I was an extraordinarily lonely child (divorced parents, empty home, absent father) so I think I like, socialized myself by practicing being a person in the mirror for hours and hours alone,

I have a lovely group of friends who I call on rotation through the week to feel connected now, but I still spend time nearly every day talking to me.

Bat-shit-crazy or Based-sane-baddie?

    • Ya'll_Are_Bots (Tay)OP
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      29 days ago

      Now that I think about it, my intimate familiarity with my own face is probably one of the reasons I have been able to appreciate the truly miniscule nuances that estrogen added, and even though it’s super subtle I don’t care because for like, at least 6 months now I, When I look at me, I don’t get the same hollow whistling sound of hope free falling down an endless abyss that I used to 😁

  • JohnDood
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    29 days ago

    Opposite for me. I try to avoid mirrors as much as possible, to the point where it’s a borderline phobia. I have to make sure to enter rooms in a specific way so I don’t accidentally catch my reflection. Even regular glass can be an issue for me

    • Ya'll_Are_Bots (Tay)OP
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      29 days ago

      Honestly one of the hardest skills I had to develop at work, was NOT so obviously spending every zoom meeting staring at myself, it literally just comes so naturally to me like “hello there bestie! Face that I’ve spent the most time talking to of anybody in my life, hi! 🤦🏻‍♀️”

  • PIČKOVAR 🏴‍☠️
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    29 days ago

    Never talked to myself but I also spend an unhealthy amount of time looking into a mirror. I usually go over all of my features one by one starting from my forehead to my chin and compare them to cis men in my head. As a kid I also liked staring at myself and was obssesed with the idea of changing my apparence, I thought it was because I was ugly but it turns out I just hated looking like a girl

    • Ya'll_Are_Bots (Tay)OP
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      29 days ago

      Yeah I grew up thinking I was like, unhealthily vain and beating myself up for it.

      I’m still extraordinarily vain, but I just don’t beat myself up over it the same way 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • Ya'll_Are_Bots (Tay)OP
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      29 days ago

      Whoa, that’s like, when I went to stay with my brother last time he had just moved into a new place and on like day 3 I started feeling so… cooped up and anxious despite going outside on walks all the time-

      I realized it’s because he has ZERO mirrors except for the bathroom ones, it felt so unnatural that I went out and bought a few to put up myself lol.

      I got COVID in 2022 and I literally couldn’t speak for like almost 3 days- and I sincerely almost felt my sanity slip away 😟

      • pastawater54 Banned
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        29 days ago

        yeah I feel terrible when I go outside and people see me but its way better than having to see my disgusting moid face