Why can you trick yourself into thinking you're better looking when looking in the mirror?

[tehgymcel420]

When I look at myself in the mirror or any reflection I can convince myself I'm okay looking, if not above average. But when I see myself in a picture I look much worse, and when I see myself in a video I think "that can't be me." Can anyone else relate?

 

[Grotesque]

I can't look in a mirror without cringing. I take my glasses off for my videos just because I want to die when I can see my face.

 

[Bagelcel]

Some people look in the mirror and see themselves as better looking than they are, some look in the mirrors and see themselves as worse looking than they are.

 

[Deleted member 1042]

Pretty much the same. I feel like I am worst in motion. Thrre is something subhuman not only about my looks, but my movements as well.

 

[Modus Coperandi]

mirror = rope fuel.
I live alone and cover mine so I don't become depressed every time I wash my hands.
Never took a selfie either, but some people have filmed me.
Tbh i know already I am subhuman so I am prepared to look like a walking pile of shit.
It's more my voice in recordings that puts me off the most.

 

[big nose bug eyes]

I can't look in a mirror without cringing. I take my glasses off for my videos just because I want to die when I can see my face.

wait you're the guy on lookism who lost his virginity at 34. now i remember
kek

 

[Akkadian]

I look subhuman in videos and pictures

 

[Deleted member 5861]

I look much better in well taken photos than mirrors and videos.

 

[FunkyMonk]

I hate having pictures taken. Even for id, I just hate it. Also I can never say still for a pose. Even for group photos I opt out. The mirror is very deceiving.

 

[djKhaled_Lookism]

How you look in a mirror is same as how you are percieved irl. You can even train yourself to confirm this as I did, by looking at a true mirror for a month as opposed to a regular mirror. You don’t look any better or worse than what you look like irl.

 

[diogenes]

How you look in a mirror is same as how you are percieved irl. You can even train yourself to confirm this as I did, by looking at a true mirror for a month as opposed to a regular mirror. You don’t look any better or worse than what you look like irl.

So do I need a true mirror or do I look like what I look in a regular mirror?

 

[djKhaled_Lookism]

So do I need a true mirror or do I look like what I look in a regular mirror?

If you want to see for certain that there is no difference, you can only look at true mirrors for a month and you will find that you prefer it over how you look on a normal mirror.

This was discussed in lookism ad nauseam. Mirrors don’t make you look better to yourself, I can post flipped images of MM’s and they remain attractive and flipped images of ugly people remain ugly.