Christina Ricci Gets Candid About Being Broke and Insecure About Her Looks

[hewontgo]

Christina Ricci admits that she has faced financial hardship and negative feelings about her appearance over the years.https://t.co/cVPTFAH0Dm
- Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) March 25, 2024
Christina Ricci, 44, admits that she has faced financial hardship and negative feelings about her appearance over the years

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[maryjanewatson]

"I really couldn't reconcile caring about what I looked like so much"

i feel HORRIBLE about still caring and being so affected by what i look like, especially because there's this mythos that once you're past your 30s, you just become so much more confident and give less of a shit about it. if anything, i give more of a shit now than ever before. i notice every new gray hair, every line, every part that's sagging, how much older i look compared to my peers... and caring about not being pretty enough is a vain, superficial thing, right, so i feel so shallow and stupid!

ANYWAY LMAO it's tough and i get her

[healthypanda]

In some ways, I definitely feel more confident and finding more of my authentic self. It hasn't been an easy journey but I'm getting there. I also feel good about my style, etc.

But with that, it's hard not to notice the wrinkles and aging (I'm turning 40 this year). On one had, I'm like, hey! I look great! 40 is still young! But on the other hand, it's hard to not think of myself even 5 or 10 years ago when I looked so much younger. Why is youth so heavily prized in this culture? We spend most of our lives aging.

[sweetwaterlane]

I feel this and find that it's not even just finding wrinkles/aging, it's that it slowly makes me feel less recognizable. Like i'll come across an album with pics of myself at 20 and seeing my chubby cheeks and thicker skin back then, it's starting to look like a different person i don't even recognize. So even when i like how i look in the mirror, i'm having to get used to a changing face and body, and that feels so weird. Not to mention the gradual shift in reactions i get from males. Which i never even liked, but just slowly feeling invisible to guys in their 20's who i would've caught doing a double take? It's an adjustment and can feel scary and sad.

[warwarwar]

I feel everything you said so much. And while I hate that society does this to us, reading your comment made me feel so much less alone in all of this.

Some things people said in this thread I could have written myself word for word.

[healthypanda]

I definitely resonate with this comment! If done respectfully, it can be nice to get that kind of attention from other men. But that's happening with me too, and I'm definitely more *aware* of my age now if I'm around younger people.

[theladyflash]

Looks wise I'm definitely more insecure. But everything else....i dont give a shit about more as i age. Peoples bullshit can get the fuck out.

[lovepollution]

I feel this. I struggle so much with having my picture taken, or even taking selfies, since I pick apart every little thing I don’t like. Everyone else seems so comfortable with constantly taking pictures of themselves and I envy that confidence tbh. For me, even if I think I look pretty good that day and dare to take a selfie, I’ll then see something I don’t like and obsess over it all day.