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I feel hideous

Is it normal that I often feel so horrible about the way that I look I feel that I don't deserve to live? I mean, I just feel so ugly. My body is hideous. I gained a lot of weight due to an injury that kept me from exercising, then I got better and lost it all and now I have stretch marks all up and down my thighs. I hate the way I look. I sometimes get so upset that I cry about it, and just wish I could get laser surgry or something to remove them and get liposuction to make me look better. I cant' be the only one to feel this way. Is this normal or is it just the media really getting to me?
Do you think it's normal?
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Comments (12)
Anonymous
I am like that one minute i like the way i look next i hate it, but fuck it who actually gives a dambed.
Anonymous
ow and i would never think i don't desserve to live i enjoy life just as much as if i felt over the moon with the wat i looked like, i don't know, I am way too lazy to care perfer to just chill and forget about it.
Anonymous
wow you sound just like me!! i was in a car accident and fractured my hip and i couldnt walk for a long time. but during that time i was on pain killers i lost alot of weight because they made me throw up at least 5 times a day. and once i was off the pain killers i gained weight like crazy!! i was 120 lbs and now im over 160lbs because eventhough i can walk now i cant do it for very long. my hip starts to ache and sometimes i have real sharp pains. i feel so fat i have gotten stretch marks on my stomach and thighs. and im so disgusted with myself. i dont even like for my boyfriend to see me naked. when i am naked i yell at him to stop looking at me. i get so depressed sometimes for no reason at all i will just break down and cry for hours and hours wishing i would die. because i always feel everybodys thinking "my god look at how fat she got" i always wear baggy clothing and i only own two pairs of pants and one pair of shorts that actually fit me. i hate going shopping for clothes now because i always wind up breaking down in the store when i cant fit into something. its horrible i cant even hang out with my skinny friends anymore because they make me feel like shit. but now im trying my hardest and am determined to lose my weight and look good again. ive been doing as much excersize as i can handle in hopes that it might bring my self esteem up.
IM UGLY TOO!
im fat, ugly, and lazy i do exersize though but nothing seems to be going anywhere :P i look at the good things about me like my eyes, and my hair, there must be one thing good about you and when you find it LET IT SHINE BABY! :P
Holes=$and :0
I'm "hot" but I am so Psychotic no one wants to fuck on me except my wife. So, I guess we have the same sort of problem. Only I cannot help mySelf other than Self-Lobotomy (trepination).
You, on the other hand, have options...And a Vergina.---> The vergina can get you anyThing in the world
embrace the way you look and join some ugly person club.
Anonymous
stretch marks mean nothing
To the women who posted their stories about changes to their appearance, I just want you to know that you are probably making it very hard for people who are close to you. I am sorry about the unfortunate things that have happened to you, but I wish you could understand that the changes to your appearance probably aren't as unpleasant to those who are or would be close to you as your obsession over your looks are.

The old saying about beauty being only skin deep just isn't true. If its only stretch-marks, I wish you could see that its almost nothing. Almost every woman who has borne a child has those. They are prominent at first but usually fade a great deal with time. What is much more important is a healthy frame and musculature, and more important still, beneith that, your will to live and be a worthwhile person.

It is the spirit that believes it has a right to exist, the right to want and to have wants gratified, that ultimately animates your form and becomes visible through the rythm, directness and confidence of your movements.

If you can believe that you are worth looking at, you will be.
It's both normal AND the media getting to you.

There are people out there who have murdered and raped and gotten away with it, people who have committed or sanctioned unspeakable atrocities. There are people with horrible diseases who live every day in pain, or as a constant burden to their carers. And you think a couple of stretch-marks mean *you* deserve to die?

Get a grip, find a partner who isn't completely shallow, and stop worrying about it. You are not hideous. You have self-image issues, but if stretch-marks are your only physical sub-perfection, you're probably damned attractive. You don't need surgery, you need counselling, or at least someone to talk to.
Anonymous
it's normal to be concerned about your looks..
As for those stretch marks there are topical creams and/or plastic surgery, skin treatments available to get rid of those. You lost all the weight (but that didnt happen overnight did it?) stretchmarks happen, but it's also something you can rid of. It'll take just a bit of effort and some patience depends on which method you use. Look into it. do some research and see which options befits you best. Dont think those good looking models or celebrity get their shape and beauty without a single drop of sweat. Without their regular, often strict dieting, exercise and layers of make-up, they are no different from regular people. However they tend to be distinguished by their talent and unique person. Why don't you incorporate a healthy ,fit diet and routine into your lifestyle and focus more on letting your wonderful personality shine through you instead of putting yourself down.
I don't really like my looks as well, but am now trying to beat it. And trust me there are ppl like us :) so we'll pull through
wow...
sometimes i feel exactly like that... i guess its jus life. i think everybody goes through that same stage even when they are mad pretty. try lookin at the stuff that you are good at and try not bein so dam hard on ur self. u only live to a certain time-sand so use it wisely..
jeez, this is depressing
I honestly feel very bad for you
it's just the media, they're hyping how you're "supposed" to look and it's all bullshit and I'm sure you look great, just social shit is getting you down