Anyone not recognize their own picture or reflection?

[Invisible Fire]

Not sure where to post this. Has anyone ever seen a recent photo of themselves and not know who the person is? Or when you look in the mirror its baffling that it is you looking back? I had this happen with a photograph and found it upsetting. And I find looking in the mirror difficult but when I do it doesn't look like me.

 

[Deanna]

That would be avoidance, I think. I look into a photo and can't believe I months way, with age. I've let myself go for a little while.. But that is about to change. What are your goals?

 

[Invisible Fire]

That would be avoidance, I think.

Avoidance. That is interesting. Its not that I don't want to believe it. Its like i'm looking at a stranger.

 

[Friday]

More times than I can count.

Even applying makeup, or drying my hair, I pick a piece of myself to look at, rather than the whole. Because, right now, the whole doesn’t process. It’s not right. It’s wrong. Distance needed. So it’s like lining up a shot. Just a piece of fabric. Just a color. A shape. A place. Tap. Done.

Photos, however, lie. Give me an make up artist and 3 hours, and I can be 40 wildly different people. I have that kind of face, though, even before posture and body shape. If I DONT get my face done professionally before ID photos? Customs always challenges me. So I firmly ignore photographs that I haven’t prepped for. They’re rubbish.

 

[Deanna]

Avoidance. That is interesting. Its not that I don't want to believe it. Its like i'm looking at a stranger.

Well.. It is you. Plain and simple. Now, I have a hard time recognizing myself in a way. I never thought in a million years, I'd look like this. I was suppose to finish on top. I did but just not in the ways I expected. I look like my grandmother ( in a way) so yeah, someone has a blank stare looking back at me.
Boyfriend said that was vanity. ( it sounds bad... So its me! Lol!!
I'm on a ☎ by the way.. So typing is challenging.

 

[Itsnotyouitsme]

Today I survived my second trigger date. Once I got up off of the bathroom floor from a crying session, I looked at myself in the mirror and I didn’t recognise myself at all. My eyes, they’re different. And not for the obvious reason, crying. They just look empty. Like there isn’t a soul behind them, like there’s no life behind them. It’s quite sad actually and made me cry more in the end.

 

[Invisible Fire]

Today I survived my second trigger date. Once I got up off of the bathroom floor from a crying session, I looked at myself in the mirror and I didn’t recognise myself at all. My eyes, they’re different. And not for the obvious reason, crying. They just look empty. Like there isn’t a soul behind them, like there’s no life behind them. It’s quite sad actually and made me cry more in the end.

Thank you for sharing. I can feel your strength. You are right you survived today because you are strong. I believe we all have wellness within us. :)

 

[Ellabella44]

Yep I have that as well. Omg who's this and when did this happen? I hate pictures of myself honestly.

 

[MrMoonlight]

Sometimes I'm surprised by my age when looking into a mirror. Somehow an old guy is looking back until I snap into the realization that many years have passed.