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Identity

Hergé

Just a random thought, I also dwell on the odd forum on Reddit and other places and there often crops up the thread of identity.

When you look in the mirror who do you see or when someone calls your name, do you instantly connect with it?

Personally I dislike seeing my reflection and actively avoid having my photo taken. My name was obviously given to me by my parents but I feel oddly disconnected from it.

From what I've read, this isn't overly unusual within the autistic community, have any of you experienced this to some degree?

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  • Mirrors are things I appeared in for work, when I was hairdressing there were always lots of mirrors for obvious reasons.

    I hate photographs of me to the point where I'm almost phobic, I even refused to have any wedding photo's. I saw a photo of me from when I was a teenager and didn't recognise myself. I don't relate to photos at all, theres something missing from them.

    My name isn't rare but it's not common either and I've only been in a place where there's been more than one of us for a week and both of us always knew which one of us was being spoken too. Actually I don't hear my name said that often. I don't like my name particularly, but I hate it being shortened.

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  • Mirrors are things I appeared in for work, when I was hairdressing there were always lots of mirrors for obvious reasons.

    I hate photographs of me to the point where I'm almost phobic, I even refused to have any wedding photo's. I saw a photo of me from when I was a teenager and didn't recognise myself. I don't relate to photos at all, theres something missing from them.

    My name isn't rare but it's not common either and I've only been in a place where there's been more than one of us for a week and both of us always knew which one of us was being spoken too. Actually I don't hear my name said that often. I don't like my name particularly, but I hate it being shortened.

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