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Who I really am
Originally appeared online in the teen series Your Healings - September 14, 2021.
I felt like I was on top of the world. It was the beginning of my senior year in high school, and I had great friendships, an amazing boyfriend who saw me for who I truly am, parents who loved me, and teachers at school who supported me.
But one day when looking in the mirror, I started noticing all my “flaws” and picking myself apart. I wished I looked like other girls.
For some reason, after that day I couldn’t get out of that mind-set. I wasn’t acting like myself. I focused more on my looks than my grades. I watched videos on how to make myself look better, and I overworked my body to try to match the standard of beauty I saw on social media.
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