Despite the title, this isn't an article telling how to literally transform into a mythical creature. Even though I for one would absolutely love to become a unicorn, but I'm getting off topic. Everyone is their own person. Thus meaning that everyone has a right to be different compared everybody else, however in today's society people have very harsh reactions to people being different. In the long run, that negative reaction can have long-term effects on people and may especially cause damage to a person's self-esteem and self-confidence. In my head, I equate this similarly to Pokemon when they are battling. It doesn't matter how much HP you have or if you're considered to be a super strong Pokemon; if you are attacked enough times, you will run out of HP and your Pokemon will faint meaning you lose the battle.

Now you're probably wondering what the heck Pokemon and Unicorns have to do with self-confidence and self-esteem because obviously you saved the game before you started the battle, or maybe you just go to the pokecenter to restore your Pokemon's health, and Unicorns don't exist in real life, so I'm already wrong. Um no. Sure, you could have easily saved the game but in real life, it isn't that easy. In real life, when you run out of self-esteem and self-confidence because of ignorant people who chose to make negative comments towards you, your life, the way you look, the way you dress, and basically tear you down for simply existing, getting it back isn't as simple as starting from the point in the game where your Pokemon had full HP and it definitely isn't as easy as going to a pokecenter to refill your HP.

In life when your self-esteem and self-confidence are gone, it's a long journey back to restoring them. Once they're gone you have trouble dressing up in public in fear that everyone is going to judge you, so you choose to wear basketball shorts and T-Shirts. At least that's how it was in my case. I was always self-conscious about my weight but the fact that my "friends" commented on it left me with no self-confidence at all. I lost myself because I was consumed by what everyone else thought of me. It's not as if I could have just come out to someone and say, "oh, yeah, I'm like this because I'm on medication I have to take every day." The worst part was my friends knew I took medication every day, so my problems only got worse from there. However, despite all of these problems I had to overcome, it all led me back to one thing. Being a Unicorn.

It took me a while to find the person I actually was, the person who I am. And if I'm being honest, I'm still finding myself now. The only difference is that now, I use my self-esteem and self-confidence to be who I really am; instead of pretending to be someone I'm not and instead of pretending to be okay with what "friends" were saying about me. Now I have amazing friends who accept me for who I am, not just what I look like. The truth is, looks can be deceiving, and while I am a nice person if anyone tries messing with me, I'm not going to be so nice. I'm a Unicorn now, and if you mess with me I have a horn on my head for a reason. So no matter what anybody says about you, no matter how hard it may be, always always always try to be a Unicorn. Everyone just thinks we don't exist because we don't show ourself's unless necessary.

So be a Unicorn. Be yourself, and just forget everyone else. If they truly care then they will still be by your side.