I dont like to take pictures but i do want some?

I dont know if it makes sense but here you go. So i'm a 19 year old girl. I just simply dont like taking pictures, because I always seem to think that I look very bad in them. The thing is I want nice photos (I do have some nice ones but I dont think people will find it good on facebook etc. Its weird, I see myself different in the mirror and in pictures too. Is it normal that I feel this way? Anyone else think like this?

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    I feel the same way but not just with pictures of myself, but pictures in general.

    I have friends for whom it seems everything they do and every outing they take deserves a photo album. I spend most of my time outside of my apartment and even when something cool or eventful happens, it seems that their first thought is to grab a camera while my phone camera is the furthest thing from my thoughts.

    I am not photogenic at all, either. In my photos, I always look like I have a double chin or something weird like that. I never look right. I have to be really careful with my photos just to get them to turn out halfway decent (like my profile picture) and I have been told that I look better IRL =/

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  • Cul-de-sac_Nightmare

    I look hideous in pictures but not in a mirror.

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  • Jklol

    I feel you 10000%. I am literally the exact same way!

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    • kinklu

      10000%????

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  • q25t

    I'm the exact same way. I recently actually needed a picture for something and found that I had none of myself.

    I think it's fairly natural to think the pictures wouldn't look good on Facebook as everyone can see them and so you probably think they will be held to a higher standard.

    You're fine.

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  • Guest_Dude84

    everyone sees them selves differently it's normal and it's a psychological phenomena, like when you look at someones mirror reflection they look slightly different, the more pictures you take of yourself and the more time you spend looking at it the more "normal" you'll become, like I said it's psychological.
    It's normal, it's also normal if you don't like to be photographed, I don't like it either but lately I just don't care.
    So you should stop caring so much and just live, it's just pictures. Life is much more than a few pictures :)

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  • kinklu

    I'm indifferent to my own pix (gosh, I wonder why), but I like Jennifer Lopez's.

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