does anyone else hate taking pictures with people?

[snowman626]

i don't like taking pictures because when I wasn't even close to wanting to smile before suddenly now someone says "group shot!" I have to put on some fake smile. Yes I can choose to not smile, but then when pictures come out everyones going to ask me why Im the only one not smiling.

 

[chrijo]

I hate pictures because of self-hatred. I can't stand my face on pictures. Every time I see myself on pictures, I want to cut my face off. The same happens with mirrors.

 

[Nitromask]

It depends. If I'm sober, yes. If I'm drunk I somehow look half decent, so don't mind it haha

 

[elizabeth.luck]

I'm actually the opposite. Most of my social media is just photos of me doing stuff by myself and everyone else's is photos of them with their friends. If someone said, "Hey, can I get a photo with you?" I would die of happiness.

 

[GeorgeJL]

i don't like taking pictures because when I wasn't even close to wanting to smile before suddenly now someone says "group shot!" I have to put on some fake smile. Yes I can choose to not smile, but then when pictures come out everyones going to ask me why Im the only one not smiling.

I smile, it's in my nature to, even though I've gotten through a lot of mental problems that is the one thing I still have. Perhaps do meditation, or smile meditation where you smile into your organs. Just a thought.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

Yes. Because I look like a giraffe trying to hide among stray cats.

 

[NumbItAll]

i don't like taking pictures because when I wasn't even close to wanting to smile before suddenly now someone says "group shot!" I have to put on some fake smile. Yes I can choose to not smile, but then when pictures come out everyones going to ask me why Im the only one not smiling.

Yes and it is the main reason I want to ctb.

 

[Soon4me]

Ya,i prefer to use a camera.

 

[Psilo]

i don't like taking pictures because when I wasn't even close to wanting to smile before suddenly now someone says "group shot!" I have to put on some fake smile. Yes I can choose to not smile, but then when pictures come out everyones going to ask me why Im the only one not smiling.

Totally relate.

 

[Plankter]

I hate having to fake smiles too, but the main reason I hate having my pictures taken is privacy. I hate leaving traces around. I don't like being documented. Every time someone wants to take a picture with me I think of ridiculously unlikely scenarios where in the future some people will for some reason use those photographs to hunt me down, mentally or physically. Other than that I also find it very annoying when people just can't wait for 5 minutes without taking photos of themselves in front of everything they encounter (this doesn't usually occur during everyday life, but is a common sight during trips)

 

[Pentobartbital]

Yes. I'm a badly ugly person, so it might break an obscenity law if my likeness is captured...

 

[Kikoo Loool]

yes

 

[EmotionlessWanderer]

Photos are overrated as fuck.

 

[Tragoedia Vitae]

I can't stand being photographed either---it doesn't matter if I'm by myself or in a group. A hideous creature spawned from a Lovecraftian nightmare--that's what I look like in photographs. And just as others have mentioned, putting on a smiley mask in front of the camera feels so artificial. But I don't mind taking pictures of other people on request.

 

[Umbra]

I hate being on video, photograph, you name it. I just want to keep myself to myself. I also hate being reminded of how I look, I don't think I'm that bad but my physical appearance doesn't fit me at all.

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

I hate being photographed either with family, friends or coworkers.
I've hated it ever since I was young.

 

[Midnight]

I've always hated to be in pictures.

 

[Eren]

I also hate that, in fact I look very bad in photos.

 

[wishfulthinking]

I hate pictures because of self-hatred. I can't stand my face on pictures. Every time I see myself on pictures, I want to cut my face off. The same happens with mirrors.

Ist bei mir genauso... -.-

 

[kkatt]

I utterly refuse to have my photograph taken at all. The most recent one that I use was taken 8 years ago and is my passport photo and now on my drivers license.
There is one that is a little more recent and it's my official police mugshot.
Whenever a camera appears (and I am very watchful for them), I quickly hide and strongly protest. When you've featured in the press, your only thought is "will this be the photo that reveals to the world the exact appearance of the person capable of such outrageous criminal behaviour"?
Furthermore,it's no longer a sheet of newsprint that will be forgotten before long,but digital technology will display it proudly,for eternity.
My webcam is disconnected and my phone forward facing cam is covered with a permenant sticker. No chanves!

 

[Kyrok]

I felt that was until my 20s. I do, though, sometimes get self-conscious about my teeth, and so don't open my mouth to smile.

 

[netrezven]

For the last few years i have been only on a few photos with my kids and family on special occasions. Most shots are taken from my wife's father. Just can't tell him my reasons. Everyone else needs a permission to do this. I don't like taking pictures simply because of the social media (everyone will post them), and privacy concerns about mobile phones. I like myself. It's simply an old survival habit, that is still stuck in my life. I'm sure its meaningless, cause of some older periods of my life, when i used to take pictures and upload few of them. I think it's really pointless but i'm still not taking pictures. I don't even save pictures for too long. I'm not nostalgic, don't have smartphone.
However, as i'm overthinking it - there is one bigger reason. It has to do with a picture of me and someone, that was special to me. If there is one thing i hate for sure in my life, that is my happy naive face on it. I felt little hate at some points of my life, but this is for real. This photo is still in my head with all the pixels in it. I killed that old part of me, but kept the memory as a trophy.

 

[Quinlor]

I don't like see me in pictures, I hate my image. I always try avoid taking photographs of me and together with others.

 

[WOODESITY]

I don't like taking pictures with people, especially my family because they'll eventually upload on social media, I hate when people insist taking pictures with me

 

[Jodes]

Photos are overrated as fuck.

You are my fucking soulmate

 

[Elek]

Never had a thing for photos, videos or selfies, I'm ugly and I have three croocked teeth that my parents never bothered about when I was younger.

 

[TAW122]

I used to be when I was younger, but nowadays I simply just don't care that much. Sometimes I do like getting pictures with people that I have high regards for, not for social media purposes but more for my personal memories and collection for myself.

 

[justabouttobedone]

I am ugly as fuck, have septum deviation as well. Also I can't fake a smile, no matter how much I try to do. So I hate being photographed, I can't even withstand my reflection on the mirror.

 

[Koal]

Back when I used to hand out with my best friend all the time, she would always get photos with me. I liked knowing that she thought I was worth getting a photo with. She's the only person that I'll actually miss when I'm gone.

 

[Jodes]

I can't have a camera at me because I can't face to leave the house. I literally talk to 3 people IRL, period. Just stare at the floor, say the bare minimum, hide away. A camera would be worse, I swear as if I had Tourette's, hating myself. I don't need 10, 100, or however many fucking people seeing that! (Tho it's about everything, not the face). Tho once I'm dead, I don't care. I know none of my hangups actually matter. (Edit: Who's does?)