hello! a lot of the people following me! are quite young! I feel it is my responsibility to leave you all with at least One (1!!!) good piece of advice!! so here is that!
Do not joke about harming yourself or make jokes putting yourself down! I know, I know. that might seem silly! after all, there's no harm in a little self-deprecation, right? I mean, my username has "poorlydrawn" in it!
but that is merely following a trend-naming-convention. I am actually very confident in my art! :D "poorlydrawn" is not a self insult; it is an excuse to let me put a little less time into art when I am feeling tired. it is me making no promise of high-quality so I can allow myself to not be a "perfectionist" with i create.
but when you say bad things about yourself? even as a joke? Little by little, you will start to believe it. You will not notice it, not at first. but it will make you feel worse. and it will make the people around you feel worse, too. None of your friends want to hear you be mean to yourself. Not even as a joke.
but! but!! fret not! there is! an ALTERNATIVE! instead of being comedically MEAN to yourself- be comedically CONFIDENT in yourself!
When you trip, joke about having perfect balance! Joke about how 'i've never been embarrassed because i've never made a mistake in my life' or say 'im literally the most intelligent person in the world' when you're feel lacking. These are funny too! exaggeration! People still understand these as acknowledging flaws or mistakes!
but it does not fall into the trap of thinking these flaws or mistakes are something uniquely wrong with you! no one has perfect balance, everyone's been embarrassed, everyone's felt inadequate! The joke is no longer that you are flawed. it is that none of us are perfect, but really, is there anything wrong with that? no. I don't think so.
Be kind to yourself. Make fun, yes!! but be kind, too. Everyone needs a little kindness! So make sure you extend some of that your own way.