• renzev@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Out of curiosity, have you always felt like this, ever since you were a child? I remember I only started feeling this third person sensation in my early teens. Like, I’d look in the mirror, and think, “who the hell is this guy and what did he do to the real me?” (well, not literally of course). I don’t think this is something uncommon, I remember seeing a meme that went like

    Me: Looks in the mirror
    [thanos image macro]
    Inner Child: I don’t even know who you are

    And that’s pretty much how I feel

    I also have a theory that this is more common among men than women, since women spend more time in front of the mirror (because makeup) and because women look nice, whereas men are generally ugly and therefore don’t enjoy being “inside” their bodies (I mean unless you’re FtM)