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Rage Seeing my candid photos and videos make me want to kill myself (2 Viewers)

Rage Seeing my candid photos and videos make me want to kill myself

4pfl

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Like man wtf is this. I look so chopped in candids its crazy if I actually look like that life isn't worth living

I look good in the mirror and in selfies but in back camera videos and photos I look like shit. Why does this happen bro or am i just fucking ugly lowkey
 

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you have to use the secret mirror screenshot method where you double tap the glass and it'll be in your phones camera roll dont ask me how it works but it does


mark as solution
 

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you have to use the secret mirror screenshot method where you double tap the glass and it'll be in your phones camera roll dont ask me how it works but it does


mark as solution
Mirin method bhai thanks love you 😍
 

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you have to use the secret mirror screenshot method where you double tap the glass and it'll be in your phones camera roll dont ask me how it works but it does


mark as solution
can i somehow zoom?
 

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hippocamp

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Like man wtf is this. I look so chopped in candids its crazy if I actually look like that life isn't worth living

I look good in the mirror and in selfies but in back camera videos and photos I look like shit. Why does this happen bro or am i just fucking ugly lowkey
You're not familiar with your real version, you're used to seeing yourself in the mirror, ts is water but like mirror inverts the image,

And yea if you're already like Ltn, it's way worse cuz you'll notice your flaws even more when you see a flipped candid photo (which is the real you).

But other ppl irl are used to seeing you like that (they'll notice your asymmetries, more in selfies)
 

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Like man wtf is this. I look so chopped in candids its crazy if I actually look like that life isn't worth living

I look good in the mirror and in selfies but in back camera videos and photos I look like shit. Why does this happen bro or am i just fucking ugly lowkey
Also the solution to this is to always take more photos with back camera and less selfies, make yourself used to seeing your real version, I've tested this on myself.

When I was 13ish, I flipped a selfie of mine and I freaked the fuck out, I wanted to cry cuz I looked ugly asf, but over the years I took more and more rear camera photos and now I'm used to seeing myself in that version (in fact sometimes I like it more than selfies)
 

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You're not familiar with your real version, you're used to seeing yourself in the mirror, ts is water but like mirror inverts the image,

And yea if you're already like Ltn, it's way worse cuz you'll notice your flaws even more when you see a flipped candid photo (which is the real you).

But other ppl irl are used to seeing you like that (they'll notice your asymmetries, more in selfies)
yeah true

also its not just the assymetry, it's just that everything looks worse whether it be my skin, eye area, bones etc

then i go to the mirror and its all good

like bro
 

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Also the solution to this is to always take more photos with back camera and less selfies, make yourself used to seeing your real version, I've tested this on myself.

When I was 13ish, I flipped a selfie of mine and I freaked the fuck out, I wanted to cry cuz I looked ugly asf, but over the years I took more and more rear camera photos and now I'm used to seeing myself in that version (in fact sometimes I like it more than selfies)
I'm actually gonna start doing this

not gonna take front camera photos and vids from today onwards
 

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yeah true

also its not just the assymetry, it's just that everything looks worse whether it be my skin, eye area, bones etc

then i go to the mirror and its all good

like bro
It's actually cuz of lighting too, most mirrors and dressing tables have front lights which create ideal shadows, especially bathroom mirrors.

Like for example, the mirror in my house has a big ass LED just above it which casts shadow on my eyes and creates an illusion of a prominent brow ridge (also hides my dark circles)

I always look at myself in this mirror and be like man damn things aren't that bad but then I click a pic and wanna kms jfl
 

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It's actually cuz of lighting too, most mirrors and dressing tables have front lights which create ideal shadows, especially bathroom mirrors.

Like for example, the mirror in my house has a big ass LED just above it which casts shadow on my eyes and creates an illusion of a prominent brow ridge (also hides my dark circles)

I always look at myself in this mirror and be like man damn things aren't that bad but then I click a pic and wanna kms jfl
i wonder which one is closer to the real you, the back camera or the mirror

if its the back camera then its over, if mirror then its fine lwk
 

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i wonder which one is closer to the real you, the back camera or the mirror

if its the back camera then its over, if mirror then its fine lwk
Back camera, 6 ft away, eye level, 2x zoom, a video,

This is the closest to how you look to others
 

4pfl

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It's actually cuz of lighting too, most mirrors and dressing tables have front lights which create ideal shadows, especially bathroom mirrors.

Like for example, the mirror in my house has a big ass LED just above it which casts shadow on my eyes and creates an illusion of a prominent brow ridge (also hides my dark circles)

I always look at myself in this mirror and be like man damn things aren't that bad but then I click a pic and wanna kms jfl
honestly man yeah you're right

in the mirror i look pretty lean asw probably cuz i unconsciously cheekbite a little + the lighting, while in candid photos i dont and my face looks awful. lean is law

im 18% bodyfat so yeah there's work to be done i gotta reach 10%

but i also gotta gain some muscle so thats gonna be hard
 

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honestly man yeah you're right

in the mirror i look pretty lean asw probably cuz i unconsciously cheekbite a little + the lighting, while in candid photos i dont and my face looks awful. lean is law

im 18% bodyfat so yeah there's work to be done i gotta reach 10%

but i also gotta gain some muscle so thats gonna be hard
Same, I'm around 18-20%bf too and my fat storing genes are dogshit, i retain too much fat on face, but I don't wanna do a calorie deficit rn cuz I'm 16

And the shitty stuff is that I can't even train muscles or exercise rn, I had a brutal accident in march, had multiple injuries and my muscles still haven't recovered ffs
 

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Same, I'm around 18-20%bf too and my fat storing genes are dogshit, i retain too much fat on face, but I don't wanna do a calorie deficit rn cuz I'm 16

And the shitty stuff is that I can't even train muscles or exercise rn, I had a brutal accident in march, had multiple injuries and my muscles still haven't recovered ffs
nigga got the worst situation ever

can't go in a deficit cuz you're still in puberty and cant even workout

i hope you recover soon and get in the gym bro god bless
 

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