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Don't like looking at my own face

Is this common?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 72.7%

  • No

    Votes: 3 27.3%
  • Total voters
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Actually, seeing myself in the mirror or video recorded doesn't really bother me at all. It's hearing my own voice recorded that I can't stand.
 
Fridgemagnetman said:
I imagine your reflection sees you coming and doesn't like looking
at you either.
So puts up a closed sign so it doesn't have to.


(Slight reality distortion)
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Slight?


It really got lost in translation, don't you think?
 
I definitely do avoid or forget to look in the mirror which could be about being ND, it makes sense, especially if one avoids looking at others. I also don't like reading my own handwriting if it's about anything reflective. Typings better.
 
Fridgemagnetman said:
When you go to the mirror and
Your reflection has put up a "closed" sign.
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Most mornings I think I should put a 'closed sign' on my bathroom mirror. I scare myself!! Who IS this woman?

No idea if it's an Aspie thing, but sometimes I catch my reflection and don't even know it's me. I wonder if own facial blindness is included?
 
Juliettaa said:
Most mornings I think I should put a 'closed sign' on my bathroom mirror. I scare myself!! Who IS this woman?

No idea if it's an Aspie thing, but sometimes I catch my reflection and don't even know it's me. I wonder if own facial blindness is included?
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Proso-pagnostic.

Not sure if that paranomasia works
(Word play)
 
Since I’ve not changed much as a kid, apparently, (looks) I still feel sad when I think about how someone said I hadn’t changed that much. She was one of many who thought they were above me or knew about me not fitting in at school. It’s like she was looking at the younger me, but I’ve changed internally.
 
I'm too self concious to enjoy looking in a mirror.

That said, when younger I used to daydream about being able to enter the mirror. No Alice or Red Queen stuff, just an unknown alternate space. Multiple mirrors creating multiple mes was also cool. So I don't blame the mirror. :D
 
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Jeremiah ayers said:
I don't really like seeing my own face and I was wondering it that's a common trait in aspergers or is it just me.
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So I don’t necessarily dislike seeing my own face. At times, I don’t care for what is behind my face. The failures, the disappointments, and the heartache all seem to be drilling back at me from behind my eyes. I look away for just a bit then look back and laugh and remind myself that inside that face are successes, encouragements, and heart hope realized. I laught again and drink a beer.
 
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I am with you. I absolutely hate my face. Its not vanity, its revulsion. People tell me I'm pretty but I get covertly bullied alot, covertly because I bluntly confront people when I know for sure, the injustice of someone taking advantage of my kindness and placidness infuriates me, so I think most of them they are just being cruel. I would bet you that the rest of us would all adore your face.
 
Wendy Stewart Maguire said:
I am with you. I absolutely hate my face. Its not vanity, its revulsion. People tell me I'm pretty but I get covertly bullied alot, covertly because I bluntly confront people when I know for sure, the injustice of someone taking advantage of my kindness and placidness infuriates me, so I think most of them they are just being cruel. I would bet you that the rest of us would all adore your face.
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Thank you and I know what u mean its when I see my face I don't see anything there no matter how I'm feeling my face mostly stays the same and Idk I don't like it
 
There are two reasons I don't like looking at my face:
1. If it's in a mirror I have a pretty pervasive fear of what might appear in the mirror behind me (I wish I was making that up).
2. Faces freak me out and I avoid looking at them as much as is possible. I'd struggle to define my family members' appearance beyond the basics.
 
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