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Iam a 29 year old female and was burn in a house fire at 6 months old. My brother was playing with matches and our house caught fire. I suffered from 3rd, 4th, and 5th degree burns over about 89% of my body. I also lost all of my fingers on my left hand, the ones on the right are deformed; my face was disfigured. I lived my life the best that I could learning to accept and love my scars. The problem is that loving myself in this world is hard, it contradicts everyday I walk out of my house what I believe about myself. Although I don't consider myself a burn victim, I feel like one. I have no friends, I try and try, but Iam at a place in my life with all that has happened to me dealing with people, I DONT TRUST ANYONE! every relationship has ended one way or another, my part in the ones that had potential is that I have been beat up by life so badly that I dont think I am worth being loved. I believe that your worth is determined by how you look. You can have everything going bad, but as long as you have your appearence, you can get somewhere. I am tired of the platitudes that everything will be ok, that there is someone for everyone. I am 29 and don't know what love from a man looks like. All of the ones I have had could not deal with my appearance. One guy recently told me that I need to understand that every man is going to have a difficulty accepting me because of my appeacence. I believe him. Why would a man want to spend time understanding and accepting someone who has been through what I have when they can easily find someone who is "normal" My courage and strength has gotten me far in life, I ve done motivational speaking, I am finishing my Master's in psychology, I have learned that in order for people to accept me and not see my pain, I could never show it. I always had to work tens time harder to put on a front. Behind closed doors, I cry every night, wishing for a better life, of friends, a relationship, I don't know any of that for myself. People just stare and don't think twice about getting to know me. I think that I am attractive, but living in todays world where appearance is everything I don't stand a chance of finding that person. I am so hopeless, all I want is a family, which I have a son, but I want someone to see pass the scars. Its always said that no one can love you until you love yourself, well what if you know who you are, love yourself, but are rejected every single day with unsolicited stares and people constantly laughing and treating you like you don't exsist. That is my life. I put myself out there and constantly am rejected or taken advantage of. I am currently in a relationship with a man who wants nothing out of life, who is everything that I don't really want, what keeps me holding on is the fear of being alone, and because he is the only man who accepts me for me. I get nothing from the relationship but he accepts me. I am someone who has always believed in the value of standards because all my life I believed that I was worth and deserved the best, but what I have come to learn is that I don't qualify for it because I don't look the part. I have come to the irrationalzaition that beggers can't be choosie, I know how to be alone and have accepted it to this point in my life, but fear it an am tired of living it. My whole life I have felt and have been alone, its all I know how to be. I am tired of people telling me it's ok, God understands, well if he does, then why is it so easy for everyone else to prosper, find love, but I who have done everything I was suppose to in life, learned to live above what I look like, can't get people to want me or want to befriend me. What is living without human relationships. No matter where I am I am always alone, and always rejected. I stopped wasting my time putting myself out there because in the end I may meet people, but they never stay around, or I am the one always having to persue. People are afraid of me and I am the one who feels guilty and ashamed for making them feel that way by exposing my face. I am so depressed, and wonder every day why am I here, why is living this life worth it, if I have to watch life pass me by and can't have what's inside of it because I don't have the privilage of an appearenace.

 
By marcie on Mon, 07-18-11, 20:21

Unfortunately, nowadays we, as people, put more emphasis on the appearance than on your character, your achievement and compassion. There is a reason why you survived and it is unknown to us, only the Creator, therefore we have to go on. I do not know if you have read this story:married couple with 2 children, he lost his good position, had to get anything he could, she decide to help the family to work at this restaurant in the evening. After few weeks, she was shot in the face during the robbery. She recovered. You would not recognize the lady. Making story short, her husband said: I love her for ever, no matter how she looks. There are good people in this world, that are respectful, compassionate, loving and understanding, therefore do not close this door, because you will meet the one. Always remember, God will never hurt us. Please, you have to believe that there is a good young man for you. Hold your head high, do not even bother with those people that have no decency to give a simple friendship. Concentrate on you life, you have achieved a lot, be proud of yourself, keep your mind open and everything will work out brilliantly. God bless you with a lot of happiness.

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By zipzap on Tue, 08-23-11, 07:41

I would be proud to be your friend. You have courage to carry on in this life.

I was under the impression for many years that I would wait for a man to save me from my unhappy parent, from my unhappy coworkers, from my unhappy life, but the truth is that no one can really save me. Isn't it true that the best savers in the world are paid for it? Think of firefighters and police officers? I don't think most of them would save lives (or even have the capabilities to save lives) if they weren't trained at some point and weren't paid. So try and get the idea out of your head that some guy will magically appear and save you from unhappiness. Think Oprah here.

Our society doesn't even make sense on a rational level. Burns aren't carried from one generation to the next as so many diseases and disorders are. Think of diabetes, mental illness, breast cancer, acne, STDs, blood disorders and other cancers. A lot of people with these illnesses go on to lead fulfilling lives. Why not you?

Also realize that you aren't the only one having trouble finding a mate. Even beautiful, successful women have a hard time finding a mate. Why? People become pickier and pickier the more money they make. Take for instance the magazine my Dad receives from the U of Penn, an ivy league school. It frequently advertises a dating service exclusively for Penn alum. Other "exclusive" mags run similar ads once in a while. People want to be with their own flock--they don't want anyone with less intelligence or standing in society. Beautiful people want to be with other beautiful people. Everyone wants to be in love with himself-- not another.

This growing narcisissm is really destroying a large segment of society. But if you can't beat them, join them, right? There are dating sites for Christian singles. Have you ever tried one of those? (Honestly, I think you are as likely to run into a sociopath here as anywhere else, but I think it could be a start.) Is there a singles group at your alma mater? What about any social groups where you live? Bowling club? Realistically, there probably aren't that many burn victims per square mile where you live. So the likelihood that you will find a man who is a burn victim around your age is highly unlikely. Do you volunteer at the local Shriners? Or give a talk every now and then?

My Mom says that men are sharks. This is a metaphor. How do you bait a shark? You bait a shark with blood, but they will want to eat you. So it's probably best not to bait a shark anyways. Most women bait men and vice versa, but acquiring a mate is far removed from loving a husband or wife. It's as far removed as Andromeda and the Milky Way. Perhaps they will collide one day, but no one's going to be happy about it.

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