Is it normal to hate how you look in photos?

I dont know why but I hate being photographed. Whenever I do I never see the "beauty" perse I only look for flaws and things that are wrong and nothing can ever be right about the picture. Is this normal?

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Based on 116 votes (108 yes)
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  • Yeah it's normal. I hate looking at pictures of myself too, there's always something wrong :/

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  • hippychick

    No, actually, the period is exactly where it belongs as it was not part of the original quote and thus falls outside of the quotations marks. I am an English teacher and can assure you that I am correct.

    I assume, based on your comment, that you are American. American rule does actually state that the period always falls before the last quotation mark, however, British rule is different. And most English speaking countries (like Canada - where I am from) follow British rule.

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  • lalalala34

    yess, most of the time i always look so horrible in pictures!

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    • Devilsummoner

      me too :D

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  • hippychick

    It is actually. There's a reason for it too. First, our faces are not totally symetrical but from years of looking at ourselves in the mirror, we've become used to seeing ourselves and the placement of our features in reverse. A camera, on the other hand, takes our picture straight on as others see us....not reversed like a mirror. Because our faces are not symetrical this not-in-reverse photo looks just slightly different than what we are used to seeing.

    This would be why that bathroom mirror picture is so popular. :)

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  • MonsterEnergyy

    Yeah betch hmuu'

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  • secrettellings

    my boyfriend hates pictures of himself...its totally normal

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  • doggystyle529

    I feel the same way!!!

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  • theWARwhore

    I hate my look toooo

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  • crazygood

    wow i never thought of it like you guys have suggested that makes a lot more sense now

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  • Maybe I hate how YOU look

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  • Devilsummoner

    NORMAL. i always hate the way i look in photo

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  • hippychick

    Wow. Typos. That should have said " if you've got a good photo editting program".

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    • hotdog_o'plenty

      By the way, your last quotation mark goes after the period. (.")

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  • hippychick

    Oh yeah, and if you've got. Good photo edifying program, there's often a function that allows you to reverse the picture. Try it. I bet you'll like it better.

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