Uprising wrote:
Graelwyn wrote:
What others think of your appearance does not matter.
What you think of yourself is what matters.
I'd like to believe that this is true, but sadly enough, seeing yourself as more attractive compared to how others generally see you, only works in your own disadvantage.
High self-confidence gets linked to arrogance, when the other person doesn't see the "positive" traits in you that you are so confident about, you get seen as a try-hard and untrustworthy.
Partially true. However, even in cases where you can back up your claim (example: "I'm pretty intelligent" *has good grades*) people will just be jealous and call you arrogant as well. I also want to add that you're only seen as a "try-hard" or "untrustworthy" when the confidence in yourself isn't genuine. When the confidence itself is made to impress others.
There are so many people, with so many different opinions. Does it matter to have the majority of people think good of you ? Is the goal that everyone think good of you ? There will always be someone who finds you ugly, and someone who thinks you're the most beautiful person in the world. In the end, who you want to believe is up to you.
OP, drop the use of a scale. Beauty isn't something you can rate and it depends from person to person. Also what is it supposed to rate exactly ? Trustworthiness ? Attractiveness ? Professionalism ? How happy you look ? How normal ? As corroonb said, it's dehumanizing.
It's very important that your self worth comes from yourself. I cannot stress enough how downright dangerous it is to rely on what other people think of you to evaluate your own self worth! It leaves you vulnerable to abusers.