actually i have but i've learned to deal with the fact you cant change who you are and how you look..and dont turn your esteem issue into a dramatic issue. because you know what it make you including those around feel worst. so take my words for it give it up and get over your little self preoccupied physical self esteem issue. because nobody really cares. o.k

and i hope those of u who are suffering from low self esteem are workin it out. make alist of everything you got and noboby has. your special u do not need a strangers perspective and point of view of how and who you trully are..are look like
SO WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS ACCEPT YOUR SELF BEFORE OTHER OR ELSE YOUR IN SOME DEEP S***

Thank you FAYE16, it sounds like you have been there and back. I'm glad to hear you don't suffer from low self esteem issues. Its not an easy road. Sometimes it takes years to accept ourselves and come to the knowledge that we can't please everyone!

If someone gives you a compliment and you don't believe it. Maybe its more of a trust issue. In other words, maybe you don't trust the person giving the compliment? Because if you really trusted the person you'd believe them. Don't you think?

i believe we all say that, that we sholud focus on who we really are instead of our physical looks but when it all comes down to it...we dont..but we push our selves to believe it.

"Instead of focusing on our flaws we should try to accept the fact that we are one of a kind! We are wonderfully made! Its really something to rejoice about! So go a head give it a try, and watch how much better you feel about yourself and others!" ..... its easy said than done.

but any ways i believe that its hard to believe in compliments ,because what others see in us we dont see "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". we want to see it with our own eyes. i know if i were anyone else with esteem issues i would want to see my own beauty first.

I think its all in the way we see ourselves. Sometimes, we can only see our mistakes, and we tend to magnify every flaw and make them larger then life. When we do its hard to see the good that others see in us.

I believe everyone is uniquely made. Instead of focusing on our flaws we should try to accept the fact that we are one of a kind! We are wonderfully made! Its really something to rejoice about! So go a head give it a try, and watch how much better you feel about yourself and others!

For one thing. people tend to be skeptic of what others say about them because a person can't tell if they are being lied to or not. another thing, on top of the skeptism is that, you may think that those people really don't know you, so what right do they have to tell you what's good and bad about you. On the the other hand we have the fact that you yourself don't know yourself well enough to believe what is said, you're not sure if what is said is true. Another thing is (if you are in fact a teenager, which I presume you are) teenagers are not yet set in their own self image enough to know if these things are true.

we cant make people feel better about them selves ..they can only do that..if you dont believe it when someone says your beautiful, whats the whole point in trying.. just saying if you yourself are your own worst critic than you are your best critic

Your your own worst critic. you will critize yourself more harshly than anyone else, my advice-give it a break. you're not perfect, nobody is. Try something-get in front of that mirror and say to yourself-MAN I LOOK GOOD and don't be shy or critical if other people notice it too

-Your neighbourhood shrink

well actually its a lot of things.
1. it's a bit embarssing when someone compliments me.
2. i don't like people who look for all of my good traits and then announce them to me.
3. its annoying that some people live to find the good in all people.
4. it takes awhile to truly know yourself, deep down inside, and if you are still wondering who you are, you might be influenced by comments from others. like those being called things like emo (which is NOT A MENTAL DISORDER its a type of music.) they may begin think that is who they really are over time. i being a person called things like emo, dont want to start thinking that. if someone says i'm pretty, i dont want it getting to my head and then turn into a jerk.

I know that almost every person (especially girls) I know are worried about what others think about them. But instead of pointing out this issue, we should find ways to make people feel better about themselves.

i guess it's self-doubt?

it's a bit of both .. people are modest, and ppl are insecure at times.

people are usually modest, too.

'cause deep down inside, everyone has something that they are insecure about, i guess