OK I'm 12 and I have seriouse body image issues I think I'm ugly and fat but if I told my friends that they'll say I'm forsurly insane When I look into the miror I see myself fat most of the time or I think I look fat then when I look back on it I looked really skinny well not skinny but in shape I told one of my friends I didn't like the way my body looked and she said are you kidding me you have big boobs a nice a** great curves and a tine waste how can you? When I look at my shado compared to most peoples I see long legs great hips a tiny waste a large ches and a good shaped head and neck while my friends have rather normal looking figures then when I stand in mirror with them I see myself really fat or over weight its so annoying what's wrong and I'm not going on any crash diet

I'm not an expert in these things, but could it be your self-esteem? If you really do see yourself as overweight, then I won't tell you, you'd already know what to do and you'd get the same advice: Exercise, have a healthy diet, and so on.

I could be getting the wrong message here but you said your friends said you looked great. If they complimented you, why should you worry? They are your friends, right? They'd be honest with you... so need to worry.

I am not an expert Hey, once you go through your teenage years, I'm sure you'll "slim out". I could be wrong, though.

Well lately meaning the last two years I've been having seriouse isues with me mentaly and depretion the thing is usually when I look in the mirror at least for the first minute I look in it I see an inshape girl or if I stress over the fact I look sweaty I see myself skinny or really inshape you got the right message about my friends acorrding to what they say their insanly jelouse of my body well I think its more myself histeme I think that's causeing myself to see these images of me

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Originally Posted by Ging1994

well lately meaning the last two years i've been having seriouse isues with me mentaly and depretion the thing is usualy when i look in the mirror at least for the first minute i look in it i see an inshape girl or if i stress over the fact i look sweaty i see my self skinny or realy inshape you got the right message about my friends acorrding to what they say their insanly jelouse of my body well i think its more my self histeme i think thats causeing myself to see these images of me

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You're depressed? Yowzers, I don't know how I can help you there. You probably already saw a counselor, pyschologist or doctor or maybe even all three. As for self-esteem, you said you see a chubby( I didn't know how else to say it without being rude) person in the mirror. I don't know what you look like but I'm sure you look great( I'm assuming that you're the person I see on your avatar. Maybe you find one thing you hate about yourself and you just hate it and it makes you feel bad that you hate it, so you end up hating yourself.

I found this advice somewhere in AMHD, and it said you should find one part of your body you really like and highlight it, show off, or make it more pretty( I can't remember exactly.) For me, it's my hair. I really like my hair.

I'm sorry if this is wrong or it's the wrong advice. I'm always confused.