I was thinking today about this girl. I went to her website again to see
if she posted any more hilarious stuff and I noticed that someone had
posted something terrible in her little chat box. I thought to myself,
"What will she do when she sees that?"
Let me explain that this girl is the geekiest, most socially awkward, strangest person I've ever seen, and I mean even more awkward than television personalities that are specifically designed to be awkward. Her website is hilarious because it is all about her favorite fandoms and things and includes a link to both her youtube and deviant art, which are both absolutely entertaining forever. I feel lucky that I met, in person, this young lady who deserves the Something Awful spotlight shined down on her.
Anyway, as to her reaction, the answer is she will
probably get angry and then completely forget about it and move on.
She's had so much ridicule in her life that she knows how to deal with
it. That's no feat of great skill since a majority of people have had
to learn such skills, but what made me really think was that there is
one person she never has to hear insults from.
Herself.
No
matter what you say to her or what you do to her, she's still there,
trying her best to be your friend and impress you. She thinks
everything she does is really cool and she also thinks you should think
it's cool, too. This may get slightly annoying (or be completely
hilarious) to people around her, but I bet she never has thoughts like:
"I'm so ugly. Why am I so fat? Why do I look like this? I look like a boy!!"
"All the stuff I like is so dumb and the way I explain to others how much I like something really makes me look like a dweeb."
"I
can't exercise for shit and when I say I'm eating a light snack I eat
like five brownies. I suck so badly at controlling myself!"
because
everyone already tells her that stuff, and we all know the more someone
tells you to do something or tries to make your decisions for you, the
more you don't want to agree with them or do what they say.
But
still, my main point is that she has no internal parasites (I'm
assuming for the sake of argument) and lives a pretty happy life from
what I can tell.
So here are my questions:
Why can't someone like me who has so much (love,
family, friends, health, a bright future, intelligence, etc.) be more
like Leslie? Why can't I get rid of all my self hate and be happy?
Why can't I think positively every day and remember only the good
instead of completely focusing all my energy on the bad?
I'm really working to find the answers to the questions. To that end I've been trying to think positively.
For
example, this morning when I looked in the mirror I thought to myself,
"Hey, I've lost a bit of weight and my abs look a bit more defined,"
instead of, "God you fat cow, you need to get rid of like a billion
more pounds before anyone is EVER going to find you attractive."
When
I washed my face I thought to myself, "You know, lady, there are a lot
of ugly ass girls around, and you ain't one of them," instead of, "Your
lips are so chapped and you have blackheads all over your chin and nose
that everyone is looking at. You are sooo gross!!"
Last
night when I gorged myself with all the sushi and tempura my friends and I made and then shoved a Butterfinger custard in as well I thought to myself, "Wow, that was an amazing meal
and I shared it with friends. What an awesome night!" instead of, "You
just exceeded your daily intake allowance by like 1000 calories. Now
you are going to gain everything back! You are such a damn failure!"
When
I got on this computer and checked who was on AIM I thought to myself,
"Why isn't Andrew ever online? Man, Ryan is idle, too. And no
Monique...AIM is boring this morning," instead of, "Is Jason on?? Is he
on?? Should I just send him a message anyway? He must hate me, I know
he hates me, HE HATES ME! I'll never be friends with him again! I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid, I'm so fucking stupid!! He isn't logging on because he knows I'm on, doesn't he! Or he blocked me again. HE BLOCKED ME!!!"
When
I remembered I had homework I thought to myself, "I've got this, it
can't be that hard, especially since it's review from last semester
still," instead of, "You are so stupid and lazy! You put off your
homework until the day before it was due!? You'll never finish it!
You might as well just give up now and get C's again this semester because you are so completely pointless and stupid and no one will ever hire you."
And then there is my male. I want to explain to everyone just how amazing he is:
He
constantly tells me I'm beautiful and that he loves my face and that I
feel nice to hold, even without me saying something negative about my
body.
He always tells me I'm really smart and cites that fact
that my GPA is higher than his when I argue that he is way smarter than
me.
He never says no when I ask him to:
- give me a back rub.
- play with my hair.
- listen to my problems instead of playing a game or watching television.
- wear kitty ears and meow while I tie him up and proceed to do whatever I want with him.
When
we talk about my problems, he always comes from a really rational place
and tries to help me logically instead of emotionally, which works
really well and always kind of opens my eyes to the error in my
thoughts.
He believes in me more than I ever believed in myself
and stayed with me through all the rough times last year even though I
tried to push him away.
He's the most wonderful creature on the planet and consistently suggests that we are soul mates.
Without
his love and support I would be in a far worse place mentally right
now, but because I have him to support me I think I can come out of
this kind of cruddy time and get back to being happy and loving myself.
So there you have it. That's what I've been thinking about for the past couple of days.
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