Does anyone relate?

Okay so like I used to be a pretty kid, I even modeled for a bit in a few commercials and whatnot. So whenever ppl asked me for pics of me as a kid, I'd proudly show them until like few weeks ago. I was showing one of my friends a pic, then they asked me "Oh man, you don't look the same at all! What happened?" I froze. I'll admit, I didn't stay a cute kid for long. I gained TONS of weight and had to wear glasses at 6 years old so I guess I started going thru my "ugly" phase. I became insecure as hell at that age and still am.

Currently, I'm still wearing glasses but I've lost some weight now thanks to swimming (I became bulky tho), but I'm still not at all pretty and confident. Now I get so insecure whenever someone asks me for a kid pic. Just recently, I had (was forced) to show another friend a kid pic and that friend said "Wow! You *were* so pretty!". Ik that friend didn't mean any harm but it didn't make it hurt any less. I hate seeing my kid pics, it makes me feel like I could've been so much prettier if I never gained sm weight.

Ahh but thats enough abt me, if you guys could share any similar experiences of ur own, I'd love to read em :))