befoere now, i've always been comfortable with my body and my mind, but now that i've hit those golden teenage years, i constantly feel unconfident and insecure. somedays im just really happy and chatty and in a good mood for no reason. but other days, i feel depressed and lonley, again for no reason. i switch b/w thinking everyone is watching me, or feeling like no one knowes i exist. i feel really weird most days.does anyone else feel like this? how do you handle it?

I'm going through that now, some days i'll wake up and be all YIPPEE seize the day, and others i'll be all i wanna crawl under the covers and die. I dunno what's wrong w/ me sometimes....

When I started my teen years (12-early 14) I also felt the same with my mind. I was always depressed. I cried about anything and felt I was invisible to everyone, or that everyone was talking about me behind my back. Sometimes I felt good, but the majority of times I felt reallt alone, even if I've always had friends. I slowly learned how to forget about it. Make your mind busy. Learn a new language (this works, memorizing phrases in Japanese can distract anyone, lol), or try a "violent" sport like kickboxing or boxing, it helps blow off a lot of steem. I still get depressed, but it's a very rare thing, and if I do, I put a comedy show or something. I'm still boxing (i also do kickboxing, but i like plain ol' boxing more). Just distract yourself.

With my body is a different story. Being Puerto Rican, I'm blessed with a J.Lo butt, and my aunts were very busty, and so am I. I didin't mind it at first because I felt sexy, but I started doing more sports and physical exercise, and I've gotten very (not TOO MUCH, though) muscular. It's worse because I'm only 5'2 tall, so I look weird. Sometimes I feel I look ugly, but I don't let it get to me. I wear "skimpy" (I put the " because skimpy clothes in the U.S. arent skimpy here because its sooooo damn hot here) clothes and I dont mind, but sometimes theres a little voice going "youd look like a guy if it wasnt for your boobs and ***". I feel comfortable with my body, but like anyone else, I get insecure sometimes, the trick is to ignore it. We're all different. THus no one is truly perfect.

Hope I helped somehow