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" Hey Jess, I really need help. I&amp;#039;ve been feeling so depressed lately, mostly because I feel nobody likes me. I try to avoid thinking about it, and sometimes I do feel pretty and confident, but then I remember it and get depressed again. I&amp;#039;m really pale, which I wouldn&amp;#039;t mind if I was skinny, but I&amp;#039;m kind of chubby. I have a tummy and really fat legs. I also have braces. I usually wouldn&amp;#039;t care about what others think of me, but now it seems that I can&amp;#039;t even get any friends. I&amp;#039;ve never had a boyfriend and no guy has ever seemed interested in me, not even in a friendly way. This has affected me to the point of not leaving my house to hang with my friends for the fear of being drag into an awkward situation in which I will have to face rejection. I have really gorgeous, almost-flawless friends who get compliments all the time and they&amp;#039;re popular and have many guys interested in them. I&amp;#039;ve read so many posts about people who feel the same as me, but the advice is every time pretty much the same: &amp;quot;Your real beauty is inside/Find someone to love you for who you are/ everyone is beautiful in their own way, and so are you&amp;quot; and I just feel like these are all lies people tell others so they don&amp;#039;t feel bad about themselves because actually there&amp;#039;s nothing they can really do to fix their lives. I just feel so lonely. Arianna Dear Arianna, I&amp;#039;m sorry to hear about all the pain you are going through, but staying in your house for fear of awkward situations is limiting you from living the best possible life you can. Try talking one on one with a friend that you trust and letting them know how you feel. Don&amp;#039;t be afraid to express yourself and lift the weight you feel inside. I promise it will be much easier to carry on when you have someone there to support when you feel alone. It&amp;#039;s tough, but don&amp;#039;t be afraid of rejection \u2014 those provide the best life lessons. Everybody, all ages and sizes has issues with insecurities, but those that are able to overcome fear achieve happiness. Remember that true beauty comes from how you treat yourself, and staying true to the person who are. Work on accepting and loving yourself first, and others will follow suit. Find those activities you excel in and enjoy doing! Let yourself go, and make the most out of life. Look around and find all the positive things in your life, value and cherish those. The social scene growing up can be hard, but it gets better. I wouldn&amp;#039;t lie to you, girl. Hold your head up and show the world your beautiful self. Blessings, Jess "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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