[misc] my greatest takeaway from this subreddit is "it's okay"

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Last year around this time, I decided I wanted to get off of birth control and went down an acne journey like no other. I also cut my hair incredibly short, something I had always wanted to try, so it was a.. very new time in my life. A couple months later, I broke up with my boyfriend, and decided, "well, these months of awkward hair lengths and persistent acne can just be single me time." I honestly didn't feel attractive enough to try to get back into the dating arena, even if I wanted.Since then, I've read so many posts and stories about overcoming the mental game associated the acne and skincare that I've been becoming more confident and less concerned with others' potential opinions of my adult acne. Up until this weekend. I met a friend of a friend at a party and we really hit it off. The day before, I started the purge stage (that I feel strongly will work out in the end), so I felt more self-conscious than I have in a while talking to this awesome guy. But... It didn't matter. He didn't seem at all concerned or even aware. There I was, in what I've considered to be the worst skin condition of my life, and he wanted to flirt. He initiated the flirt.Then I remembered... Acne will always be worst to the person who has it. I've read that here and I've thought it before, but it's important to verbally remind oneself of that fact. And if it's worse to anyone else, well, they're probably not worth having in your life anyway. That's true for most things, I think...So thank you, everyone. The advice and anecdotes, the community, have really helped me become more comfortable in whatever skin I'm in. I hope for all who are struggling out there and feeling really down about it, please, remember, it's okay.And I'm absolutely seeing that guy again.
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