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I keep hyping up to meet with my online friends but shut them down once they're near my area
I need thoughts on my situation, I've had severe issues with how I looked like and body dysmorphia since I was young. I love my online friends and want to meet them so badly but once they ask if I can hang out when they're near my area (They didn't go so far just for me, just for something else and happen to be near me) I get this overwhelming sense of feeling like they would think I'm ugly compared to pictures they've seen. I don't use heavy filters or anything that doesn't look like me and I'm excited/happy to meet them irl but I just can't bring myself to meet them. I'm trying to work on it but I just hope they won't be disappointed in me when I can finally tell them the truth (Not looking for sympathy or compliments, I'm well aware it's a me problem and just wanted to look for other people's thoughts)
i also had this same problem but it was during the pandemic (little after quarantine was lifted, but masks were required). So i would agree to meet however i wouldn’t take off my mask at all during the meet (not even to drink water)
Looking back at it (4 years later) i view photos of myself during that time and see absolutely nothing wrong with ...... reply
Put the most ugly photos of yours out there , the ones where you think you look better in real life. If they still want to see you then you can be confident that they ll still like you in reality reply
I'm going to be honest, i still struggle with body dysmorphia regarding my weight and my appearance because of how much these things are shames. But I've found that if they are truly your friends they will never make fun of you or point out things like that. They will simply be happy to be in your company and not make you any lesser about the thing...... reply
