[header] How to come to terms with feeling ugly [title] Confront beauty standards. [step] The way you see yourself is shaped by forces that have very little to do with reality. Beauty standards are contradictory and ever-changing. 
They tend to reflect imbalances of power-racism, ageism, ableism, sexism. When you have a negative thought about your own looks, ask: what is making me feel this way? Am i holding myself up to a standard that is destructive? [substeps] Watching a lot of television makes most people wish they looked different.