You are your own person. No one has the right to take away who you are. We let the judgement of others try and make us who we are. Others trying to change us doesn't help at all, it only brings us down. Their harsh criticism makes ourselves feel terrible, we become insecure and doubt ourselves. I understand that it is not easy to have self confidence or self esteem. It seems easy for others to just tell us to feel okay about ourselves, but in the end it is not easy at all. No matter how long it takes, I want to be able to feel good about myself. I hope others, just like me, others who doubt themselves will try to take a stand and ignore the criticism and insults. We are strong, we just have to see that ourselves.