How do I accept myself?

Question

My height makes me feel inferior, I'm only 5'1 and I'm in my 20's, I don't feel like an adult/woman whatever, I still feel like a teenager and it even intimidates me when some 16 year olds look my age while I look their age. So how do I get over feeling inferior to people taller than me and people who look like their right age or older while I look really young?

Answer 1

At birth, we are given the gift of a most astonishing miraculous organism: A human body. It is the precious vessel for our mind, our heart and our soul, and all too often we treat it with the most abject lack of respect. We abuse it, ignore it, obsess over all the parts we see as flawed. We often hate it for its size, shape, color or texture, and, in the most ungracious act of all, wish fervently that we have been given a different body—or at least some different parts.

Because of the way society objectifies women's bodies and holds up certain types as ideal, it is quite easy for women especially to denigrate themselves physically, treating their bodies more ungraciously than they would any other living thing.

We can practice kindness toward our bodies by physically taking care of them and by refraining from negative self-talk, concentrating instead on how well they serve us. And we can extend that kindness to our friends. When we hear them complaining about their looks, we can gently and lovingly express our appreciation for their physical incarnation and our desire for them to treat their body with compassion.

Making peace with your body, accepting it as it is, nurturing it with your care, feeding it well, nourishing it with exercise, admiring its beautiful aspects, honoring it with comfortable clothes, treating it as a temple, enjoying it as a ballroom, being awed by it as a palace—all these are expressions of kindness toward yourself.

Answer 2

When we are young, we want to look older (Sneaking into clubs, drinking etc). When we are old, we want to look younger. I know other people in their 20's that are shorter than 5'1", so u are not alone. I guess when u get older, u will appreciate that u look young. If u really want to do something about it, maybe u should try wearing heels (something less than 2 inches.. dont want to break ur back now) and putting on make up? Also, since u say u look young.. perhaps its the "I look cute" instead of "I look young" feeling? Also, wearing the right clothing that compliments ur height and weight really makes a difference. Perhaps putting on glasses might make u look older as well.

Answer 3

Joyce Meyer has a wonderful book on accepting and loving yourself, ask her people on line. i believe it is called confident woman, but please inquire.