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Student 5

I hate my body. I’ve been in bad shape my whole life and wish that I was attractive and fit.

What feelings arise?

I feel embarrassed.

My face embarrasses me. It isn’t symmetrical. My nose is too big and my ears are too small. Forehead is too big.

I feel different.

I feel ugly.

I feel unattractive.

I feel unwanted.

How does it affect you? 

I feel like I can’t find a girlfriend.

What is your part?

I need to stop being a meme.

I need to surround myself with people that love me for who I am.

What are you learning?

I fear that I’m judged by the standards, which I judge others.

I have reservations about my body because I don’t fit the standard.

I have problems with girls and how they view me.

Seeing my friends that are 150 lbs., 6 ft., and having a beautiful girlfriend triggers me. I tell myself that if I could just have a larger “x” muscle or grow “x” inches I will be successful.

I have flashes of confidence, but when it ends I become very depressed.

If being 150 lbs. doesn’t work, I’ll know that I am not the problem. I’ll know that I tried my best.

What can you shift in your perspective? 

I could work out every day or increase my self-esteem another way.

How will you work with your difficulty?

I need to judge others for their character before I expect others to do the same for me.

What is your difficulty teaching you?

Be happy and spread happiness.

16 years, male

STUDENT 5, 8 x 1o inches, oil on canvas. Stevie Wonderland, artist. 

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