Flinched at your own photo that others loved? Why is that so?

Have you ever looked at a photo of yours and said you looked so different in it? On the other hand, your family and friends not only liked that photo, but also told you do not look different at all from how you always look. The answer behind this is a simple psychology that works behind mirror images.

It is true that there is a difference between the image seen in the mirror and a photo of you. The image you yourself see in the mirror is reversed and is different from when people see you face to face; that is the non-reverse image.

The Psychology behind this:

Research on the Psychology of Mirror and Reflection, published in the book ‘Mirror Meditation’, says that we do not generally like the face less familiar to us and rather like the face more that we often see. That's why many of us find ourselves more attractive in mirrors and less in photos.

Our faces not being symmetrical is also one of the reasons why we look different in photos. Most of our faces are non-symmetrical, which means they are not the same on both sides. Another reason is that pictures are still whereas we see ourselves in motion in mirrors.

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