How do I genuinely feel confident and happy in my own skin?
Hello ladies,
I’ll give you all a bit of context, I’m an arab woman (22) with an olive to tan skin tone. My features are dark but I come across as cute rather than hot.
For a while, I feel like I really struggle with my confidence when I’m around other women, but on my own I feel drop dead gorgeous.
I tend to compare myself to woman with softer or lighter features which is unrealistic unless I magically change overnight. I also feel as though my confidence completely drops when I am mistreated by others or ignored by someone in a conversation. To be honest, at the back of mind I usually think "if I was pretty enough, they wouldn’t have talked to me that way"
I’m also up in my head most of the time like I’m so self aware it’s exhausting. I know this is reddit, not a therapy session, but I just need some practical advice. Something that can help me start now with a change