Ever feel disconnected from the mirror?

This is sorta random, but does anyone else feel COMPLETELY disconnected from the image you see in the mirror?

That happens to me a LOT, am I weird? I just look in the mirror and it startles me, not in a good or a bad way really, but its just like "REALLY thats ME??!!" Its like I don't recognize myself, and like the person in the mirror is someone else completely different than how I see myself on the inside, sorta.

Not totally describing it rigth but do you kinda know what I mean?

 

yeah...especially when I am clearly tired and stressed out. I hate it. I get these bags under my eyes and I look at myself and want to throw up!

 

Yes.

 

Yes. There were times when I would catch myself in the mirror I did not recognize myself for a split second.

That doesn't seem to happen lately, however.

 

yep. especially when im having a bad day and look like shit, am super tired.etc

 

Oh hellz yeah. The other day I was in some store and I saw a bunch of people on the security monitor, and one of my absent thoughts on the stupid channel was "damn I wish I had her body". So it turns out it was me. :lol: In my defense though the camera was behind me so weird perspective, and my coat is new and the picture was grainy. Maybe I'm just really dense though. But I think it was the new coat.

But yeah mirrors always make me wonder what the hell is going on.

 

Yeah, I see myself differently everytime I look in the mirror. For example, I dyed my purple again tonight and had it cut, so teh first thing I notice is my hair, sometimes I see only my nose, often my spots. Sometimes I look in the mirror and think shit, that really isn't me? Is it? It scares me.

 

Yes, completely. It is surreal. I have the same experience when I see photos of myself, especially ones from when I was a child.

 

Yes, I understand...

 

Yeah, at this one resturant that we go to and they have this mirror that lets you see yourself from 3 different angles. I'm always looking in it like I'm looking at a stranger.

 

Looking in a mirror while high really allows me to explore the schizophrenic inner workings of my personality cortex.

So, yes, I know exactly what you mean.

 

lol, i did that too! I saw this girl and was like "man she is hot", and I turned red when I realised it was me. Obviously from an angle I never see myself,but I was on the phone with my husband when i said it and he was like "see, i told u!" We had a laugh.

 

Aw, boo. You got "hot" and all I got was "better looking than me". :tongue:

I'm going to lower my standards so that next time I don't recognize myself I can think I'm hot.

Hmm that's odd...part of my brain just ran out of my ear and landed on the rug. I sure hope it doesn't leave a stain.

 

Oh dear god, yes. That always happens to me. How I think I look and how I look are two totally different things.
When I see myself it's just like.... whoa.

 

It happens to me alot. It's not like a "ew, I look gross!" I feel as if my mind & soul doesn't match my body. I probably sound extremely strange. I have no problem with how I look, it's just as if I look like a stranger somewhat. It's hard to explain. :]
Maybe I need to keep creating my image until I feel like my personality matches my appearance.

 

actually, in my head i picture myself to look a lot worse than when i look at myself in the mirror... so when i look in the mirror.. i'm like.. "oh, i guess i'm alright." instead of ... "oh god i'm hideous.." lol

like you know how you can just name anybody you know, and you automatically get this mental picture of them in your head? yeah, well when i picture myself in my head i wonder how other people mentally picture me as, and i picture myself wayyy worse than i am in the mirror.. lol :S

its fucked up..

 

holy shit pricecheck, i never knew you were a chick. lol

 

Yes, I have that experience more often than not. I can actually stand there for minuts just going whhaat thhee fuuck?? I've been playing around with the idea that my soul is, in fact, further away from the mirror image of my body than my mind could even measure... I don't think the physical entity I am residing in (or taking a break from as the case may be) has very much to do with me.