Today I wanted to make a post about something that's very near and dear to me, which is acne and the social pressure that comes with it. I started getting acne around 14-15 in high school and quickly became a huge target for bullies at my school, with their favorite nickname for me being, "Rudolph"...now, I was raised with a tough guy mentality so I never "felt" it in the moment, instead I would laugh it off but later I found that it was slowly building up in me and I wasn't expressing my emotions.
Look, there may be things that are objectively worse, but acne is not a joke. If you've never had severe acne you simply cannot understand what it's like to have everyone staring at you or asking you what's wrong with your face. It makes you feel like you've got your underwear tucked outside of your shirt, because you know it's noticeable and you know someone is going to bring it up.
Building a passion is one of the best ways to work through the social anxiety and pressure that comes from acne. If you find a STRONG passion you will build your self esteem through excelling and pushing yourself within that discipline. You will also be so consumed with your obsession/passion that you won't be able to hear the negative words that some weaker minded people heft your way. This is the way I was able to push myself into confidence, the bullying caused me to introvert inwards and stark working hard on my own brand at 15-16. From there I advanced more and more physically as well as with my business until one day I realized that all the people who had made fun of me, no longer talked about my acne but instead asked how they could gain muscle like I had or how to build their own businesses.
My point is that weak-minded people are always the people trying to bring you down, mainly because they have self esteem issues and need to bolster themselves up by bringing you down. The biggest shame of all in life would be to let these people dampen and eventually diminish your potential and ability to succeed! Instead, dig deep, push hard, work relentlessly and learn to excel in your passions, they will carry you so far!
I hope you enjoy this video my friends, thank you for watching!
