The more "Selfies" I take, the more I appreciate the younger generation and their ability to see themselves in a positive way.
It makes me literally laugh to see my face and try to take a picture that appears happy, friendly or at the very least not blank.
Seeing myself through the lens has me appreciate myself and become comfortable seeing me in pictures.
I am from the older generation who believes that self-love is harmful.
That it is self-centered and narcissistic.
I had to look up the word Narcissistic to see if they are right.
"having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance:"
"Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultraconfidence lies a fragile self-esteem that's vulnerable to the slightest criticism."
My experience of taking selfies is that it takes a certain amount of self-love and appreciation, to post pictures of your face.
There has to be a healthy balance between being self-loving and okay posting pictures of yourself, and being excessively interested in oneself and physical appearance.
Mostly, from my generation, there is an unhealthy and unloving attitude against themselves and the hatred or dislike for self photographs.
Perhaps there are some who are narcissistic, but I believe that Facebook and Instagram have introduced ourselves to ourselves. To find comfort in our bodies...and acceptance.
And, even less comparison to others.
The more I am comfortable in my skin...the more daring I become in doing things that previously I would have found embarrassing or too attention getting. Due to my lack of self-love....I didn't want to be seen.
So, my take away on Selfies, is that it enhances the relationship with self...to be okay with how you look in your many different faces.
I believe that the more comfortable we are with ourselves, the more at peace we are and the more empowered we become at being ourselves.
Me trying to depict "Holy Whah, I did an hour of snowshoeing!"
I am less self-conscious; the more conscious I become, as I see me in Selfies!
