Sometimes I feel like a fake

Sometimes I feel like a fake. I try to present myself to other people as someone who is strong and in control of the situation. I see hundreds of people each day who I know has their own struggles to deal with and sometimes I forget my own. I do not realize that my spots might be showing or that someone could be staring. I come onto this site and I look at all the pictures and think to myself that everyone is so beautiful. I saw a girl with Alopecia and I cried at her beauty and strength. Yet when I look into a mirror I fight back tears that I might not be beautiful or pretty. I try hard to convince myself that I am as beautiful as I see everyone else but it does not always work. Life is hard and I know that a person's perception of themselves is harder than on other people. I wish that I could feel the strength that I see in each person that is here.

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Comment by Calipso on February 29, 2012 at 11:08am

You can choose to feel whatever you want:)There is no one truth. So choose to feel unique if you aren't feeling so pretty, choose to feels extraordinary or one of a kind, choose to feel beautiful. There are so many ways you can choose to feel about yourself:) and it will all be the truth:) (It's not really possible to feel all great about yourself all the time) Hey we all got you know "the bad hair days" or sth like that:DD

Comment by Kimberly Foote on March 1, 2012 at 1:00am

I feel fake too. I feel fake because I am constantly hiding by wearing my wig and fake eyebrow make-up. Hiding everyday is exhausting and the insecurity that maybe my eyebrow make-up got smeared somehow or my wig is slipping or lace is showing etc....yea, I feel fake too. I have completely lost my self confidence and self worth since this happened to me 7 years ago. I used to just have spots, but now bout 5% remains, and the worst is the eyebrows!!! Yea, how do these people seem sooo okay with it, it is funny, i thought I was "strong" in general....guess i'm not. this utterly sucks

Comment by Kristine on March 6, 2012 at 4:35pm

You are beautiful. Own it. At least our tits are real. lol. Right ?

Comment by Natasha Gehrke on March 6, 2012 at 6:01pm

Lol for sure. I'm always self conscious about how I look and act. I'm trying really hard to teach myself that I am beautiful no matter what doubts I may have at times. I spent a long time being told I wasn't good enough for a lot of things but there is no reason that I should think like that. Sometimes you just have to get past all the bull and realize that your view on yourself should not be altered by how you think others might view you. I have been gaining a lot of confidence lately thanks to my friends, family, and my boyfriend, and I'm noticing the more comfortable and confident I am them more others will see me in the same light I see myself.

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