Social Anxiety Support

Citronelle · 02-04-2012, 01:25 PM

Nope not at all.

tommo1234 · 02-04-2012, 01:32 PM

**** no.

Catnap · 02-04-2012, 05:23 PM

Not really, because I'm never ready and people particularly like to take candid shots of me for some reason, lol. When I was little, I loved taking pictures and being in photos, absolutely hated it as a teen and in my adult life, I tend to like pictures of myself that I took myself, since I guess I know my good angles and all.

MikeINvalid · 02-05-2012, 09:30 PM

I get self-conscious about my looks when my picture is being taken. I do it grudgingly as long as it isn't a closeup.

RUFB2327 · 02-05-2012, 09:32 PM

Nope, I really hate it. I'm pretty much non-existent from from family pictures the past 10 or so years.

RonM · 02-06-2012, 05:53 PM

I've hated it since some time in my teens.

I really think it's one of the signs of low self esteem.

crystalmyth · 02-06-2012, 10:52 PM

It makes me uneasy but I grin and bear it. I just tell myself it is a small kindness for someone else to make them happy and that makes it easier to swallow.

Ashley1990 · 02-06-2012, 10:53 PM

of course but with my permission

Barette · 02-06-2012, 10:54 PM

Lord, no. I absolutely hate having my picture taken. And if someone insists on showing me the photo, I only pretend to look at it since I can't stand to look at photos of myself. I don't like looking at my face as is, adding in how poorly I photograph only makes it worse.

peril · 02-06-2012, 10:57 PM

No, I don't like my ugliness be documented! If I can, I'd burn every picture of me.

Hideko · 02-07-2012, 11:18 PM

Only picture I have of myself is a work ID from my old job, hard to believe a person can be this old and have zero pictures, unless the ones on the post office wall count.

cj66 · 02-07-2012, 11:31 PM

I had to submit a picture of myself for a work ID thing, but didn't because I hated every picture I took, every angle. But after months of delaying and making up excuses I was finally forced to have one taken of me, for me, and have cringed at the sight of it ever since.

I don't take pictures of myself, or allow others to take my picture if I can help it.

Firecracker73 · 02-08-2012, 06:39 AM

No! There are very few pics of me since I was bout 14. I feel so uncomfortable taking pics...

Nekomata · 02-08-2012, 07:36 AM

I hate it. My eyes and mouth always look awkward and deformed when a picture's being took. Therefore when I try to take a picture of myself I try to hold myself at some angle that would counterbalence the weird mouth changes ><;

Rossy · 02-08-2012, 07:38 AM

Hate it.

Jbuck50 · 02-08-2012, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyboy

I don't really mind except for the fact that I always look like a dork. I don't know how to smile, without looking like a loser.

I despise having my picture taken! There are very few pictures of me in existence, and I'm okay with that. I get so nervous about having my picture taken that I blink nearly every time and my smile is phoney.

Intron09 · 02-10-2012, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barette

Lord, no. I absolutely hate having my picture taken. And if someone insists on showing me the photo, I only pretend to look at it since I can't stand to look at photos of myself. I don't like looking at my face as is, adding in how poorly I photograph only makes it worse.

That's me.

I probably had better photographs when I was younger. I have no real problems looking at those. But from teenage years onwards... Forget it. I've not had one good looking picture. That wont change.

pepy1970 · 02-10-2012, 01:21 PM

yes, i like it because i am photogenic. Thats about the only time i feel attractive is in pictures. People tell me i am pretty, but sometimes i don't think so. Go figure.

rdrr · 02-10-2012, 01:27 PM

No, because I am not photogenic and I don't need to be reminded of that.

Trmick · 02-11-2012, 05:06 PM

I think it's pretty much unanimous that we don't like the camera from the comments,

- Including me! In a photo I will either come across as looking like one of those guys posing with a group of commandos poised for a mission, OR making some really goofy face...At least the latter makes people laugh sometimes!

02-05-2012, 09:32 PM	#45 (permalink)
RUFB2327 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, NJ Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 1,165	Nope, I really hate it. I'm pretty much non-existent from from family pictures the past 10 or so years. __________________ "You can spend, minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened - or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f**k on."

02-06-2012, 05:53 PM	#46 (permalink)
RonM Status: Coughing Neon Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Posts: 123	I've hated it since some time in my teens. I really think it's one of the signs of low self esteem. __________________ All knowledge is approximation and faith. We cannot even prove our own existence.

02-06-2012, 10:53 PM	#48 (permalink)
Ashley1990 Status: Its dawn here Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: INDIA Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 5,298	of course but with my permission __________________ I have a heart 14 years old!!!!! http://www.facebook.com/gotmyname?ref=tn_tnmn

02-06-2012, 10:57 PM	#50 (permalink)
peril Status: >.<" Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Pancakes & Maple syrup land Gender: Female Posts: 394	No, I don't like my ugliness be documented! If I can, I'd burn every picture of me. __________________ The only time you truly have the power is when you don't care if you lose it. ~anonymous~

02-10-2012, 01:27 PM	#59 (permalink)
rdrr Status: Good Join Date: Dec 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 2,786	No, because I am not photogenic and I don't need to be reminded of that. __________________ The best part of believe is the lie.

02-04-2012, 01:25 PM	#41 (permalink)
Citronelle Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Gender: Female Posts: 3	Nope not at all.

02-04-2012, 01:32 PM	#42 (permalink)
tommo1234 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Worthing, Southern UK. Gender: Male Age: 18 Posts: 445	**** no.

02-04-2012, 05:23 PM	#43 (permalink)
Catnap Status: User Requested Permanent Ban Join Date: Dec 2011 Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 703	Not really, because I'm never ready and people particularly like to take candid shots of me for some reason, lol. When I was little, I loved taking pictures and being in photos, absolutely hated it as a teen and in my adult life, I tend to like pictures of myself that I took myself, since I guess I know my good angles and all.

02-05-2012, 09:30 PM	#44 (permalink)
MikeINvalid Status: Finding strength Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NC USA Gender: Male Age: 39 Posts: 23	I get self-conscious about my looks when my picture is being taken. I do it grudgingly as long as it isn't a closeup.

02-06-2012, 10:52 PM	#47 (permalink)
crystalmyth Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Washington state Gender: Female Posts: 12	It makes me uneasy but I grin and bear it. I just tell myself it is a small kindness for someone else to make them happy and that makes it easier to swallow.

02-06-2012, 10:54 PM	#49 (permalink)
Barette Status: Bangin' Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Wilmington, NC Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 796	Lord, no. I absolutely hate having my picture taken. And if someone insists on showing me the photo, I only pretend to look at it since I can't stand to look at photos of myself. I don't like looking at my face as is, adding in how poorly I photograph only makes it worse.

02-07-2012, 11:18 PM	#51 (permalink)
Hideko Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Syracuse Gender: Male Posts: 167	Only picture I have of myself is a work ID from my old job, hard to believe a person can be this old and have zero pictures, unless the ones on the post office wall count.

02-07-2012, 11:31 PM	#52 (permalink)
cj66 Status: dancing anyway Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 106	I had to submit a picture of myself for a work ID thing, but didn't because I hated every picture I took, every angle. But after months of delaying and making up excuses I was finally forced to have one taken of me, for me, and have cringed at the sight of it ever since. I don't take pictures of myself, or allow others to take my picture if I can help it.

02-08-2012, 06:39 AM	#53 (permalink)
Firecracker73 Status: I Want To Believe! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Oklahoma Gender: Male Age: 38 Posts: 95	No! There are very few pics of me since I was bout 14. I feel so uncomfortable taking pics...

02-08-2012, 07:36 AM	#54 (permalink)
Nekomata Status: Nipah!~ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 1,630	I hate it. My eyes and mouth always look awkward and deformed when a picture's being took. Therefore when I try to take a picture of myself I try to hold myself at some angle that would counterbalence the weird mouth changes ><;

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02-08-2012, 07:38 AM	#55 (permalink)
Rossy Status: Dying Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Shetland (Part of Scotland) Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 3,409	Hate it.

02-10-2012, 01:21 PM	#58 (permalink)
pepy1970 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Montreal, Canada Gender: Female Posts: 9	yes, i like it because i am photogenic. Thats about the only time i feel attractive is in pictures. People tell me i am pretty, but sometimes i don't think so. Go figure.

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Trmick Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Colorado Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 114	I think it's pretty much unanimous that we don't like the camera from the comments, - Including me! In a photo I will either come across as looking like one of those guys posing with a group of commandos poised for a mission, OR making some really goofy face...At least the latter makes people laugh sometimes!