Is it normal that i hate nearly every photo of myself?
For as long as I can remember I've pretty much taken an instant dislike to any photo taken of myself and thought of myself as ridiculously unphotogenic. On the whole, I am pretty content with the image I see in the mirror and the majority of my facial features and I'm pretty certain that I'm not hideous. I've been called beautiful, absolutely stunning, gorgeous, been stopped by strangers etc and have no problems when it comes to meeting guys at bars/clubs etc to the extent where I feel I should be reasonably assured that I'm moderately attractive at least. However, whenever someone takes a photo of me my self-esteem pretty much plummets - I'm not being funny here but my face always looks slightly deformed, weirdly shaped, squinty, generally very ugly and I think 'yuck, how could anyone find that attractive'. The only photos of myself I like are selfies where I have control of the camera haha. It probably doesn't help that I generally feel quite uncomfortable in front of the camera and haven't mastered any sort of 'go-to' pose. Most of my friends assure me that I look fine but a few have said that I look much better in person than in photos which I suppose is a compliment. Anyway, it's got to the point where I barely have any photos of myself up on social media and have to untag myself from most of them because I feel so self-conscious, and I probably look like a hermit compared to my friends who are tagged in hundreds of photos. So is it normal to feel this way? Thanks so much!