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When I was 13 I burned myself pretty bad. I had to wear a type of garment they call jobsts. (sp?) Basically, it was a skin tight shirt, and a skin tight hood type deal. It covered all of my head but my face.
Now, this isn't quite the same as a physical deformity, but it had the same effect. I know what it's like to be treated differently due to how I look. I didn't like it at all. I don't think there's anything worse than being pitied.
These days I don't wear the garments anymore, but the scars are definitely there, though they did migrate off of my face and onto my neck due to me growing up. I've accepted that random people that see me are going to think differently of me, but take ten minutes to get to know me and you won't even notice the scars because I don't make any kind of issue of them. I forget they're even there usually.
I, myself, don't look at anybody differently because of my experiences. I see everybody in this world under the same light.
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