Does anyone else hate seeing photos of themselves?

[carol1234568]

I avoid pictures whenever possible, but was forced to have some taken for work recently.

When I saw the pictures I was horrified. What I saw was obviously me but it wasn't the image of the person I imagine myself to be or the person I see in the mirror even. For the first time in my life I thought I looked old. And chubby. I've definitely gained weight but didn't realise quite how much until I saw these photos.

It's shattered how I feel about myself and I can't help but feel like a frumpy cow.

If I could go the rest of my life with no photos I'd be happy.

Some people aren't photogenic - I always think it's better to look good in real life and take a bad photo than vice versa!

me
i loathe photos of myself
i look horrendous in all pictures

Me!
Trusted friends (who I know wouldn’t lie) assure me that I look far better in real life, and that I’m just unfortunately not photogenic. The horror of my photographed self, opposed to the (q striking rather than pretty- I’m told I have a very “1930s” sort of face) reality is now somewhat legendary....

Me too I look terrible in photos. We had some professional ones done to get nice ones of dd and dss. Photographer insisted me and dh be in them too. I ruined every single one. I just don't know what to do with myself.

I usually don’t like photos of myself straight after but then find months or years later I think I look alright.

DH loves taking photos and I’ve started to think differently about them and like having pictures of places we’ve been to and lovely things we’ve done. It’s just a tiny snapshot of a moment or day that was happy and nice to look at down the line. It’s what we were doing at the time and how I looked is one of the least important elements.

me!
I look at myself in the mirror and think mm not bad, then I see a photo of myself and I look like quasimodo. I am not photogenic at all and I believe the mirror paints a more realistic picture of what you look like then photos (at least that's what I tell myself after crying over bad photos of myself).

I've always hated photos, videos or recordings of me. It was quite an issue when I was younger- I once locked myself on a hotel toilet when I was 11 or 12 as my Dad insisted on aging the day's family holiday video to me. I am better now (38!) than I was, but still think there is something "wrong" with how I look, so I avoid looking at myself where ever possible- I even have a mobile hairdresser so I don't have to make idle chit chat while looking in the mirror!

My work headshots had to be retaken twice... the photographer said he’d never known such a disparity, but that my “rictus grin” was a big part of the issue

I don't refuse to look at them as i don't have to for the simple reason I refuse point blank to have any photos taken
At my friends dds christening years ago. She must have taken a picture without me knowing anyway I summoned to look at them and I spotted myself although I swear to God I didn't recognise myself at first.
it was that horrendous. Anyway when shed gone to the toilet i snuck the picture out and ripped it up. I'm just not at all photogenic. Everyone else seems to look beyond stunning.

I loathe having my photo taken. I've never been pretty, but generally think I look ok-ish in the mirror.

I look really awful in every photo I've ever seen of myself.

me - in the mirror - not bad

in a photo - Pete's Dragon

hate it

Mind you it does work the other way, too.
You get people who werent exactly at the front of the queue when the good Lord was giving out looks. However on camera they look like movie stars.

Oh on camera I'm not as good looking as Pete's Dragon

Totally awful. I refused to have a photographer at my wedding and hate the few informal shots that exist. Pictures with my newborn children are ghastly. There are very, very few photos of me out there and I force myself to do it for the kids.

I hate having my photograph taken. In real life I look quite normal; in photographs I look like a gargoyle.

I am the same Op. I could flatter myself that I am vaguely attractive in real life. Then I see pictures of myself and I am often stunned by just how unseemly my face is. I have an enormous nose which I forget about on a day to day basis but photos really bring it out. If I am feeling delicate it can really bother me

Me. I had to get my passport photos taken recently. So unsmiling, looking straight at the camera, harsh lighting.

Fuck me they were horrific. I’m in my early 40s and if that’s what I look like now... Saggy face, circles under eyes, just awful.

Like a PP I hate photos when I see them first off then a few years later I see them again and think 'actually these are really nice pictures'.

Hate hate hate pictures of myself. I think I'm quite pretty in real life. Not stunning but okay looking. But when I see pictures of myself lm always ugly.

I've had afew horrible photos of myself put on Facebook by 'friends'. I sometimes feel people go out of their way to find the worst photo of me. So now I only get in pictures were I can control what happens to them and were they end up.

God I sound so insecure 😳

I've hated being photographed my entire life. Needless to say school photographs were a (pointless) nightmare. 'Don't point that bloody thing at me' is my stock response when I see someone getting overconfident with a camera, or anything similar. I prefer to be anonymous.

I hear you, but still have certain pics where I think ok, I might not look pretty, but I look happy.

Pete's Dragon shits itself when it sees my photo...

I hate photos of myself but, like a pp, when I look at them years later I think, oh god I looked great. Pity I couldn't appreciate it 10 years ago.

It's pathetic actually. I'm trying to get over it and allow a few photos these days, just so I have some with the DC.

I used to look ok in photos, but not now.

My face is now sagging, so when I smile, teeth showing or not, the bottom half of my face looks HUGE. My chin now looks really wide as well. Sure it never used to look like that.
Nowadays it’s photos of scenery or dh, not many of me unless I’m twenty miles away...

Lol I'm sure it's all in our heads.

As well as hating photos I also don't listen to voicemails. I can't cope with the suspense of not knowing who it is.

Back to the photo thing - ironically in my job role part of my responsibility is to advertise the service we offer (Im the head of this particular service so HAVE to be "the face" of it). I've been in the local newspaper once this year and put on a billboard for a whole bloody month by my local shops. Neither have helped my hatred of photos!