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(Yeah, I know, probably not the best place for dumping my random thoughts.)
This is interesting! I find it difficult to recognize myself in photos. Thought it was a trans thing, like I’m expecting to see a girl and there’s this male thing in the photo. I am trans, but this is also an interesting thought. Thank you for sharing!
Yeah as someone committed to the cause of trans emancipation, I initially thought it was dysphoria, but… Well, I mention all that on my tumblr.
Did throw me for a loop though!
OK but this is really interesting! I often get this uncanny realization of ‘oh right, that’s me’ in photos, and seeing my reflection is akin to familiarity but never ownership, if that makes sense.
I suspect it doesn’t happen in mirrors is because, due to mirrors being “real time”, the brain processes it in a… Well I guess it would be a tool based manner? It’s similar to seeing one’s own hands. It’s largely the “low level signal processing” buy
While with photos and video that relies on more abstract thinking.