Struggling with appearance (25M)
Since a very young age I always thought I looked different to normal people but as a kid it’s obviously much less important how you look so I never cared about it that much, I just didnt like myself in pictures.
As Im getting older though all my friends have been dating constantly and getting into serious relationships while Ive never experienced romance in any way. Ive had some girls that I felt a lot of chemistry with but they never wanted to get to know me in that way. I know its because of my looks because ive been bullied for it my entire life and even though there is more to life than love, sometimes I just want someone to do things with you know? And obviously as you get older social life is going into the direction of your own family and less of seeing friends. That loneliness has been eating away at me a lot. Also not having that support of a partner while dealing with health problems is kinda tough.
Ive kinda tried everything to look better. Lifting weights, good diet, best hair style possible, dressing well to kinda hide my body type, but I still look like a 3/10 at best. The face is just too underdeveloped.
Ive kinda made peace that this is just going to be a solo ride but it still hurts sometimes as I think my soul is very romantic. This disease has taken so much from me man :/