Were you camera shy as a child?

goldatom

goldatom

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Hi,
I was reflecting on my childhood. I remember being pretty extroverted when I was 4-5 years old and being popular, topping in studies and in sports (yes, I know it's a very young age but that's the only time I've been all these things). But when I look at my photographs from that age, I see myself painfully avoiding the camera, either looking down, or talking to someone on my side.

I thought my social-phobia had come about from being mocked for being fat since age 6. But maybe it has its roots much earlier, in my very nature.

Has this happened with others?

Thanks.
 
Falkor

Falkor

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I always ran away when someone took a camera. But when I grew older I liked the camera and always danced in front of it xD. I was really extrovert.. in the past.. But now.. I'm the opposite
 
Ignace

Ignace

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No problems with it in my younger years, now I can't see a camera or I'm trying to destroy it.
 
bigrob

bigrob

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Yes, I still am.

I have always hated pictures or video of myself. I even hate looking in the mirror.

As part of a therapy I am allowing one of my best friends....wait, he's one of only two I have!!!!.....anyway I'm letting him use pics I sent him and photoshop them in the mod only section of another site. I'm trying to learn to laugh at myself as opposed to recoil in horror.
 
M

mads

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Now I really dont care but when my SA was at its highest for about 10-15 years I hated when people took my picture
 
Hellhound

Hellhound

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I hated cameras. It doesn't help that my mother would use any event as an excuse for taking a sh*tload of pictures of me, I don't know why. Many months ago I destroyed all of the photos and videos of me she had. I felt relieved after that...
 
Psychedelicious

Psychedelicious

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Picture Perfect

I've just always used the hand-over-face. If you look there really are hardly any pictures of me, especially in these certain stages in time. No one can even try really, because I'll react really quickly. I don't really care if it's a hand over the face picture though. HATE pictures, HATE cameras, HATE videos even more!!!!
 
BlackPuma

BlackPuma

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Not quite, I was a fearless kid. I sang out loud with a horrible voice in the crowded play area's, and didn't gave a fudgicle what the others though of it. Same went for things like having my photo taken. I rather enjoyed it actually. ;3

If you were a popular, social kid around the age of 4-5 I wouldn't think your social phobia started during, or before that time. There are many kids whom are just camera shy. :3

Not to discredit your theory, of course. You might as well be right. Just putting in my shoddy 0.02 cents. ~WO
 
awkwardamanda

awkwardamanda

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Yeah, I always hated cameras. I'm not particularly ugly, average looking I guess, but I'm not photogenic. Most of the time I blink or make some kinda screwy face and it turns out bad. Maybe it's because I'm trying to force out a smile. I don't understand all these people who like to plaster hundreds of photos of themselves, especially at bad angles and doing embarrassing things, all over facebook. Like, WHY?! I just don't get it.
 
DarkPhoenix

DarkPhoenix

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Not really, for some reason i thought squinting my eyes and baring my teeth was an appropriate way to smile in a photo :D
 
Shy_Gurl2007

Shy_Gurl2007

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Yes, and I still am camera shy. During school, my pictures would always come out badly. When my anxiety is really high, it makes me look like I'm mad. I hate looking in the mirror too. The only way I feel comfortable with a camera around is if I am taking a picture of myself.
 
AngelSong

AngelSong

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When I was little, I was really extroverted in front of cameras. I was watching home videos the other day, and in the video Jumped in front of the camera and yelled "look at me, look at me!" and did a bunch of weird things. I don't really know what happened.
 
lyricalliaisons

lyricalliaisons

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I was shy in all areas, but I was definitely camera shy. I hated having my picture taken (still do). It always made me nervous & scared. But in my youngest pictures, the nervousness I felt can't be seen in the pictures. Only in the pictures from my preteen years & up can it be seen.
 
dead24

dead24

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When i was a child i looked happy and smiling on the pictures unaware of the doom coming, but it didn't last very long. Slowly i was becoming aware of my extreme shyness
i didn't feel comfortable about my pictures taken but sometimes i was forced during family occasions. Of course i looked s**t on the pics because i was the only one not smiling cause there wasnt really anything to be happy about.
 
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