For me it was when I was a young teen on holiday with my mum. We were on a long coach journey and I was half-asleep on her shoulder.

A stranger came over and told her he'd noticed how bad my skin looked. Now at the time I had a little bit of acne and wasn't particularly bothered by it, my parents had told me it would go away eventually and that I shouldn't cover it up with makeup as it would make it worse. The stranger went on to recommend roaccutane and my mum got him to write it down for her. 

All the while I was, at this point, pretending to be asleep and mortified with embarassment. It was like they had both agreed my face needed treatment and I felt miserable the whole trip and the memory has stayed with me ever since.

Looking back on it, I know the man meant well and neither of them knew I was actually awake, but it still made me very aware of how other people must have looked at me.
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Stranger points out my acne when I wasn't all that bothered about it before. Made me an incredibly
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For me it was when I was a young teen on holiday with my mum. We were on a long coach journey and I was half-asleep on her shoulder.

A stranger came over and told her he'd noticed how bad my skin looked. Now at the time I had a little bit of acne and wasn't particularly bothered by it, my parents had told me it would go away eventually and that I shouldn't cover it up with makeup as it would make it worse. The stranger went on to recommend roaccutane and my mum got him to write it down for her. 

All the while I was, at this point, pretending to be asleep and mortified with embarassment. It was like they had both agreed my face needed treatment and I felt miserable the whole trip and the memory has stayed with me ever since.

Looking back on it, I know the man meant well and neither of them knew I was actually awake, but it still made me very aware of how other people must have looked at me.
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a stranger suggested a wrong treatment for my acne and made me feel guilty and sad.
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