eli5: Why do we feel like we look worse in photos than in the mirror?

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Most the time I’ll look in the mirror and be like “hey, I don’t look too bad today” but when I go to take a photo, I hate the way I look in it. Why?

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In the mirror, our image is reflected. When we see photos, we are seeing ourselves the completely opposite way which can sometimes makes us feel like we look very different

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