So Unsure

I've been thinking. Actually I've been thinking a lot lately.

Why do people pick on themselves? Why do they say such horrible things to them? They think that everybody is better than them and that they're just a speck of dirt compared to everybody else.

Heh, I know I'm guilty of it. In fact, guilty of it this very moment. But maybe not in the same way. I don't really think I've said that everyone is better than myslef. It's more along the lines of me not being such a good person. And I feel really bad about it. The other night at the dance I wasn't crying because I was mad at anyone. Because I really wasn't mad. I know half of the people thought that I was mad at both of the Alex's. But I wasn't. The only person that I was mad at was me, and me only. I guess I'm really unsure about where I stand right now.

I'm confused on what to think about myself. I try talking to God every night. I sometimes find myself praying for two hours. Of course I repeat myself a lot. But it seems that no matter how hard I pray or how long I pray that nothing is happening, and my prayers will never be answered. I know that God is listening to me. But it doesn't feel like he wants to help me. I know that Sarah keeps telling me to continue praying. And I do. She says that God will soon answer me. That it all just takes time. I hope she's right. I hope that what she tells me will happen. And I don't want people to go thinking that I'm mad at people when really I'm mad at myself. It's kinda like one of those things where I have to have something to myself. Like I'm some greedy little 3yr old that doesn't want to share her toys. And the only person that I'm really jealous of is myself. I hear that I'm pretty, and beautiful and all that stuff all of the time. But sometimes it's not what I think or even feel like. I don't know if I really am that beautiful or not. Sometimes people will make me feel like I'm beautiful, but am I really. I guess this is kind of why I feel like a bad person. I don't really know anymore.....

~carebear~
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Ask God for peace, to heal your jealousy before it goes crazy and consumes you. You know where i've been through this. I think you are beautiful and you shouldn't do this to yourself, but I also understand that its not as easy as saying "okay i'm better". In the meantime, chin up ashlely, God loves you and cares about you and in his timing will take care of you, I'm sure of it.
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I ask you to read my poems..."Doubt" and "Masked/Unmasked"...I think they can say what I think about this best....check'em out.

~Zoo
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Thanks guys. I'm trying to get better at this thing.

~carebear~
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Care~

You know...I'm old enough to be your grandmother at 24 here...but let me tell you what I know about this type of behavior.

It's a trap of self-doubt that lots of young ladies like yourself fall into. I know I did when I was in high school. My sophomore year was horrible. I withdrew from all my friends, my grades suffered. In all reality I should have been on medication I suppose.

But I had all these negative thoughts about myself...ALL the time...and they wouldn't stop. I was just constantly berating myself for not being like the other girls I went to school with. I think I had two pairs of jeans and one sweatshirt at that point. I was a total loser. I kept on calling myself stupid. I think I always felt worst around Homecoming or Snoball...no one would ever ask me to the dances and I was never nominated for royalty... And now I thank God that I wasn't...lol. I don't know what drew me out of that funk. Something did...

But even now, almost ten years later...I still have to fight that battle in my mind. I have to tell that voice that's always putting me down to SHUT UP because I don't need to hear it. I know I'm human and that I have faults, but so is everyone else and so DOES every one else. I found out that I needed to just give myself a break You're doing the right thing, girl. Talk to God about it...read His Word to find out what HE thinks about you...because HIS opinion is the one that really matters.

And I know that He loves you more than you'll ever love yourself, and He knows that you are a person of great worth who can make a difference.

Stay cool, chica!
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Thank you so much Marcie!!! It's not that I do want to be like other girls. It's just a whole thing about me and I guess I'm really not comparing myself to another girl about looks or anything. I don't know if that makes sense or not. I hope it does. But yea, I'm going to keep seeking out God to answer everything. And hopefully one day he'll answer me.

~carebear~