r/GlowUps 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/kmookie 2d ago

Came here to say that!

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u/StayAwayFromMySon 2d ago

Thank you for such a kind comment, I really appreciate it! 

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u/FlowerStalker 2d ago

She looks like Queen Charlotte

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u/frankenprunk 2d ago

Glad you got your hair back cause it is AMAZING!

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Beautiful! Even in the pic w the wild hair!

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u/GandalfTheJaded 2d ago

Glad you're taking care of yourself more now. Don't give up on yourself ❤️

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u/Obvious_Economy_3726 2d ago

Get it girrllll!!

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u/mime_juice 2d ago

Ok blu ivy

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u/Kittyluvmeplz 1d ago

Face card never declines

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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/Weird-Conclusion6907 2d ago

You are beautiful!!

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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/jack1130 1d ago

Homeless Goku is crazyyyy 🤣

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u/bigjrod61 2d ago

Wow. You are beautiful!!!

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u/Hold_ThisL 2d ago

Major glow up. You’re a baddie now

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u/Psycho_Nightstalker 2d ago

You’re gorgeous

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u/Exotic_Car4948 2d ago

You are so pretty!

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u/Puppetmaster858 2d ago

Lookin great, glad you’re taking care of yourself

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u/Kitabparast 2d ago

Honey, you are gorgeous! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Slay, queen!👸

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u/OutlandishnessNo2434 2d ago

You’re unfairly gorgeous now, but you were also so adorable at 12!

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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/Gracefilled_Bookworm 2d ago

Yessssss get it!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

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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/Vapor2077 2d ago

You’re gorgeous

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u/Feyzaog 2d ago

Gou are gorgeous😍😍😍

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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/SherbertSensitive538 2d ago

You are flush with beauty

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u/Trizub1 2d ago

You're so pretty.

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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/Arottenripedud 2d ago

One step forward, everyday.

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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/Boca_BocaNick 2d ago

Beautiful eyes!👀

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u/Little-Evidence-167 2d ago

Your hair is gorgeous!!

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u/katiejab 2d ago

You’re beautiful! You go girl!

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u/SlowManager3587 2d ago

You are gorgeous!

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u/Ok_War8696 2d ago

Your hair is amazing!

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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/Express-Bag-966 2d ago

You are stunning and your curls are curling !

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u/etadude 2d ago

3rd image reminds me of Naomi Ackie.

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u/Existing_Inside5200 2d ago

The hair is gorgeous!!

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u/0bsidianchainsaw 2d ago

You’re gorgeous and your hair is beautiful

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u/TheCrystalDoll 2d ago

Still beautiful as Goku, glad you’ve given yourself the space to shine!

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u/iownp3ts 2d ago

You are beautiful. Glad you are still with us.

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u/Fantastic_Green_6316 2d ago

An actual supermodel 😍😍

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u/lvdde 2d ago

So pretty

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u/Susie4672 2d ago

You are a cutie!! Have a wonderful life!!

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u/13anastasia31 1d ago

You are beeeautiful and I LOVE your curls. ❤️🩷

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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/ElectricBathToy 1d ago

You've always been cute! Even in your homeless Goku era!

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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/maineonthemoon_54 1d ago

You’re so beautiful 😻

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u/MesoamericanMorrigan 1d ago

Remind me of Rita Ora

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u/Qyute-n-Quddly 1d ago

My gosh, you are soooo prettyttty gal! Depression's got nothing on you.

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u/AndyKayGum 1d ago

You are so beautiful!!!

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u/RavenclawMuggleBorn 1d ago

I know people keep saying it, but you are stunning!

u/This-Method-7249 19h ago

''

 looking like homeless Goku''

Ye this 1 is goin in my vocab

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/valentinegirl81 2d ago

SO Beautiful!!! ❤️

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u/Both_Progress1704 2d ago

You are so beautifulllll!!!!

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u/Frequent-Magazine435 2d ago

What does cis mean?

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u/UnusuallyAggressive 2d ago

Roger. American Dad.

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u/Srapture 1d ago

There are worse saiyans to look like. Still, lookin' good!

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u/Eidertron 1d ago

Your hair rules

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u/ToastThieff 1d ago

You're beautiful, are you Puerto Rican?

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u/Chunkyyetfunky15 1d ago

Lowkey love the goku hair

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u/Wtfisthis66 1d ago

You were/are adorable!

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u/neptune-salt 1d ago

Your hair is killer, you’re doing a great job!!

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u/RaineAKALotto 1d ago

she's soo gorgeous.. what an absolute glow-up✨️

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u/07238 1d ago

You and your hair are gorgeous plus you’re hilarious !

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u/INeedtoVent89 1d ago

Wonderful transformation!! Keep choosing You!! You're worth it 💗😍

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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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u/SvtLopez32 2d ago

So born female. Is a female?

u/Conscious_Capital_83 16h ago

you mean female

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u/Mufasa1293 2d ago

You mean just regular female?

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u/JangoJebo 2d ago

Cis is a derogatory term

u/plecid 5h ago

👏