I remember in high school the health teacher I had one year said to the whole class ''if you think youare beautiful, you will be and are''.
I have found at times in my life my belief of myself in my head can effect how I interact with the world outside of me.... But I can't seem to stay with the positive all the time......
Reminds me what my dad told me when I was a late teen. ''if you believe you won't get out of the hole you won't''

Though being brought up that I was always to be under control of someone by either thought or emotional manipulation, no wonder there's been conflict.