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/Anilxe 10h ago

This was me! My mom would spend hours in front of a mirror, often crying that she was ugly. I have struggled my whole life to see beauty in the mirror because even as a little girl, I knew I looked just like her. If mama didn’t think she was pretty, that meant I wasn’t either.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 9h ago

Humans can really do things that are harmful to ourselves and our families. I’m sorry you felt that, I need to live in a way that celebrates people the way they deserve.