Hey Pandas, Share A Trait Of Yours That You Used To Feel Insecure About That You Now Love (Closed)

My honesty.
I've been put down a lot, especially on BoredPanda, about the way I communicate.
I've recently been diagnosed with autism, and my psychologist says that it completely stops me from being able to read body language, emotional cues and subtext. This means that I can't tell when I offend people because I can't read people.
A lot of people hate me now, but I wish they'd just help me to understand.
But my honesty comes with a good side: I have an incredibly strong sense of justice and fairness. I have often stepped into situations where people have been bullied, harassed, sexually assaulted... etc, and I fight for them in any way I can.

Physical traits:
- My two-toned lips
- My dark skin tone
- Rounded teeth that make My teeth look like they have gaps
- The fact that i am REALLY hairy
Emotional Traits
- My energetic/hyper personality(i used to be called annoying for it but now, i got real friends who tell me that my personality gives them energy)

It was a long journey embracing these traits. but now i'm really proud of them :D

Being "too much".
I can be very intense about my interests and worldviews, which got me bullied when I was a child. Now I happily embrace it. There's nothing more soul-crushing than talking to a person with no real passions or weird interests. No, thanks. I'd rather be too much than nothing.

Complimenting my guy friends. To some, it still is a little weird when a guy compliments another guy. I used to give little compliments because I genuinely felt that the person needed to hear it, but oftentimes people thought I was trying to hit on them, proceeding to ask if I was gay. I'm not, fyi, as if that's something to harass someone for in the first place.

Who knew all I needed was another guy who thought the same way as me? Now me and my friend compliment each other as well as other guys, and now people are a lot more open minded to take the compliments without feeling like they're being flirted on.

My curiosity. I read up a lot and try to get as much information on stuff I was curious about. People still look at me weirdly when I state eabekm facts. Finally got to a point where I don't care and just say the things I'm interested in to people with mutual interest.

My nose!! I always wanted one of those cute, perky noses. Once I realized that my nose is Roman, regal .. a statement nose .. I fell in love with it!

Physically pretty much everything. I hated how I looked pretransition and now I'm really confident in my appearance. Emotionally, literally nothing lmao

I've always looked young for my age. It used to be embarrassing, now in my 50s it is great!

My curiosity, for starters. I'm always asking questions and reading about things that catch my interest. My looks, everything about the way I look. I'm a very self-conscious person. Still am but I feel better about myself. And my talkativeness (is that how to say it? idk) I'm quite the chatterbox with people I know, even more so with close friends. I used to think I was annoying but I've accepted that it's just me. And for everyone else, accept your insecurities. You are you, and you are amazing and beautiful

My scars.
When I was a little kid, I had these horrid rashes from my wrist up to my shoulder. I scratched it until it bled, even though my Mom tried to get me to stop.
When we finally found a doctor who could help, I already had sooo many scars.
I used to be frustrated that my arms didn't tan smooth...they tan all speckled and splotchy because the scar-tissue always stays white. But now I think it's pretty awesome. Nobody else gets the fancy pattern of tanned/white because half of my skin is scar-tissue and the other half is normal.

My eyes cuz they are just brown and I used to really hate that but now I’m okay with it. Also my really fluffy hair

my laugh, my face, my body, my personality, my hair, my clinginess. it’d be easier to say what i’m not insecure about.

i would say my weird sense of style. people make comments about it, but honestly, I don't give two flying f***s what other people think

My love of reading. I read any book I can get my hands on. I thought I was a nerd. Then I found the right friends that liked reading as much as I do. Also the bow in my lips. I thought it was ugly. Now I think it’s pretty.

my smile mostly

My acne! I used to get so upset abt it but now I'm loving it bcs barely anyone else has it so I'm even more unique!!!! :)

I would say my whole body-always so self conscious about it-my ex husband never had anything nice to say about me so that just made me more insecure but when we broke up & I was out there in the world of dating again after 20 years, it definitely gave me a big boost of confidence

My laugh. My friend jokingly told me I sound like a hyena, and I thought that was hilarious, but I started overthinking it and I was really insecure about it for a while. I've learned to love it, though. Hyenas are cool :)

my unique name. I used to hate that it was spelled weird but now I love being different -Mali

My pug nose. As a kid I really believed it would grow out! The ironic thiNG is, growing up my non-biological brother used to call me Pig-Nosed Ziggy. And he had THE. EXACT. SAME. NOSE.