What are the dangers of losing faith and not having self confidence? If we don't have faith or confidence in ourselves, we will begin to doubt ourselves, we will always second guess ourselves and beat ourselves up when we fail at something, that is what creates worry and fear and leads to failure.
The lack of confidence makes us unsure, it makes us believe that we cannot trust ourselves, it makes us overthink things and makes us pessimistic. If we are afraid that we won't succeeded at something, most likely we may not attempt or try to do it. But if we don't try, because we fear we are going to fail, our worst fears, end up coming true. After all, why even bother when we know that we are going to fail anyway, we will only be wasting our time and in the end, we will always end up disappointed.
If we don't have self-confidence and we can't accept who we are, we often end up comparing ourselves to others, wishing that we were more like them, because were are not happy with who we are, but that would be a very sad and tragic mistake. We should never compare ourselves to anyone else, we should never envy or try to imitate or copy anyone, or we may end up, getting exactly what we wish for. You know what they say; Be careful what you wish for. In the end, you may end up just like them, but in the process, you may end up losing yourself along the way.
Instead, we should try to become the best versions of ourselves that we can possibly be. Your life has value, the day you were born, you earned the right to be here. No one is better than you, smarter than you or worth more then you are, you are good enough just the way you are, no matter who you are or what you look like.
No one is perfect. Your purpose in life is to discover who you are and who you were meant to become. What matters is, what you have inside you and what you do with it. If you let yourself get sidetracked or discouraged by others, you will never find out who you are. You are on this earth for a reason, it doesn't matter what you look like.
You will need courage, strength and determination not give up on yourself. You will have to convince yourself that you are somebody special, you will have to keep reminding yourself that your life has meaning and purpose, you have to realize how strong you are and what you are capable of doing and becoming. It will not be easy, it will be a continuous struggle, it will not come overnight, it will take time. You won't get over self-doubt, low self-esteem or a lack of confidence, in a day, especially when you've been told that you are worthless or that you are a loser from a very young age.
You just can't snap your fingers and change the way you feel, you will have to find reasons to love yourself and believe in yourself, it will be an uphill climb but the rewards that you discover along the way will more than make up for the struggle. You will have to take a honest open look at yourself through your own eyes, not through the tainted, bias, narrow, unfair, warped, distorted eyes of those who misjudge you. You will have to try to find all the positive things about you that makes you special and unique from everyone else.
Real, true, beauty comes from the inside. Just because you do not look like everyone else, that does not make you ugly or unattractive, even if you been disfigured or are covered in scars. If others cannot see your true beauty, or if they refuse to see it or fail appreciate it, it will be their lost, they will never get the chance to experience the rare precious beauty of your friendship. They will miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime, They will end up being the real losers.
Last of all, of course it hurts, it can be very painful when others put you down and degrade you, but then, why should it even matter what they say? Why let it bother you? For one, they don't know you, they can't see what's inside you. Why even pay attention, after all, it's only their own twisted, unhealthily, warped, corrupt, perverted personal opinions. Why would you even want to be like someone like that? Why would you want to have friends who are always negative, critical and misjudging others? What does it say about them? How will they make your life any better or any happier? How will that kind of friendship help you to become a better or happier person? What are they doing to contribute to making the world a better, happier more positive place? Truth is, you would be much happier and much better off without them.