In Reply to: The Ultimate Cure (never fails) posted by Dan__ on December 14, 2000 at 22:07:18:
: hey
: you know how you think to yourself how good life would be if your skin cleared up, you got a nice tan and started going to the gym, or somthing like that? Well as far as im concerned you might as well live that way now. the key involves the mirror. DONT USE IT. you do more damage to yourself by constantly looking and analyzing yourself than the acne does. shit, theres nothing wrong with trying to get better, im on some drugs and will probably take accutane, but minimize mirror time. checking your progress 12 xs a day and alwaays looking at reflections here and there just reminds you of your flaws, that dont change that much hour to hour or even day to day that much. try to get better, but live as if your face is clear, its all about self confidence. i knnnow plenty of people with fun lives and who an get dates who have acne(some of them bad too),but they dont sulk around and think about 'if onlys...'. Just dont think about it. I know personaly this is much harder than it sounds, but if you do this you have already conquered 95% of the desease. Now all the fitting in shit. if you act normal and are nice and cheerful you wont have trouble. of course there are the people who ridicule....but people who do that...i really hope you dont care what they say anyway. if you are outcast or looked at funnily.. then you are, and you can make a deeper assumption about that person that than they did about you, and hopefuly make a wise desicion as to whether you want to be close or around that person at all. Hopefuly not!
: its all about self esteem, and if you don't like the way you look, dont look at yourself too oftne in the mirror! if you want others to think of you as a person and not just a blemished face, start thinking about yourself that way. im rambling now. remember..treatement = good
: obsession = bad
: challenge yourself to look in the mirror less.
: challenge yourself to change your attitude!
: its worked for me. thanx
: dan
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i agree. I used to look in the mirror every 5 minutes and constantly critisize my face, and that really hurt me emotionally and spiritually. Beating acne is definitely 95% mental.