PEOPLE STILL
WONDER WHY THE DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE RATES JUST GO UP EACH
YEAR. WELL I KNOW WHY. YES IT'S CAUSE MOST OF THOSE
PEOPLE ARE INSECURE, BUT WHAT'S THE REASON FOR INSECURITY
AND THE INCREASE OF IT ON TEENS? PERFECTION. YES PERFECTION.
AND BEAUTY. THE EXPECTATIONS OF A PRETTY PERSON JUST KEEP
INCREASING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE GORGEOUS EYES, HAIR, TEETH,
SKIN, LIPS, HEIGHT. PEOPLE EXPECT SO MUCH. BUT IN REALITY NO
ONE IS PERFECT. NO ONE CAN EVER BE PERFECT. YOU KNOW THOSE
GIRLS YOU SEE IN THE MAGAZINES? THEY HAVE BEEN EDITED
BEYOND BELIEF. THAT POPULAR GIRL IN YOUR SCHOOL THAT ALL THE
BOYS LOVE? DO YOU SEE THE MAKE-UP SHE WEARS? NO ONE IS
PERFECT. IF WE KEEP COMPARING OUR SELVES TO OTHERS WE WONT
GET ANYWHERE. I UNDERSTAND. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT I
USED TO BE EXTREMELY INSECURE. I HATED MY HAIR, MY CLOTHING,
MY SKINNY-NESS, MY HEIGHT. EVERYTHING. I HAVE TO SAY,
MY PERSPECTIVE HAS CHANGED. A LOT. I ACTUALLY THINK I'M
PRETTY. NOT AVERAGE, NOT EH, BUT PRETTY. I HONESTLY THINK
EVERYONE IS. YOU MAY THINK 'WELL THIS STUPID GIRL
HASN'T SEEN ME YET'. MAYBE I HAVEN'T, BUT
EVERYONE IS GORGEOUS. YOU CAN'T COMPARE YOURSELF TO
OTHERS BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER BE THEM. EVER. AND YOU
CAN'T TEAR YOURSELF DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN BE SOMETHING
YOU'LL NEVER BE. I'M NOT SAYING DELETE THAT PERSON
YOU'RE JEALOUS OF FROM YOUR LIFE, BUT DON'T LET THEIR
LOOKS OR ATTITUDE CONTROL YOUR SELF WORTH. DON'T LET ANY
SOUL CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT PRETTY. PEOPLE WHO SAY
YOU'RE NOT PRETTY ARE JEALOUS. SIMPLE AS THAT. IF NOT,
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROBLEMS TOO. DON'T LET
OTHER CHANGE HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOUR OPINION IS
WHAT MATTERS MOST. NOT OTHERS. IF ANY ONE EVER HAD SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS, CONTACT ME. I'LL HELP. BUT IF YOUR THAT FAR
DOWN, DON'T LET IT GO UN-NOTICED. YOU NEED HELP, AND I
HOPE I CAN BE THAT FOR ANY OF YOU. YOUR SELF WORTH IS WHAT
MATTERS THE MOST. IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHO CHANGE
HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF FOR THE WORST, GET AWAY FROM THEM. MAYBE
THEY HAVE PROBLEMS TOO, BUT YOU CAN'T LET THEIR PROBLEMS
DEPRESS YOU TOO. STICK UP FOR YOURSELF, OR FIND PEOPLE WHO
CAN STICK UP FOR YOU. IT'S A CRUEL WORLD BUT ALWAYS
REMEBER YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. YOU REALLY
ARE.