Hello everybody!
So, today i'm posting about something which I know many of you will be aware about. Glasses, and i'm talking about the object that aids your vision (not the the drinking glass, haha.) , are something i've had to wear for a couple of years now. Initially, it wasn't full time and I hated my glasses. Alot. I'd remove them the second that I finished my notes in class - stuffing them in their case and into the realms of my bag. At this point in time, I could still see relatively well without them. A slight haze, but nothing too major.
As time progressed, I noticed my eyesight deteriorating. I held off getting my eyes checked, as I was scared they'd tell me to wear them full time. Eventually, it got to the point where I could no clonger see clearly through my glasses, so alas - I told my parents.
The opticians only confirmed my fear, saying that i'd need to wear it full time. I was still in a huge mood about having these... 'weird block things on my face' , and so whilst I agreed to where them full time, my routine (yanking them off after lessons) continued.
Once again, my eyesight grew weaker. This time, after being told I must wear my glasses full time (even more insistant than the first!), I sucked it up and went along with it. I knew I had to, I couldn't keep squinting at things when I was out of lessons. That, and my mum was keeping a very close eye on me.
So I picked out a frame that I liked, though I hated most of them. Not because they were all 'ugly' , just because they made me ugly. The initial few weeks, as pathetic as it sounds, i'd sit in front of the mirror and internally cry at how horrendous I looked and felt. I'd psyched myself up into this frenzy in which I believed people would view me differently because of these permanent specs. But in all honesty, no one really batted an eyelid. And if someone was to comment on my glasses, it usually took the form of a small, sweet compliment.
Eventually, I grew to just tolerate them. I no longer would stare forlornly at the mirror - taking my glasses off and thinking of how they ruined my face. Whilst I still didn't particularly like them, they no longer were that much of a big deal. And now, here I am, a few months down the line writing a blogpost about gaining confidence with glasses.
I'm not going to lie. I still pretty much loathe my glasses. Like I said, I deal with them now and don't have my little weep sessions - but I still think they make me look weird. I'm hoping that one day i'll come to love them & then i'll write an even more informative blogpost - but right now i'm just going to write a small bit on how i've grown to... not hate them as much.
Eventually, I will be getting contact lenses. At first, I was opposed to the idea. Putting something near to invisible in my eye? No thank you! However, i've come to realise that they're not as bad as they look. I have multiple friends who wear contacts and whilst they admit it takes time getting used to at first- it's second nature to slip them into their eye now.
Often, when I first started wearing glasses full time, i'd often find myself going 'Why do I have to have glasses, none of my friends have them'. Ofcourse I knew that I wasn't in a minority when it came to people wearing glasses - it often made me feel a bit self concious when I realised that all my friends didn't have to deal with glasses. That is, until I found out that one of them wears contacts (the one I was telling you about earlier). I think that little discovery put things into perspective for me , and I started to notice that loads of people use contacts. Some of the people who I constantly envied for having supposedly perfect vision , I later found out that they used contacts. This made me feel a little bit better, and I still am not completely sure why, I suppose I didn't feel as alone as before. I know some of you will be wondering why I felt alone in the first place, but I can't give you a definite answer, i'm afraid.
The key to confidence is to be very honest with yourself. Why do you need glasses? Because you can't see clearly without them. Do you want to see clearly? I'm assuming the answer is yes. Are contacts/ laser eye surgery an option in the future? If the answer is yes, then great - you just have to wait till the time is right. If not, then just accept your new look and embrace it. I compare this situation with braces. I know alot of people that loathe braces, but for me I always had looked forward to getting them, because I was so excited for the end result- and that's how you should view glasses too. The end result is that you can see!
I know it's hard, but it's not too bad in the end, and there are always ways around it. Thank you for reading, and when I get contacts, i'll do a post on all the need to knows etc. Bye!
-The Blogtique xx
(NOTE : I wrote this awhile back, but seemingly forgot about it. I now use contacts regularly and have decided to embrace my glasses. I'll write a post on that soon, but I thought that for anyone who'd be interested in my journey in accpeting the new way I looked back then, i'd post it!)
So, today i'm posting about something which I know many of you will be aware about. Glasses, and i'm talking about the object that aids your vision (not the the drinking glass, haha.) , are something i've had to wear for a couple of years now. Initially, it wasn't full time and I hated my glasses. Alot. I'd remove them the second that I finished my notes in class - stuffing them in their case and into the realms of my bag. At this point in time, I could still see relatively well without them. A slight haze, but nothing too major.
As time progressed, I noticed my eyesight deteriorating. I held off getting my eyes checked, as I was scared they'd tell me to wear them full time. Eventually, it got to the point where I could no clonger see clearly through my glasses, so alas - I told my parents.
The opticians only confirmed my fear, saying that i'd need to wear it full time. I was still in a huge mood about having these... 'weird block things on my face' , and so whilst I agreed to where them full time, my routine (yanking them off after lessons) continued.
Once again, my eyesight grew weaker. This time, after being told I must wear my glasses full time (even more insistant than the first!), I sucked it up and went along with it. I knew I had to, I couldn't keep squinting at things when I was out of lessons. That, and my mum was keeping a very close eye on me.
So I picked out a frame that I liked, though I hated most of them. Not because they were all 'ugly' , just because they made me ugly. The initial few weeks, as pathetic as it sounds, i'd sit in front of the mirror and internally cry at how horrendous I looked and felt. I'd psyched myself up into this frenzy in which I believed people would view me differently because of these permanent specs. But in all honesty, no one really batted an eyelid. And if someone was to comment on my glasses, it usually took the form of a small, sweet compliment.
Eventually, I grew to just tolerate them. I no longer would stare forlornly at the mirror - taking my glasses off and thinking of how they ruined my face. Whilst I still didn't particularly like them, they no longer were that much of a big deal. And now, here I am, a few months down the line writing a blogpost about gaining confidence with glasses.
I'm not going to lie. I still pretty much loathe my glasses. Like I said, I deal with them now and don't have my little weep sessions - but I still think they make me look weird. I'm hoping that one day i'll come to love them & then i'll write an even more informative blogpost - but right now i'm just going to write a small bit on how i've grown to... not hate them as much.
Eventually, I will be getting contact lenses. At first, I was opposed to the idea. Putting something near to invisible in my eye? No thank you! However, i've come to realise that they're not as bad as they look. I have multiple friends who wear contacts and whilst they admit it takes time getting used to at first- it's second nature to slip them into their eye now.
Often, when I first started wearing glasses full time, i'd often find myself going 'Why do I have to have glasses, none of my friends have them'. Ofcourse I knew that I wasn't in a minority when it came to people wearing glasses - it often made me feel a bit self concious when I realised that all my friends didn't have to deal with glasses. That is, until I found out that one of them wears contacts (the one I was telling you about earlier). I think that little discovery put things into perspective for me , and I started to notice that loads of people use contacts. Some of the people who I constantly envied for having supposedly perfect vision , I later found out that they used contacts. This made me feel a little bit better, and I still am not completely sure why, I suppose I didn't feel as alone as before. I know some of you will be wondering why I felt alone in the first place, but I can't give you a definite answer, i'm afraid.
The key to confidence is to be very honest with yourself. Why do you need glasses? Because you can't see clearly without them. Do you want to see clearly? I'm assuming the answer is yes. Are contacts/ laser eye surgery an option in the future? If the answer is yes, then great - you just have to wait till the time is right. If not, then just accept your new look and embrace it. I compare this situation with braces. I know alot of people that loathe braces, but for me I always had looked forward to getting them, because I was so excited for the end result- and that's how you should view glasses too. The end result is that you can see!
I know it's hard, but it's not too bad in the end, and there are always ways around it. Thank you for reading, and when I get contacts, i'll do a post on all the need to knows etc. Bye!
-The Blogtique xx
(NOTE : I wrote this awhile back, but seemingly forgot about it. I now use contacts regularly and have decided to embrace my glasses. I'll write a post on that soon, but I thought that for anyone who'd be interested in my journey in accpeting the new way I looked back then, i'd post it!)
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