From a young age i have been bullied about my appearance, i am very self conscious and even though i take loads of them i hate photographs.
I never take photos with people and i try to avoid them as much as possible out of fear that i wont look good.
i take selfies all the time but i never actually like them i just store them maybe like them for a wile and then one day i would just think nah i look ugly in that.
Feeling this way is significantly ruining my life ! i dont have facebook anymore and i never use instagram anymore either as i dont feel im pretty enough for it and other people are so photogenic it depresses me.
I really need help, im obsessed with changing myself and i would work out every day if it wasnt for feeling unwell most of the time.
I eat healthily but still i feel crappy and if i eat any junk food at all it seems to upset my bowels.
I cant go on like this, these are supposed to be the best years of my life and i have no memories to look back on 
People say i am pretty and i could be a model im fit etc but thats not what i see... I try to see the good things about myself but its clouded by all the bad things.
I was called ugly by a young girl and a girl on a few months ago and that really effected me.
I spend hours getting ready and even after that it dosnt feel good enough.
My financial account is beginning to suffer too as i buy things to try and improve my appearance on a weekly basis.
Ive been to counselling a few times but she dosnt know what to do, she hasnt came across people like me that often and thinks i have no need to feel this way cause im stunning.
But im so unphotogenic and i hate it ! no matter what i do i never seem to look right in photos
If somebody things you are stunning then you should take it on board and not be so hard on yourself. It all stems from your bullying earlier in life and has given you low self esteem. Maybe it is body dismorphia but I really don't know. I would try and be more confident about yourself and find some good friends who are not nasty if that is necessary.
Richard
I try believe me i try ! my friends are amazing !They are so understanding and have been so patient with me even though i make no effort with them now. I have started university however and im pretty sure they think im weird because im socially with drawn, i rarely go out and i dont want to take photos with them. Ive already lost of the friends that i made recently i think she was just using me till she found better ones.
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I wouldn't worry about what other people think of you I was bullied at my school to the point of being suicidal but many years down the line I no longer worry about what other people think of me it wasn't good for me yes I have taken a knock recently but I am getting through it my point is you dont have to look at yourself and feel depressed on how you are I am not the best looking guy in the world but I do pride myself on being who I am it is never about how you look to get by in life it is always about who you become I am sure you are a beautiful person but I bet you're a much better person on the inside please take care and never worry about how you look because no one is perfect give yourself pamper days by all means do things to make yourself feel better not make yourself look better I bet you dont need it
I can understand how you feel. I was bullied at school about my weight and that stayed with me for a long time.
I learnt eventually, that i had internalised how i was treated so fully that i completely identified with it. Now i choose to question - was what was said really true? Really true? Bullies are often cowards who wish to scapegoat their failures on somebody. How can their opinion be allowed to become the cornerstone of my life experience. You script your story, authentically and with integrity, reflecting all that is good and beautiful in you.
Secondly, may i invite you to consider if beauty is skin deep. Real beauty makes us compassionate, kind, hardworking and honest. Real beauty shines as these virtues and more as you go about your everyday life.
So please create meaning and value in your life and all that you do by shining the light of your virtues on them. As far as posh sounding words like 2body dysmorphia2 are concerned...they are just labels...in themselves they have no power, unless you choose to give them power.
I hope you can find something of value in what i have said. Best wishes and i know you will come out of all this a winner.
Rekha
Thjis is the worrying thing i was never overweight, literally never had that problem. Im obsessed with working out because my waist is not small enough and i dont think my body looks good in photos, flat ass straight up and down body and i have small boobs which didnt fit my figure untill i lost weight and toned up but i still wish they were bigger. I was only ever bullied about my face, stupidity and awfulness at p.e.
Thanks i really need help i feel like im at the end of my tether with all of this
I try not to worry really i do but i cant i overthink a lot and during the summer that is literally all i did. This is wasting and ruining my life. Guys have never treated me with respect either they just pick me up and drop me when they feel like it,they can probably sense my low self esteem and vulnerabilty. Ive been told i am a beautiful person inside and out but you try to believe that when you've been bullied for years and failed at nearly everything you do and never been treated with resepect by the opposite sex. Ive been cheated on and used my every guy i have ever liked and it hurts especially when they tell you next time wil be different and then they go and do the same thing again.
its not just my looks im gulliable and stupid too
same as me, i m so unphotogenic too. i think i m too skinny and look so ugly, and thats the fact 
before, its depress me. i hate photograph, never selfie, and rarely look myself at the mirror. when i saw my beautiful friends i think 'ah... they're so lucky'.
but now, i dont care about that anymore. its doesnt matter i m ugly or pretty. as long as i still have my 2 eyes, 1 nose, 2 ears, and 1 mouth that i can use well, i dont care.
i realize oneday. i got depressed about that thing because I always look to my beautiful/handsome friends. i never look to pople who born not perfectly. some of them dont have nose, leg,arm etc. and after that i can say to myself 'ah... how lucky i m'
sorry, but its not like i m dancing on their unfortunate. but the point is, i try to be grateful about my physical appearance, because i m lucky i was born perfectly....
I dont believe that for one second yes guys have treated you harshly and and I am sorry that you haven't met a truly nice guy yet but that could be down to what type you go for we have all picked wrong in our lives I have chosen wrong twice but the first time is fantastic because we had a son who now lives with me so dont worry about guys at your age very few guys are mature enough to be with a woman like you and dont understand how you feel and dont see the inner person so dont rush into anything just be who you are
that is a good way to look on it, i hope one day i can look on it like that as well.
If you think you aren't photogenic you ought to see photos of me! I am the most unphotogenic person in the world and never allow picture of myself. x