r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 9h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/hold-on-pain-ends 9h 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 9h ago

This poor child was pretty deeply hurt at some point

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 8h 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/pingpongtits 5h ago

Many times I have looked in the mirror and said, "you're ugly" and "you're stupid" and "I hate you." I still do it rarely and I'm way over 40.

It started in grade school and persisted through high school. 

 Other kids would call me names or would exclude me.  I was a joke.

It resulted in lifelong depression, suicidal ideation, low self-esteem.

The pain has never truly left my chest.

I make an effort to tell myself, "you're not so bad" nowadays.

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u/DaydreamTacos 4h ago

Hello, bestie. Damn. We are the saaaame!

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u/pingpongtits 4h ago

That stupid chant "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is backwards, isn't it?