Posted by karen_kay on June 11, 2004, at 12:29:35
In reply to mirrors, posted by shortelise on June 11, 2004, at 9:39:09
i like mirrors. i used to really despise them too. but, now i really love them. i'm honestly not conceited, i swear. but, sometimes it's amazing to me how i used to really hate to look at myself in mirrors and now every time i pass one i look.
one thing that gets me though.... mirrors throw me off sometimes. same with pictures, but i'll stick to mirrors for now. sometimes when i go somewhere and there's a full-length mirror, i don't realize for a while that it's actually me i'm looking at. it honestly takes my brain a minute to figure out that it's me staring back. (and i often find i don't recognize myself in pictures either. many times i've confused myself with my sister and vice versa.)
i honestly used to hate mirrors and i only owned a very small mirror for makeup purposes only. i think that once i got it in my brain that i wasn't ugly (like i'd told myself and grew up hearing) i began to appreciate how pretty i am.
also, mirrors help me figure out the 'perfect' way to sit, or the 'perfect' way to stand, or the 'perfect' way to do anything. maybe i have an unhealthy obsession with mirrors? i doubt it though. if it weren't for mirrors and actually realizing 'those bad thoughts' weren't true, i might still today hate the way i look.
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