How can I learn to love myself?

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At the moment I am feeling very down and for the past few days I have been judging myself a lot. Since I am usually by myself, I am left with my own thoughts. It is a scary thing when all I am doing is judging myself when I should be confident in my own body. The thing is, I hate my own body. I am not confident in myself at all. I hate the way I look and I feel like I am always being ignored. The thing is I am working very hard in school to better my future but as the days go by I feel like I am wasting my time. I really have no motivation anymore. But what I want to do is change. I want to learn how to love my body the way people do. I know nothing is going to change if I just sit here and whine about it. So how can I do that. Is there simple things I can do everyday so I can feel better about myself? How can I have more confidence in myself? Please any advice would help. I just want to stop feeling sorry about myself and change.

Tags: asked February 17, 2015

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Hey.
First, not everyone loves their body besides you. A lot of people are just very good at acting like they're confident in themselves, but truthfully a very small amount of the people you'll meet have any idea what the hell they're doing. You're not alone in feeling like this.
I'm not comfortable with my body either, but I've found some things that have helped. Exercising is one of those things. Sounds obvious, but it really helps. You feel more confident in your physical appearance when you feel good, and because raising your heart rate and exercising releases endorphins and they make you feel positive. You're working towards bettering yourself, and in the meantime you can take confidence from that.
Another thing,(And this is going to sound really weird, just bear with me.) Is spend time with yourself naked. Walk around, be comfortable in your bare skin. There's nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to be embarrassed about. Just you appreciating you, because there's so much to appreciate.
I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling with this, I definitely know how tough it is my friend. Props to you for working hard in school, it really will pay off in your future. Find things to motivate you. Set goals for yourself, write them down. "In one week I will get an A on this quiz, if I achieve this goal, I'll buy myself a fancy coffee." Things like that. They keep you going, man. Trust.
Feel free to message me if you want to talk more about it, I really hope you see how great you are soon and start to feel more comfortable being the awesome person that is you.