I feel like a freak sometimes when I look in the mirror

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I’ve become ugly, almost creepy looking at times. I don’t know if I’m making it worse in my mind. I can sense people are put off by me sometimes. Get weird looks on the street sometimes.

I feel like these meds are making me uglier. I used to look like a normal boy/man. I actually was pretty handsome, I don’t think I’m handsome now, quite the opposite. If you’d see a picture of me in my early or mid twenties you’d probably agree that I was pretty handsome.

I try not to think about it. I know that I’m a decent person, I want to just live my life not caring about my looks. Sometimes I get anxiety about it though.

Should I worry or should I ignore it?

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My guess is that you’re not ugly. How old are you? Could you just be experiencing aging? A lot of people struggle with how they feel about their looks once they start aging.

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I’m 31. I don’t know if it has to do anything with aging, but then again it’s hard to look objectively at yourself, at least for me.

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Oh yes definitely, this is the case for me.
I was a handsome young adult before all these psych meds.

Today I am a tired looking bloated mess.

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I feel like I’m normal looking most of the time, but then I see my reflection and realize how fat I am. It’s very discouraging.

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I think you should be easier on yourself. Try to find things you like about yourself and focus on them

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try to love yourself more by telling yourself you are still good looking…you might be surprised how it helps you…i talk to myself in the mirror giving myself compliments a lot.

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It’s sad but people tend to judge a book by its cover.

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It depends what you are comparing with. People in tv series? By those standards 95% of us are ugly.

Take a look around in the real world and you will see that we are all just humans with different challenges.

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When I look in the mirror I think how weird it is to exist.

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I think of myself as handsome but that I need to better care for myself. God made everyone handsome so I am sure you are handsome too.

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Most anti psychotics cause weight gain not sure if that’s your issue but talk to your doctor about metformin it will help curb your appetite so you don’t gain weight and hopefully lose some

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