BRACES Before & After (Extreme Overbite)

Please read this story:

I had my braces for 2 years. They were uncomfortable sometimes, but worth it.

I was severely bullied from the age my adult teeth came through until about age 13. I was called ugly, disgusting, deformed, bugs bunny, bucky beaver, ugliest girl in the school etc etc for years. It didn't help that I started school very early and was 1 - 2 years younger than kids in my class. Plus I ended up in a composite grade, so some of the bullies in my class were up to 3 - 4 years older than me. That's a huge difference at that age. Most of them did not know I was younger than them, though.

I was also bullied by a teacher who greatly encouraged other children to bully me. She caused me severe emotional damage and I felt I was so ugly at one point that I could not even leave my house. I did not leave my house for 2 years, from age 12 - 14. I hid inside with the curtains closed. I felt like I was an alien compared to everyone else. I felt that I was so ugly and bizarre that I couldn't be seen by the public. I had a lot of mental health issues during that time... it got to the point where I was institutionalized for a short time. I was diagnosed with severe anxiety/panic disorder and Body Dysmorphia. If you want information on that, just look up Body Dysmorphic Disorder on google.

This teacher became principal of another school and never said sorry for what she did to me. She probably does not even remember.

After I had my braces for about 6 months and my teeth had changed, I began to feel better about the way my mouth looked. From that time, I stopped feeling ashamed of my mouth and felt more comfortable to talk and smile.

Changing something about yourself - like getting braces - won't change WHO you are. It won't fix all of your self esteem issues, but it HELPS. Reducing my overbite definitely helped my self confidence, but other things did too. Simply growing older changed me, of course. Being away from people my age for years helped me. I am glad I left school when I did and got away from my 'peers'. It helped me develop into a more confident mature person.

I like who I am now, I am fine with how I look. I hope school kids who watch this video & read this story will get something out of it. When you're a kid or a teenager, someone bullying you can feel like the end of the world. You're young, you go to school for hours every day, it feels like your whole world. But as you get older, you really do realise that the bullies are pathetic and so below you. Some of the bullies grow out of it, some never do.

I look back on the people who bullied me in amazement. Back then, I feared every little word that came out of their mouth. Now I look back and think... they were horrible people AND the ones who bullied me most were much uglier than I was. I did not even notice this at the time, but one of them was fat, one of them had surgery to pin his big ears back as a young child, one of them actually had huge teeth! I know that's not very nice to say, but I need you to understand how different everything seems when you're young & in the middle of being bullied. At the time, I was so scared of them and had such low self esteem that I didn't even notice what THEIR physical appearance looked like. I didn't think anything negative about them... I just believed everything they said and felt terrified of what they would say/do to me next.

But the most important thing is not BELIEVING the horrible things they say. It can only hurt you if you believe it. 99.9% of what bullies say are complete & utter lies. The things bullies say or do come from their OWN insecurities. For example, the guy who bullied me more than anyone else was bullied for having 'elephant ears' until he was about 6 and got surgery on them. Later on I also found out that some of them had severe issues at home. This doesn't excuse what they did in any means, kids & teenagers know right from wrong & I was bullied terribly and didn't bully others because of it. But what you need to understand is that people only bully YOU because THEY have low self esteem. Someone who likes themself has no reason to bully other people.

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[cottoncandyLPS]

i watched a video that when they took out the braces a tooth actually came out with it. Dou think it was true? Plz answer i have braces and in like 1 year and a half I'm taking them off but I'm still scared!

[ByeByeBelly]

@cottoncandyLPS Very unlikely, their tooth would have had to be loose and/or diseased in the first place.. they just take the little amounts of cement like substance off the actual brackets glued to your teeth and then it comes off

[funfuntimes09]

You are a beautiful woman please dont let anyone get you down!! :D

[ByeByeBelly]

@funfuntimes09 Thanks

[simpleplanfan011]

Oh my...I'm speechless. HOW DID PEOPLE THINK YOU WERE UGLY??? YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL!! Those people need to get mauled. -__-

[ByeByeBelly]

@simpleplanfan011 I was pretty weird looking, my teeth were very obvious buck teeth

[Thesimmers123]

When I was younger, I sucked my thumb, and it actually left a hole between my teeth where I could actually stick my thumb in. Now there is no hole and my teeth look pretty decent! Btw you don't look bad

[JJHiggs1]

I have big teeth but I don't mind. I admit I only come out at night and you can't see them in a mirror but I get great use outta them. 

[smokebrittany]

Thhe Fuck you talking about your teeth aren't that bad your beautiful like a more prettier version of adele with out all her cakey make up lol

[408sjmichael]

@byebyebelly I have the same story exept it was a diffrent body part and I wasn't institutionalized and from time to time could handle ppl but everything had to be exacly how I wanted the setting and I stayed away from malls resturants etc and I was in my room for \bout 8 yrs mostly don't ever give up its all mental and there's no truth to what they've said

[o0candikat0o]

Do you have anti-bullying day where you are from? Here in BC, we have anti-bullying day, or "pink shirt day" coming up on Feb 29. It's a great idea, we all will be wearing our pink shirts on Wednesday. Thank you for your videos, they are amazing.

[BijelaLala]

you look beautiful, don't ever think you're ugly please,,, people are just ignorant!!

[pipp33]

You're teeth look awesome, don't look oversized to me at all.

[lesleymarietaylor]

I have the same problem and i wish id already have had braces, i want to get ride of my overbite, in elementary they called me beaver and butterface (any thing but her face) =/ but ur gorgeous now! and i really cant wait to get braces myself how long did it take to corect and how much if u dont mind me asking? Im 22 by the way

[TheUncode]

wtf! whats up with society! leave school because you look bad. Who cares what you look like, it's not worth missing out on education!

[swaggfbaby]

people that have braces shouldn't think that there ugly ok