| Subject: Re: re. self-esteem issues...... |
Author:
Craig(UK)
|
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 16:07:25 08/05/04 Thu
In reply to:
jo(uk)
's message, "re. self-esteem issues......" on 08:36:51 08/04/04 Wed
Jo you are so right in everything you said there, I am in a very similar situation to your with having the crooked teeth and now I've had braces on 5 months and the difference is amazing. Hopefully I will feel brave enough to post pics soon, but not just yet lol. Self Esteem and low confidence to people who have problems with their teeth, like you used to have, and myself and other people out there have, it cannot be measured in how important it is to have these issues addressed. Getting braces for me was the singularly most important thing I have ever done in my life so far, and I'd think you would agree...;0) your teeth look unbelievably different to how they used to look, good on you!!!
>Hi there JJ, it's weird after having the braces off I
>have met new people who a) didn't know me with crooked
>teeth and also b) didn't know me with braces either,
>and I feel I am very confident when talking to them.
>Some people who knew me before and during braces
>didn't even notice the braces were off (thanks
>mum-in-law!!!!)
>I feel like a new person, but still the same, its hard
>to explain. When talking face to face with people I
>used to think they were looking at my horrible teeth
>(they were) and then looking at my braces (they
>definatley were I couldn't abstain from curry!!...glow
>in the dark green/yellow isn't very flattering!), now
>when I talk closely to people they are engaging me
>right in the eyes (sometimes feels a little
>uncomfortable, especially when they are male....I'm
>not used to this!)
>Anyway, other people who have known me a long time,
>say I am smiling ALL the time (I tried not to before)
>talk more (is that a good thing?) and seem somehow
>younger in my attitude and the way I carry
>myself.......it all seems to be good!
>I had very very low self-esteem before, painfully so,
>I don't think people who haven't gone through this
>process know what it means to us to decide to do this
>and what deep-rooted issues surround the way we see
>ourselves, it isn't just vanity.
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
| |
Feedback: 