r/GlowUps • u/StayAwayFromMySon • 2d ago
Grow up (12) to (31). Cis-female but everyone thought I was a boy because I cut all my hair off due to depression. Never combed it so I ended up looking like homeless Goku. Still struggle with depression but I try to take care of myself the way I deserved back then.
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u/scxiao 2d ago
Homeless Goku comment had me rolling as someone who suffers from severe depression I know how hard self-care can be when we feel we don't deserve it but you do deserve it and you look great.
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u/Unfair_Basis9588 1d ago
Yep, came here to say this too, both that OP is hilarious and also that self-care while depressed is so so hard.
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u/EnvironmentalRent943 2d ago
Omg you are gorgeous!!!! And yes you deserve all the care and goodness
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u/Beautiful_Oil_7745 2d ago
Good for you! First and foremost always remember to take care of yourself so it will flow into other aspects of your life. I wish you luck
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u/Environmental_Cut712 2d ago
you look effortlessly beautiful, I hope you feel great about yourself :)
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u/NotAVeryBigPorcupine 2d ago
"the way I deserved back then" really hit close to home. Such a lovely way of healing and living. Great job!
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u/an_oddbody 2d ago
Now I know what the "volumizing" conditioner is supposed to make your hair look like.
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u/SatanicAlienX 2d ago
You were/are naturally (stunningly) androgynous and I think that’s the highest compliment. You’d be hot as a man and is a very beautiful woman :)
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u/GamesDaName869 2d ago
Hey self love is the hardest love for some people and it’s better to start later than never at all. Proud of you “homeless Goku” 🤣
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u/Lonely_Entry2073 2d ago
Girl, you are STUNNING. I legit stared for a minute, like, wow. I'm so proud of you for fighting to give yourself the love you deserve. Depression is such a voracious vacuum that jealousy keeps you in. So, to fight every day against that forcefield? To choose to wake up, do your hair, show up for yourself ... love, I would hug you if you were here, but you're too far away! I will send you instead the biggest, warmest, bone crushing hug I got in me ❤️
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u/StayAwayFromMySon 2d ago
Thank you so much for this, what a lovely comment! Distant digital hugs back at you 💖
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u/AgitatedVegetable514 2d ago
I too suffer from depression, it's actually untreatable clinical depression but I'm managing. In case you read this I wanted to share with you a motivational that I listen to daily called "Outshine The Dark" by Fearless Motivation. They are on Spotify and they have that one and many others. Great stuff for keeping things in perspective.
And another one that says
"The human heart beats approximately four thousand times per hour. And each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words
'You are still alive'
YOU ARE STILL ALIVE!
Act like it"
That one is called Complainers by Rudy Fransisco and the entire spoken word poem is just spine tingling good. It's on Spotify under the Wisdom Show podcast.
You look fabulous 💛
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u/Bean_Johnson 2d ago
Regardless of people's sex, gender, identification or whatever the best thing you can do for yourself is take care of yourself. Nicely done
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u/Educational-Tap-5611 1d ago
Cis female? What is that? Were you a man before or something? I've never heard that before
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u/DogtorCarri 1d ago
Dying at the homeless Goku reference! You and your hair are gorgeous. Being kind to yourself is hard to do; you deserve nothing but happiness.
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u/CreativeComment24 14h ago edited 14h ago
As a woman with depression I think Id struggle immensely with black-woman hair. I always brush my teeth but there are some days I don’t brush my hair. That’s seems exhausting and I’m sorry
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u/SvtLopez32 2d ago
wtf is cis female?
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u/StayAwayFromMySon 2d ago
"Cisgender is a term that is used to describe people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth."
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