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Im Prooving Self Confidence



                    Either you were rejected by a friend, or you were embarrassed of what you looked like, or had a bad experience in your life that frightened you and conditioned you to think lowly of yourself. Once you find out what this exact issue is, you can begin to work on curing it and treating it.

                For the longest time, I was embarrassed of who I USED to be in the past. In highschool, I was a nerd with acne that could not get laid to save his life. Now this has changed, but whenever I would meet an old school-mate, I would get all those feelings of shame coming back to me again. I was ASHAMED of the person I was.


                        It took me very long to realize the exact emotion I was feeling because I was ignoring it. All I felt was my old self confidence coming back and haunting me, telling me that “I am not good enough” and constantly reminding me of the type of unwanted, weird, creepy nerd that I used to be in highschool.


                          A lot of people hold on to their past, but I am suggest otherwise. Although it is important to remember where you came from, you should always be striving forward and aiming to WHERE YOU WILL GO TO. This world simply doesn’t have time to look back on the past. It’s always about tomorrow.



                              All my friends from highschool commented on how good I look now, or how much I’ve changed… yet all I could focus on was the past. I was focusing on the fact that I was a ‘weird creepy nerd’ who was constantly rejected by girls, time and time again. This would fill my body up with fear, anxiety and destroy every bit of confidence I had. It would set my mind back in the old days of when I was unattractive.


                                  Most men remember a point in their lives where a woman rejected them. Every time you think about asking a girl out, that rejection subconsciously plays over and over in your head and fills you up with fear.


                              I remember a time when the highschool cheerleader shot me down when asking her to dance with me. For the next few years after that, every time before asking a girl out on a date, that bad experience of being rejected by the cheerleader kept playing back in my head, over and over again to the point where it would paralyze me with fear.


                            It wasn’t until I consciously became aware of it, that I was able to change it. You see, it is like a parasite in the dark, feeding off your self confidence, eating it away. It isn’t until you shed the light on it and fight it off that you will ever regain your confidence.

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  • Spiritual Soul gold member
    January 22

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    This is such positive thinking! I liked this a lot, thanks for sharing your story and your heart with us. And thanks for reading and commenting on my poem, it's much appreciated.
    Blessings,
    ~Michaela~


  • Swangrnv gold member
    January 11

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    this is a very positive..

    message about a person find strength to change..very informative and interesting..one question though that i'm confused about..did you intentionally write this as if looking from a male's perspective? i feel stupid asking..

  • Your words a masterfully crafted and there seems a lot to debate yourself over, but rest assured, you are most welcome to allpoetry, I am sure you will aspire and will inspired to improoving your literary image as your life one seems to have landed on its feet. On behalf of all the moderators, plus myself of course, welcome to the site, and please enjoy yourself at all times, whilst you are here. Tony