Who's the stranger in the mirror?

Hehe...So far I don't have anything sagging on my face...but what will startle me sometimes is how when I look in the mirror how tired I might look...the only way I can explain it...I think everyone has sort of an inner image of how they look...then zap you catch yourself in a mirror and it's like...ewwww... Okay here's my bit of fun...I do have a picture of what I look like on my page and it's from a year or so ago...but here's a silly one of me--kind of solves the problem of looking at one's face..no??

I try not to look at myself in the mirror because I do not like what I see. I noticed the other day that I found a gray hair too. i hate that. I know it is coming from all of the stress that I have in my life each day. I'm sure I will start to get wrinkly soon too. I am in my 30's and life is starting to take a major toll on me all of a sudden.

I hear you loud and clear girlfiend and I've only been around since 1950. I have it all including silver threads in my hair, but Oh well I'm a grandma and proud of it. The things that matter to me most is when my daughter and grandchildren wrap their little arms around me and say, "I love you Mom/Grandma," that's all I care about. I also get a senior discount on the days I need to rely on my cane but that's OK. I still have a better sense of humor than a lot of 30 year olds and the young people seem to love me too so I must be alright.

Great attitude! I never really paid attention to the mirror and probably never will. The missus thinks the same way, so thats what the other is for....to say if something is out of place...lol

i hear ya. I to look in the mirror everyday, and wonder why. Man I got to start doing my face exercises again. I found it really did help, as it gets the blood flowing again. I guess I have been lazy.

Joyce, people sometimes judge people by the way they look, by the clothes they were, or the kind of car they are driving. There are people who look so great by appearance simply because they were gifted with physical beauty and stunning statistics. But always remember that all things will fade and the shine in the light will soon lost its brightness when the oil burns out. For me, it doesn't really matter how a person looks but what he has done when his or her light was still shining. If that light has done so many things to brighten someones else life, or has guided someone in the darkness, then it really doesn't matter how he or she looks in the mirror. So don't worry if you are not familiar with the stranger in the mirror, I am sure that people will always know you by the light you have given them!

I started to see the skin over my throat developing more wrinkles and got ready to sink.Your discussion is a savior.Thanks for the great discussion.Let us forget that and be happy.(What else to do?)lol

ha ha ha your so nutty, as long you feel good & healthy it we fine. no matter how old are you.

I've been feeling a lot like that lately also. I've realized that my hands are beginning to look old and no amount of hand lotion helps. My hair is more and more "scary" as my daughter puts it. (The gray is taking over quicker than I can color it.) Gravity has taken over and I'm not too fond of it. The funny thing is - inside I don't feel "old". I may be wiser than I was ten years ago, but I don't feel like I thought I would as I aged. Everything in its season, I guess.

I don't feel like I am too terribly vain, but these changes over the last 10 years bother me. Yes I see the beginnings of a little jowl puffiness. I have had to adapt how I were eye shadow because of changes in my eye lids. My lips are not as full as they once were. In a pretty dress I have to add Lycra support to hold a saggy rear in place. Lets not talk about what happened to the once ripe and firm girls up top! Grey in my hair yes indeed. So I fight back some, good moisturizer, a few exercises every week, and yes Mame I cover up that grey in my hair. I am a proud Grand mother myself. But I also want to feel and look like a woman. A mature woman mind you not one who is grieving her youth, but one that takes care of herself. If that is vanity then so be... I do miss my youth at times. And to be honest it bothers me. Not to a point I let it depress me. But it does.

From the time I was a small child I was taught that wrinkles and grey hair were respected signs of wisdom and accomplishment and that one should look forward to aging gracefully. I think by looking at your photo that you certainly have. I think you look just lovely. As for aging, I feel pretty much the same as I did when the digits of my age were reversed, and see the same person in the mirror. I can't run quite as fast, but actually most of the time I feel better than I did as a young adult because my nutrition is better now. Usually I'm startled that I don't see more wrinkles, grey hairs, and other signs of aging, but how we see ourselves is pretty much a trick of the mind anyway, I think, so I don't do anything to try to cover the real me up, nor do I fear what tomorrow will bring. If children run from us in fright, shame on them, but I really don't think that is going to happen!

hello,always i like to look at mirror ,,notice if i have charm smile,and find out if have the difference on the face,for example, the new wrinkle ,or the big or small pore...wish you have a good day.

My story might sound funny to you but thats the way it is. I am 25 and I cannot stand looking at myself in the mirror and I never liked since I was young. I am too dark in complexion, my sister used to tell me that am ugly when i was young and I think thats what made me hate looking at the mirror. My fiancee tells me that am beautiful but i still dont have the guts to admire myself in the mirror. I can go for months without doing so.

I can relate to that. I look at myself and think why do I have to look like this? am I going to look like this for the rest of my life? and am I going to be fat and over weight like this for ever, why me, I'm only 16 years old. I have a lot of time left, but I need to make the best out of it. If people like you said start to runway from a ugly thing like myself then I need to do something about it! lol lets just hope I don't scare people away.

Kudos to you! I feel the very same way! I earned each one of these grey hairs and wrinkles. I feel honored that the good Lord let me live long enough to have them! I too, feel that beauty comes from within and I also live by the creed that one is as young as they feel. On the inside, I'm still in my 20's! I have been told by countless people that I don't look my age. I really do, but they are probably judging by how I act, rather than how I look!

I'm sure even with some rinkles you are still a beautiful person inside :)

I was at the mall the other day and looked at myself passing by in one of those huge mirrored walls. That definitely wasn't the person walking by that I thought I was. That person was middle/older aged. I just hit the point in my life where I am totally interested in reinventing myself, exploring new interests, enjoying people. I was in a slump for awhile and am on the upswing thank goodensss. So if that is a stranger in the mirror, I'm looking forward to meeting her. Old age - phooey!