people across the board deal with their feelings in different ways. some have learned to express their unhappiness/lack of self-esteem outright, some seem to mask it with an over-the-top, "i have all the self esteem in the world" personality, and still others deal with it by lashing out at others to take the attention off themselves.

especially as it pertains to youth, i think the perception that julie shared (and i've heard it before, especially in terms of girls' body images) can actually do a real disservice if it's taken as fact.