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female
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36-40,
anonymous
writes:Hi I was wondering if anyone can help or provide some advice? I am suffering from very low self esteem and i know this is going to sound silly but it has only started since i have been having pictures taken by friends or family; i never used to have photos taken very often because i am very shy and i get nervous and feel awkward when the camera comes out so i have always managed to get myself out of having my picture taken. Lately i thought to myself that i need to overcome this and just have my picture taken and be in photos and i thought it cant be that bad but since i have been on holiday with my boyfriend and we have had our picture taken i feel like i look so ugly and different to how i look when i look in the mirror. I look horrible in photos and it always makes me wonder if maybe i'm actually as horrible looking as my photos. This has now made me feel very insecure about myself and its started to affect my relationship with my boyfriend because i dont feel good enough for him . I dont want to feel like this anymore because it is making me feel really depressed and puts me down every time i see a photo of myself.
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reader, CaringGuy +, writes (16 February 2011):
I hate having my photo taken too. I simply can't smile! No matter how hard I try, it always looks so forced and I just look weird.
The best thing to do is tell whoever is taking a photo of you that you don't like to pose, but that they can take photos when you're not really looking. That way, you will always look perfectly natural in photos. So, stop trying in photos and just be yourself. It works for me.
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