When You Look In the Mirror...

[Strykz]

So when you look in the mirror (figuratively)...how do you see yourself? In every aspect, not just physical.

I'm a perfectionist, i guess. I'll never be content with myself until i reach perfection, until then i'll always hate some sides of me. Looking inward in general comes with a sense of pride in my unrelenting morals and my (self-proclaimed) good judgement. My personality is observer, i'm a thinker and i like being what i am. I'm a little bit too shy on the social side (with people i don't know), i know it's ilogical but no matter how much i tell myself that, the feeling is almost instinctual and i can't get rid of it (and being brave once doesn't make it subsequently easier, no). I have a sort of duality in that whenever i'm around friends i just react instinctively without thinking too much about what i'm saying or doing, whereas when i'm alone i ponder everything more or less thoroughly. This also makes it tough to argue with someone in real life since my brain just *stops* its higher functions whenever i'm facing someone and for the life of me i can't concentrate.

At the end of the day there will always be much better people than me.

I think everything you described there is perfectly normal.

 

[MadMechanic]

Yup, I pretty much detest myself. Well, looks wise. I hate my appearance. Mainly because I'm used to piss taking about it. Fat, glasses, long-ish hair.
Which is why I frequently wear the stuff I'm wearing in my avatar.

Skills wise...erm...I'm not too annoyed with those. I've got my art, and my skirmishing skills. And my brilliant wits too....
And theres my mechanical skills too. They could be better, but, hell, who wants precision engineered stuff?

 

[child of lileth]

I have a complex from how people that took care of me when I was little treated me. So basically, I tend to see myself as never getting anything back for how much I go out of my way for the people I care about. I just see it as people always find something negative to say about what I do for them, and it feels like they never consider the work and effort I put into whatever it was.

So I see myself as someone that needs to find a way to get over that whole thing. Other than that, I see myself as needing to work on anger and anxiety issues. But besides all that, I think I'm an okay person. Not the best, but not horrible either.

 

[traineesword]

I look at myself in the mirror and think "i hate you, you hate me, but we're stuck with each other for as long as both of us will exist..."

reflecting upon myself as a person, I never see any likable features and yet get angry when people say snide things about me... its not like i don't agree with them, i'm just a hypocrite or something.
i try not to think too much about myself though, because theres no point getting depressed or angry over it.

somebody said something about teeth and that is one of my greatest falls in physical features, through the ages of about 12-14 i brushed my teeth once every "when mum nagged me enough" and it has stained them beyond brushable repair... i brush them thrice a day now (even more if i go out several times) with special whitening toothpaste and its made a massive difference, but they are still tainted with a yellow tinge... i'm not going to get them whitened though, it reminds me of that massive mistake i made and ensures i never do it again.

gah, why did i even reply to this thread, i hate being me and reading someone talking about how much they hate themself is just boring XD

 

[Tetranitrophenol]

Hmmm, well I see a young man who's pretty much gonna grow up to be someone very similar to Mr.Scrooge. Never learned the true meaning of Christmas.

I dunno i don't like to stare too much at the guy, it keeps staring back at me even when I move away from the mirror...

 

[Distorted Stu]

I always seem to turn to my left when looking in a mirror. Its my good side and its the only side i enjoy seeing. I havnt seen my right side in years.. I may have a small colony of lice living there.. im jyst scared to check.

 

[AgentDarkmoon]

As a person, I really don't like myself. I think I could be and do better, and that people deserve better than I can give them, and this has caused me problems in the past. It's not even something tangible that I don't like- something within me just doesn't sit right with me. I don't go around slandering people behind their backs, speak up when needed, and generally align chaotic good; my basic thought process in dealing with people is to try and leave their lives a little better than when I entered (or at least a net neutral).

Physically, I think I'm average/chubby and need to lose weight. I have been told that I should stay the weight I am and/or gain weight however, and if I wear anything other than my typical jeans with black shirt, no makeup, and hair in ponytail people take notice of me (hell, even as-is sometimes... but I still don't think I'm particularly good-looking). Also, not to come off as prideful or boastful, but my smile is a apparently a dangerous weapon- for some reason, if I smile genuinely at anyone, they will smile right back and come over and start talking to me. Only a very few times with particularly questionably attituded females has it not worked- so I've learned to be careful when and where I smile full out. I really don't like photos of myself smiling though I think they look terrible. It's really confusing.

Anyways. I look in the mirror and see a person as flawed and normal as the rest of the people in the world, albeit the fact that we're all flawed in different ways.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Looks wise, I'm...I'm not sure, actually.

I hate my hair, though. It almost never looks right, and when it does I have no idea what the fuck I did to it. This is also why I'm contemplating getting a buzz cut sometime in the future.

I also wear glasses, which sometimes nets me the 'Nerd' stereotype, but the biggest issue is my...*ahem* puberty-induced gynocomastia. It isn't very severe, but has caused lots of psychological issues and feelings of self-loathing, and are holding me back from living life how I want to live it.

 

[Mydnyght]

I don't mind saying this.... I sometimes stop and wonder why I'm on this Earth... I wonder what my purpose is... I still haven't figured that out.

But I'm sure I'll figure it out at some point in my life...

I know it sounds kinda depressing, but that's what I feel about myself sometimes.

 

[Jedoro]

I'm pretty content with myself, but I'm also afraid of myself (and pretty much only myself, but that's another story). I like who I am, and when I look at what I did to become this person and how easy it would be to become someone else, I tell myself it takes work to stay this person.

 

[Zannah]

Given that of a hundred people I met so far, 99 were complete douchebags, a certain sense of superiority, and thereby arrogance helps taking on most self esteem issues - If you manage to make yourself believe you cannot fail, than you won't, it's that simple (at least most of the time, you really need someone to back you up, on the occasions where this doesn't work so well :I )

 

[Xvito]

This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9sE55QzXlo] is how I feel about myself.

 

[SnipErlite]

I'm not particularly special in any way, but nonetheless I'm reasonably happy with myself.

Looks? Erm apparently not too bad but I can't really say
Physically? Getting there.....
Mentally? Sanity? What's that?

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I imagine if I had the capacity to feel anything more than a twinge of frustration and self-contempt, I would probably break the mirror and cry.
I am serious. It is difficult to picture anyone else so grotesque and useless.
Think Christian Weston Chandler, only having accomplished less.

That is all okay, though.
Alcohol takes the pain away.
Fuckin' hooray.

 

[Plurralbles]

I despise myself sometims and think this life is completely pointless and it'd be better to just end it prematurely, but when I'm about to go over the edge and start wearing black and dye my hair a glimmer of awesome pierces through and I see that my life is actually quite good and I'm doing well at Life. Just today I decided I would sit more to teh front of my economics class to hopefully get more out of hte Lecture and lo and behold, I met an extremely nice girl during it. I don't care where this thing goes, just the hours between 2 and 3:30 have become just a bit nicer making the rest of my day better and it accumulates into making it an okay week. I crave being social and it's probably not hte best way, but I measure the value of my being as how many people care to talk to me. I think it's becuase i was always in that awkward void between teh popular kids and the not-so. I didn't fit into either one and it made me crave attention and when I fail in any way it makes me feel like complete and utter garbage.

 

[Jory]

I like being me.

I work hard at university, practice guitar lots,write lots of music, meet lots of people and I have an awesome girlfriend.

I'm pretty good right now, I have my problems but who doesn't?

 

[inflamessoilwork]

I used to have low self esteem, but then I started taking care of myself more, getting in shape and whatnot. Now my self esteem is much better.

 

[TriggerUnhappy]

Honestly, I feel pretty damn good about myself. While I can be very bitter and cynical at times, I love my personality and who I am, and wouldn't change a damn thing. Physically, I'm pretty content with the face I've been given http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs465.snc3/25542_113936445300658_100000529105457_168756_1928157_n.jpg and I'm quite proud of my body. (not saying it to be a dick, used to be chunky and now work out constantly to try and look nice/be healthy) The only thing I want to change, is to be more muscular and slim up slightly, though the muscles part is kinda difficult seeing as how they're still developing (teenager here), and slimming up (only slightly, very slightly) is to become more cut and defined. (my abs more specifically)

So overall, I'm proud of who I am and how I look, and wouldn't choose to change a thing.
Also, looking back over that paragraph, I came off way more cocky and narcissistic than intended.

 

[SmartIdiot]

When I'm getting on with my life I feel great. I'm not a bad looking guy, I'm doing something worthwhile everyday, I'm meeting new people and when you feel good it's a lot easier to be relaxed and... I suppose charming around others.

When I screech to a halt and begin to stagnate I'm a gigantic mope and hate myself and everyone/thing around me. Somehow never grew out of that one.