I have had it said to me:
"That the hardest thing of all for a human to see .. is that which resides as closely to oneself, as one's own face".
Think about it for a minute .. if reflections, photos, etc didn't exist, how would you know what you looked like ?
We rely on others to tell us about how we present in the real world.
(Meaning the way our behaviours & identity, impress upon others, who live
outside of our own little bubble of personal identity).
We see ourselves through a bunch of filters, built up by past experiences, which obscure who we are, in the real world.
We basically don't know the difference between ourselves … and a hole in the ground !
Hilarious, isn't it ?
Cheers