 Hi, LittleForgetMeNot. Depression has a vicious way of skewing our perceptions, especially of ourselves - makes us hypercritical of ourselves - tells us all kinds of lies about who we are and are not, tricks us into measuring ourselves against unrealistic standards in order to set us up to fail.
You need to become your own best friend and be just as accepting of yourself as you are of your friends. Do you obsess the same way about the way your friends and other people you love look in person or in pictures? I suspect you don't. Do the best that you can with what you have to work with and focus more on the character qualities you want to possess and epitomize. Flesh is frail and subject to all kinds of wear, tear, damage, aging, etc.; no matter what you do, it will never be "perfect." Your true identity - who you choose to become, the character qualities you choose to develop, the way you treat others - is much more important than the packaging can ever be. Ease up on yourself there!  lynn09
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"I walked a mile with Pleasure; she chattered all the way, But left me none the wiser for all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow and ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her when Sorrow walked with me!"
(Robert Browning Hamilton; "Along The Road")
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