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Mirror, mirror, on the wall...

Mr Cat Dog

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    (I'll admit this would have been more timely a few weeks ago, but you can't time inspiration! :D)

    What's your reaction when you look at yourself in a mirror? "Hey, there's a good-looking dude/dudette?" "Oh god, I'd change that and that and that?" "This lighting makes my skin look saggy?" Or something else entirely...?

    I know that people view themselves differently in photographs than they do in mirrors (I know I do, for one!) so let's just keep the topic on your relationship with your mirror for the time being! :D
     
    A few various things. Depends on what feature I notice that day. These are the things I notice most.

    "I should probably get my hair cut again." "Nooo, hat hair :(" "Not sure if I feel fat or feel awesome and curvy." "I've got tan lines again." "Oh look a red spot. I need to stop picking at my face." <five seconds later> "Oh hey a pimple! Let's pick at it!"
     
    Ahahah, hmm... It used to be that I hardly even wanted to look in a mirror. For one my self esteem was low, and I had bad gender dysphoria on top of it, but right now I feel a lot more at ease with things, and I can actually look in a mirror, and notice that I look nice and feel good about myself. It's refreshing.
     
    I see some parts as good and others as bad. I usually fix up my hair and then look at my eyes and wish the rest of my face was as nice as my eyes, haha. I'm pretty confident about how my face looks but I do usually want to do a few things when I see myself in the mirror.
     
    "Oh my God is this really you? Look away at once and pretend you never saw anything."

    Yup. I probably have some kinda image issues, lol. I just hate looking at myself in mirrors, in pictures, in videos, etc. I never really figured out why but it's annoying. That's part of why I'm so tight with posting pictures too.
     
    I look so weird I just can't look at myself.

    My appearance actually triggered my Spectrophobia, which is a fear of mirrors. I am also so camera shy I often refuse to get my photo taken.

    Yeah, I basically shiver in front of any mirror.

    In fact, in PC's "Pictures Of You" thread, I only posted 1 photo of myself cos my appearance is not what you would expect.
     
    I never have the same reaction twice in a row when I'm looking in a mirror. Sometimes I think I look great, other times I think I look terrible - and often it does have to do with the lighting lol.

    My facial features and my hair I'm pretty happy with, it's just my skin quality that differs with lighting. With really good lighting I can see just how bad it is and it makes me want to die, but with regular lighting the flaws look far less pronounced and I find myself thinking "yeah, I look alright".

    Weirdly though, I find my skin looks best when I look in the mirror first thing in the morning. It always looks paler and clearer when I first get up, and I really like that. I guess it's not often that somebody says they look their best when they get out of bed :P
     
    Weirdly though, I find my skin looks best when I look in the mirror first thing in the morning. It always looks paler and clearer when I first get up, and I really like that. I guess it's not often that somebody says they look their best when they get out of bed :P

    This is it for me too! I have rosacea (means I blush easily) and I hate it.. so in the mornings my skin is really pale and even and I like it :C But then after a shower my cheeks get rosy and I hate it ;o;
     
    Grab closest long slender object and see how far I can place it down my throat while trying to keep a cute face. Practice makes perfect.
     
    When I get up: "My hair is a bird's nest"

    Afternoon: "Why is my skin not pale anymore?"

    After shower: "Hmmm.....I look sexy."

    Before night time: "I love myself."
     
    This is it for me too! I have rosacea (means I blush easily) and I hate it.. so in the mornings my skin is really pale and even and I like it :C But then after a shower my cheeks get rosy and I hate it ;o;

    Omg rosacea.
    Worst thing ever, I have it too. I don't know anyone else who has rosacea in rl, and noones ever mentioned it on the interwebs. :I -feels less lonely-

    Usually when I look in the mirror, if I just came out of a shower and dried my hair, I think I'm the best thing on earth. Unless I have a small blemish somewhere, then I find myself horribly hideous until it goes away. I try to ignore the blush on my face, but people sometimes ask me if I'm okay or something when my face starts getting a little more than pink.
     
    I also have rosacea. In the mornings my opinion of myself is really different than after a shower or something, haha. >: I tell myself I look good after waking up but after a shower my face gets red and I have to turn away because the redness bothers me to look at. I'm fine with myself in general - it's my skin that ruins how I look sometimes imho.
     
    I say "ew eyebrows, ew legs, ew hair, ew stomach, ew weird thing my chin does when my mouth is closed, ew toe" and that's that. When I put more effort into getting dressed and looking nice, I am vain and take a ton of pictures and stare at myself constantly. The pictures never come out good and do not capture what my eyes see and it makes me give up ALL HOPE.

    I have a weird skin problem too. If I scratch myself or get scratched, even lightly, it looks like I survived a bear attack. It swells up and gets red and awful. I hate when people feel the need to say "what's wrong with your [insert whatever is red]?!" like i'm diseased. It's embarrassing and tbh pretty rude, especially when it's my freaking face. :| Which someone kindly pointed out to me a few weeks ago. I was ready to slap her. There's a nicer way to bring it up, but I'd rather you not at all. But it annoys me when I see it on my face in the mirror and it takes a while for it to go away. ;(
     
    "Why in the hell is this stubble growing back so quickly?" Seriously, I hate looking in the mirror and seeing the five o'clock shadow appear right under my nose, especially when I go to great lengths to try to retain my clean shaven look. It's really the thing I notice most readily in the mirror because it annoys me so much.

    My allergy induced red rash on my face? I'm so totally used to it, so it doesn't surprise me anymore.
     
    "I hate shaving. Ugh." Pretty much that. I freaking hate shaving, but I also look dumb with facial hair. It also irritates my skin, so I have to balance it out.

    Other times I just look on with disgust at how bad my hair looks that day. I hate that. But it's kinda rare, so I'll take it.
     
    "Bam!"
    "Oh snap I need to fix my hair."
    "Lookin good, I'm just saying!!"
    "My nose looks crooked."
    "I wish I could do it with myself."
    "Why doesn't anyone I know offline flock to my block?"
    "I have a Lady Gaga nose."
    "I look so good right now. I should take a picture of myself."
     
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