"I was a famous 19-year-old and making a bunch of money and felt like I had everything at my fingertips, but I was deeply unhappy and I actually really resented my life," McCurdy admitted, referring to the "projects" she was working on as being the biggest source of unhappiness. "Hey guys – can we stop using facetune and other flaw-correcting apps to extremes? Instead of camouflaging our flaws and feeling ashamed, let's embrace our strengths and feel empowered," she wrote in the caption, urging her followers to share three things they like about themselves in the comments (via Earn The Necklace). The deleted snap showed McCurdy with an impossibly tiny waist and unnaturally smooth skin. McCurdy also addressed hateful social media messages from trolls with a powerful Instagram post in December 2015 when she purposefully edited her body in a dramatic way to make a point about unrealistic beauty standards. I was caught up in the whirlwind that is beauty." "I needed affirmation to feel comfortable. "I had a two-year span where I was so self-conscious and uncomfortable with my body that I would dress more provocatively to events and in photos because I looked to comments of praise to fulfill me and give me the confidence I lacked," she admitted. In a piece for The Wall Street Journal in 2014, she recalled seeing herself on a magazine cover but noticed it had edited her to such an extent she barely even recognized herself, which triggered her low self-esteem.
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