If growing up you were insecure and self conscious about something on your body(fat, wearing glasses, ugly smile etc) but managed to fix that issue as an adult, did that self consciousness and insecurity go away or despite liking how you look right now you still feel the same?
I have a shit smile(big rabbit teeth) and all throughout my life it caused me many issues and made me somewhat of social life zombie, now I have finally enough money to get it fixed and I'm trying to figure out if I'll be more confident afterwards or the damage will stay the same. I don't want to spend thousands of pesos for nothing.
>Tldr
Will fixing my smile fix my confidence issues?
Someone has the answer.
You want be anymore confident and you'll still regret avoiding pictures and not smiling in any of the ones you did take over the last several decades.
It’ll fix one aspect, but you’ll find another flaw to blame all your problems on
I don't think so, growing up and still now teeth were always the cause of my social discomfort, I just fear that feeling is now engraved to myself and won't go away even if fixed.
>I don't think so, growing up and still now teeth were always the cause of my social discomfort, I just fear that feeling is now engraved to myself and won't go away even if fixed.
Yeah its over bro. You'll never recover and probably never smile at anyone even though your teeth are now good. You will never get that confidence that everyone with normal teeth have and its pretty grim outlook to be honest with you. Do you have any plan for how you are gonna live the rest of your life lacking confidence and not being able to talk to people and smile?
fitness?
I was a skinny and weak child and I was mogged in jr high by kids stronger and more aggressive than me who developed earlier. I have a vivid memory of being told to get up and leave from a lunch table by a kid one of my first days of junior high. To this day I use the anger and want to smash that kids skull into paste when i lift and box. But I don’t really feel weak now, I feel pretty strong and satisfied with my physique in general
The suffering never ends no matter how many times you fix something about yourself. Like anything you get it fixed and it feels good for a bit but then you find something else to worry about. The only thing that fills the hole is drugs which is why I'm so pissed my cousin hid his fucking weed from me today
no, however you might act and look more handsome/confident and that can lead to more positive social interactions and that definitely boosts confidence over time.
yes
find goals such as this
even if its shallow vanity
it helped me getting gf again
>tldr
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I have body dysmorphia like everyone else here, and I'm completely serious, not joking - having sex in front of a mirror cures me of it for like weeks at a time. I just feel normal looking at myself somehow. It comes back eventually but it's crazy.
Your 1teeth are pr0bably THe most important thing in life. You're judged on them more than anything else.
Gave me back every drop of confidence I used to have years ago
Whatever the cost fix them
That's what I want to hear. At the very least people will perceive me as less of a crackhead.
if you like what new one looks like, you will probably try showing it off instead, dont do that. in short it will go away if its done well, and dont do what i said so you arent that weird guy instead
I had fucked up teeth growing up but I never really thought about it until society told me I should. That made me super insecure until I got them fixed. Now I love my smile and look for any opportunity to laugh or smile because I feel like it's my best feature. Tbf though, I always got told that I had a nice smile/laugh as a kid so idk maybe I returned to the confidence I already had
>Will fixing my smile fix my confidence issues?
Read Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Super old book, but it's written by a plastic surgeon who noticed he had all sorts of patients who still felt bad after fixing their physical issues. And it's full of practical tips for fixing self-image
if your insecurity truly stems only from this one thing then yes the confidence gains will be tremendous, like getting gyno fixed or a hair transplant or something. dont believe the demoralization posters itt OP if this is truly holding you back absolutely get it fixed
Nice, thanks.
>If growing up you were insecure and self conscious about something on your body
Do you ever think about the fact that every single person who ever watches a coming of age story about an insecure kid becoming a self-assured adult identifies with said insecure kid, and not all the other people on screen who "seem to have it all together" from a distance? What could that possibly mean?