already in a relationship, lmao
“Your eyes are too big”
I laughed. I’ve received compliments for my doe eyes my whole life