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vintagedoll
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| I don't have any problem looking in the mirror when I am at home in the privacy of my bedroom or bathroom, but I hate to catch sight of myself in a mirror when I am out in public. I seem to look quite differnt then and feel very uncomfortable and very self-conscious. Perhaps it is because I am then seeing myself as the outside world sees me, but out in public I think I look weird and really out of place in relation to other people. When I am around other people I always avoid sitting near a mirror or anywhere where I can see my reflection. For me though, I think it is more of a self-esteem/self-image issue rather than just being part of my AS. |
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dadsgotas
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| Reluctantly, because that amount of ugly hurts to see. |
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Dilbert
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| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't have any problems with mirrors or my reflection in public places or anything of that nature. |
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Ligea_Seroua
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Sometimes it sort of hypnotises me and I lose a lot of time, I think I have such warped self image I can't really imagine how I am if I dont see myself, and yet when I do see myself, it's somehow not really "me".
Because I am so out of touch with how I might look I do the the thing of looking at my reflection via another mirror.....yes, I think I'll stop writing now, I think this might not be normal.
I don't say "Candyman" though.
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Aoi
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| I look in my mirror when shaving, cutting my hair (can't deal with having other people cut it, so I cut it myself), and when inspecting my back for moles. Otherwise, no interest. |
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Fiz
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I have a really strange relationship with mirrors that my boyfriend finds amusing. He reckons that if there were no mirrors in the house, then I would be destitute and pretty much screwed.
I use the mirror for normal functions such as putting my hair up (which I do a lot), straightening my hair or on the very odd occasion when I put make up on (not something I do a great deal at all).
However, I find myself looking in it because, for some reason, I am fascinated by my own reflection. It's not because I'm narcissistic or big-headed or anything like that, because I don't actually know why I do it. There are times when I look in the mirror and think I look good, but then I usually feel good within myself at the same time. However there are also times when I look in the mirror and think that I look like crap, but then, again, I usually feel crap at the same time. Or there are even times when I look at my reflection and feel absolutely nothing. Like I say, my boyfriend finds it funny when he catches me looking at myself, he makes budgie noises and pretends to peck a small mirror when he catches me and then calls me 'budgie'. |
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Aspiewriter
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| I can't stand to look at myself in the mirror really. Never could. Can't stand having my picture taken or me being filmed. As a kid, I used to sometimes watch home movies. But I just can't stand watching myself anymore. Or more so, it's just being filmed that I can't stand. Something about that, it's like the camera is capturing a piece of me every time that I can't get back. |
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poopylungstuffing
Have Asperger's not sure if I am diagnosed or not
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NarcissusSavage
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I'm entranced with my own image, and at times have difficulty pulling my eyes off my image on reflective surfaces. It's borderline obsessive... 
But, I do the same with anyone/anything of which I find immaculately beautiful....
I've been told I resemble one of the following, on numerous occasions. An angel, an elf, a taltos, or fae.
I'm not really attractive in the typical sense, but nice to look at, all the same. I have few of the typical masculine traits assosiated with a man being handsome.
~NS
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mgran
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| Well, where I come from, calling someone "fae" would be descriptive of a horror to dreadful to be named. |
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asobi_seksu
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| I have a complusion to check myself in the mirror cause of my low self esteem.I think in half an hour I'll have became about 80 stone and grown a beard...xD |
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Brittany2907
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I look in the mirror as much as anyone else would - when I brush my teeth (to check for any food stuck in them) or when I casually walk past one somewhere I'll glance in it.
When I was a kid I used to look in them a lot more. I fascinated how my mental thoughts could be translated into body movements, I think because a lot of the time I had trouble believing that I was real and I had to check that I still had my physical body.
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nettiespaghetti
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LOL yes I look in the mirror. I don't have a problem with it.
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arisu
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yes, i do. usually to criticize my own appearance and also to stare at my eyes. my eyes are the only ones i like to look at.
though i hate looking at pictures of me. they capture my appearance but none of the soul.
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Krzy_Kat
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Wow, I found this just doing a random google search on Aspergers and Mirrors and found so many posts with such similiar reactions to mine that I wound up joining the community.
Yes myHusband also teases me about becoming mezmorized with my own reflection. And I have asked friends if its still Narssism if you not enamoured with how you look as much as just trying to process "Is that me?" "Is that really who I am?" I find it all so strange. |
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