Hi dolls, Alice here!

This is the second issue of Deeper where I write about my inner-most feelings.

Today's issue: self-confidence

I am a very confident person - when I'm with my friends and family - but when people at school are bullying me and making me feel awful about my self, that's when it bubbles.

I am what you might class as a 'nerd', I wear dorky glasses, get good grades and am a self-proclaimed bookworm. These are qualities I should be proud of but today's society slates us 'nerds' and it soon becomes a bad thing to get good grades.

However, I have an escape from this and it's acting. The thing I love best about acting is that I can be an entirely different person and it may sound weird because I'm always promoting 'individualism' but sometimes it is nice to escape your life.

There are so many depths to a person which I love exploring through a script and that's why I write about emotions so much; there are so many layers.

Anyway, back to the self-confidence element to this post!

A lot of the time I just keep quiet and just hide what I am really thinking because I don't want the 'popular' people to make a big deal of something that shouldn't be.

But I need to stop this and so do you if you do the same! Our opinions are valued as much as the next person but peer pressure is keeping us from leaving this shell we captivate ourselves in.

Yes, there may be bullies who make you feel bad about yourself but don't let them stop you from being YOU as you are probably the coolest person ever; you just need to find yourself!

Stay true to yourself!

- Alice