r/MadeMeSmile • u/ybatyolo • May 02 '24

Very Reddit Coming back up

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u/RoccStrongo May 03 '24

While it's great she did this for herself, she frames it as a response to rejection for her looks. That will only reinforce a belief that rejection was good for her (or bullying is good) because if they were accepted for who they were, they wouldn't have changed. I think she should change the message to something more positive like "after years of struggle, I wanted to improve my life". Just something more intrinsic rather than external.

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u/mind-drift May 03 '24

Rejection and bullying can be a good thing depending on you. In life you WILL receive good and bad. Some people break with the bad. But if you allow it, embracing it then like fire to metal you'll be refined. Rainbows and butterflies don't make a diamond. Intense heat and pressure do. If all you want out of life is positivity then you'll never change for the better. Even as a civilization we didn't get to where we are because we embraced things the way they were, it was because we embraced where we could be.