Im ugly and repulsive

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What would you do if you were in this situation? im hiding at home but i cant continue to live this way forever.

I have both mental disorders and physical ugliness at the same time. its hard to cope

Pretty much every person with social anxiety or similar disorders think they're ugly. Even if you are, looks are not carved in stone; there's always something you can do to improve your appearance.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

All of God's creatures are beautiful. On a more prosaic level, some of the women I find the most beautiful are considered ugly or plain - by themselves, and often by others, too.

Appearance is overrated by society


You can't guarantee aesthetics


Plenty of "ugly" people have jobs and friends



Lookism


With the exception of makeup and plastic surgery, you can only change your appearance so much


Please worry less about your appearance and please do something that might be useful

Do not be afraid of people who think you will always be ugly based on your appearance alone.

Im in the same situation and I do the same. Hide at home.

You're both so young, you have your whole lives ahead of you. Do either of you have siblings who would be able to help build your confidence?

I bet you're not ugly. It's your low self-esteem telling you so.

31 and ugly and poor. I dont know what to do or how much longer I’ll manage to keep living.

Can you go to college and get a high paid job?

Very, very few people are actually "ugly."

There are people here who think they're "ugly." I've seen their pictures. They are not ugly at all.

I've known some really good-looking people, actually, who call themselves "ugly."

Just like people with anorexia nervosa call themselves "fat" when they are actually emaciated.

I saw tons of special needs people adults and kids recently at a day camp for 2 weeks .
A lot of them were (only when im reflecting on this topic after reading original post) what a 'neurotypical' bullying and superficial person might call ugly, because they internalize a certain standard and dimension as beauty and acceptable.

Which is arbitrary and untrue and also too conditional to have any influence on whether a person should go out or not.
They weren't ugly because they were being and ok with themselves and thinking about living and participating not about their looks which is a very frustrating inadequate explanation..

Beauty is just one key that unlocks doors. Another more reliable key might be bravery and taking initiative and developing confidence.

I found i cannot develop confidence by staying in my house. In fact it gets worse. Then when i have to go somewhere I feel much uglier, more stupid, more hateful, more distraught and more vulnerable than before.

Because i didnt make a habit of going out and doing constructive activities I had just pandered to my insecurities and i did not maintain a 'path' to keep confident and focused and content.

I mean it wd make it worse. If you can get ppl to help you find and participate in activities and support and possiblt meds/therapy to combat any prohibitive perseveration? Its v v v difficult and continuous I know.

We all want you to feel better and grow with confidence. It's your right to go out and be respected and feel at ease.

also looks should not be a hindrance to going out in the world confidently. If it will help, if you get a nice outfit , or shoes, or perfume, or a hairstyle you like (can ask a family member for help with this) , you might not feel so self conscious

You will know that whatever you COULD control, you did. That is very positive. It is uplifting to have a nice pair of shoes or a nice shirt.

If u are pleased with the effort you made, and whatever nice item you are using that you personally like, then everyone (worth knowing) will be pleased too.

I saw in your other post you were talking about being jobless and feeling like there was no reason to go out.



I had agoraphobia issues (mentioned on the forum here many times) and online (betterhelp dot com) therapy helped me greatly.

It took months but with each session the lady helped me greatly. I only realize it now.

She chipped away at the irrationality and the fears with me. I was unwilling but she helped me delve into fears and worries and bad experiences that added to those restrictive beliefs

Then she challenged me to go out one time week to the public library. One time in the whole week.

Then after a while she said to increase and add in grocery store and increase times i go out slightly. Etc

Right now i feel little fear about going out mosr places. Before (as i wrote here ( i was spendinf Hours in the parking lot hiding because i was so scared to go anywhere. I was like that for years but worsened over time. My XH knows this.

I did not believe I could leave or do anything.
Right now I did 2 weeks summer camp fr my kids and was scared n it was difficult but the therapy had chipped away enough of the boulder that I could push it aside after some effort.