Pretty girls have a tough life and the reality of it hit me hard

I'm pretty attractive and would get hit on daily when working. I've had some very inappropriate, shocking and highly sexual things said to me by customers, while on the job. Somethings, truly disturbing.

I was teased a bit in middle school and was really into comics and card collecting which often left me hanging out alone or with a small group of like minded people (definitely was not cool back then) and I really wasnt attractive until sophomore/junior year in high school. By then my personality had started to solidify in some ways. I'm more of an introvert, slightly awkward, spend a lot of time alone on my hobbies and usually whether I would like to be or not, tend to be friendly and kind. I also suffer from various mental illness which also make encounters like this, extremely stressfull and triggering to both my anxiety and psychosis.

I literally had to quit two of my jobs of 2 years because it was all just too much. The pressure of having to deal with situations like this on daily basis left me with daily panic attacks, high stress levels and began my 'official' journey with schizoaffective disorder.

I still dont work outside my home and this past year has been me working on my confidence, sexuality and being comfortable in my own skin but on my own terms. I like that I feel attractive and think of myself as pretty but I could definitely go without all the attention at the work place.

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