It is very hard for everyone to feel fully satisfied with every part of their body. Some physical characteristics are hard or even impossible to change. There are some of my physical appearance that has been bothering me for my entire life. I am not satisfy with my height, hair, and jaw. I was obsessed with my physical imperfection because it destroyed my dream, causes low self-esteem and health issue.
My height is about 170cm and both of my parents and brothers are 160cm tall. I am the tallest person in my family but is the shortest male student when I was in high school. I quit growing when I was 15 years old. My parents brought me to a growth specialist to increase my height by changing my diets and taking medications. It was an unsuccessful treatment and my height remains the same ever since. Being short certainly had its disadvantage when it comes to playing sport. I am a passionate and a die-hard basketball fan. When I was in high school, 9th grade, I applied for school basketball team. Most of my peers wouldn’t believe in me making the team because the average height of the players on the team were between 180 to 190cm. Fortunately, I made
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The shape of my hair is flat and uneven. My hair will look chaotic if it grow naturally. Most barber have problem cutting my hair because of its irregular shape. As the result I decided to have extremely short hair because there is no hairstyle that are suitable for me. Furthermore, what concerned me the most is that I have a 5 cm bald line on the middle of my head. The only way to fix it is by wearing a hat. I didn’t realize the bald spot was that obvious until a girl laugh at it in front of my classmate. From that day on, I found the emotional aspect of living with the bald line is very challenging. A hat has become a necessity in life, and I need to wear it wherever I expose myself in public. Without the hat, I will feel extremely insecure and