Feeling Freakish? How to be Comfortable in Your Own Skin

by le Jeune, Veronique; Eliakim, Philippe; Daly, Melissa; H., Princess

• ISBN13: 9780810991644
• ISBN10: 0810991640
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-04
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Designed to give young adults confidence in their appearance, this book examines the problems, real and exaggerated, that make preteens and teens doubt their attractiveness.

Table of Contents

introduction	9	(3)
phase 1 I FEEL UGLY
andrew's physique	12	(2)
sarah's birthmark	14	(3)
joey's height	17	(1)
never satisfied	18	(2)
the anguish of the mirror	20	(2)
killer details	22	(2)
wounds and scars	24	(2)
looks from other people,	26	(2)
anything but the swimming pool	28	(3)
no success	31	(2)
everybody's best friend	33	(2)
ugh! the cockroach!	35	(1)
ignored and picked on	36	(2)
sometimes the teachers join in	38	(2)
... and the parents, too	40	(2)
why me?	42	(1)
It's all my fault	43	(2)
under the covers	45	(2)
ashamed to talk about it	47	(2)
hide-and-seek	49	(2)
back off and leave me alone!	51	(5)
phase 2: WHY DO I FEEL UGLY?
optical illusion	56	(2)
the cutest thing in the world	58	(2)
is that me?	60	(2)
the story of the hypothalamus	62	(3)
the awkward years	65	(2)
grieving for childhood	67	(3)
between two worlds...	70	(2)
you made me ugly!	72	(2)
why bother...	74	(2)
inner gloom	76	(2)
blending in	78	(3)
mole model	81	(3)
phase 3: THIS WAY OUT!
black teeth and crushed spiders	84	(3)
being patient	87	(2)
regaining self esteem	89	(2)
turning toward others	91	(3)
accepting yourself as you are	94	(2)
emphasizing your good points	96	(2)
no pain, no gain	98	(2)
getting to the other side	100	(2)
real kids speak out	102	(4)
bibliography	106	(1)
index	107