YSK: people, photographers, and the media naturally try to make a person appear their most attractive. Dont let media or social media, and specifically porn, ruin your perception of what real people should look like.

You don’t want to compare yourself or people around you to an inflated standard, instead compare to the people you see in candid moments. A “10” who is candid, confused, stressed, or laughing dumbly, fake smiling, without makeup, with bedhead, texting on the toilet, exhausted, bloated, or sick, looks a lot more like a regular human than you’d expect.