7 Telltale Signs You Have a Distorted Self-Image

Do you recognize what you see in the mirror?

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Stare at your reflection in the mirror. What is it you see exactly? Is it your shadowy twin? A darker, distorted, awkward version of how you envision yourself.

How about your personality? Do people react the way you expect them to? Do they perceive you the way you perceive yourself? No?

If any of this sounds familiar, you may be dealing with a distorted self-image. But just to be sure, consider these seven points.

Table of Contents
 ∘ 1. You are notoriously camera shy
 ∘ 2. Strangers try to reassure you
 ∘ 3. You are frequently misinterpreted
 ∘ 4. You hate your reflection
 ∘ 5. Micromanaging your image is an obsession
 ∘ 6. Your self-talk is overwhelmingly negative
 ∘ 7. You are struggling to overcome trauma

1. You are notoriously camera shy

Nobody understands why tagging you in photographs without permission drives you wild. Or why you slide ever-so-subtly out of group photographs when nobody’s looking.

But I do.

It’s because every time you are shown a photo of yourself you never quite recognize what you see. It’s unnerving. It’s like viewing a re-animated zombie clone of yourself staring…