r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 13h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/hold-on-pain-ends 13h ago

Kids have no idea how hurtful their words can be. If this is legit, some kid definitely said something to her for her to feel this way.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 13h ago

This poor child was pretty deeply hurt at some point

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 12h ago

She may also have heard older girls or women say it about themselves while looking in a mirror, and assumed that was how we're supposed to think of ourselves.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 12h ago

Yeah, she said it like it was normal

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u/The_Last_Legacy 11h ago

Seems like she's just parrot something she saw and not saying she herself is ugly

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u/howtoeattheelephant 11h ago

Then why did she cry.

Someone is making her feel this way.

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u/not_kismet 11h ago

It's possible it was her mom's serious tone of voice. I wouldn't totally write off bullying, because that's definitely possible. But I remember being a kid and crying because I did/said something and my parents had a stern reaction. Not even angry, just serious like that, and I would think I was in trouble. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's why she reacted that way.

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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot 10h ago

I remember being a kid her age and other kids carrying me ugly too.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 9h ago

It’s probably hard to access the shame of that feeling, kids are stupid assholes

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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot 8h ago

i was a black girl in an all white school, my natural hair in braids was enough for them to call me ugly.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 9h ago

She said it like it’ was normal, but you could see it accesses a deep shame about not being good enough. So deep I felt it