I think many of us have a love/hate relationship with mirrors.
We need to look into a mirror to get ready for the day and to make sure we look ok.
But then we don't like looking because the wrong person is looking back. Grrrr!
Well now I'm at the point where the right person is starting to look back, but I still don't like looking, so as the day goes on I just start to look more and more like a mess. Grrrr!!
Sigh. It's just one more thing to overcome.
I hated them for a long time too. I've found that checking the mirror more often forces me in to fixing myself up nicer. Now, I don't mind looking in the mirror unless I'm having a bad hair day.
And today is a good hair day. I'm going to see my doctor. And I like what I see in the mirror. ;)
Cindi
As i pointed out somewhere else on here, Mirrors are evil and must be punished, along with keyboards that can't/won't spell correctly just to make their owners look stupid.
Sophie
Yeah.
Still waiting for the love part of that relationship to kick in.
Maybe in a few months or so.
Hope you all have a great day.
Joanna
TRIGGER WARNING:
I have always loved this song, but a few of the lyrics may be a little triggering for some folks, so approach with caution -- or a sense of humor. You'll either love it or hate it. I like to dance to it while I'm blow drying my hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HrO2W6w-4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HrO2W6w-4)
I pretty much hated mirrors all my life.
These days, even in male mode I rarely see that "Sad old man" looking back. I have to be really down and depressed to. Pretty much all the time I can see the true, happy, joy filled me. In the right outfit even a pretty good looking woman, for an old dinosaur.
It was not till after I transisioned that I found I could stand to even sorta look in a mirror or at a picture of myself, even now they are bad spots but I am getting better. One thing that I think is helping both with mirrors and with me is doing mirror work nightly. just before bed I look in a mirror and say nice and positive things to myself ok not allways nice but positive at least, I tell myself how well the day went, or verbally forgive myself for my mistakes and I finish every session (which rarely last more than a few minutes) by telling myself "I love you" I need to here and confront that because I am truly horrible to myself.
ohh on the subject of keyboards last week mine half broke the 1, Q, A, and Z keys stopped working..you would be amazed at the quantity of things you always need those keys for. luckly keyboard 10$ much cheaper than the absessed tooth and possible car trouble that also arose last week.
Serena
I USED TO ABSOLUTELY HATE WHAT I SAW IN THE MIRROR and avoided looking in one as much as possible but now that I see the real Me I actually see the mirror as a friend it allows me to make the best of myself to affirm my femininity and appreciate the wonderful changes that have come about .I am finally happy with the image I see in the Mirror .God bless them all LOL
The only time I like what I see in the mirror, is when I am fully dressed with makeup. It sure beats guy mode where I don't care at all or think I look lame.