Mirrors in your house

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This is a curious question to me about people on the spectrum. Do you dislike having mirrors in your house, I mean besides the obligatory one in the bathroom? I ask this because I detest them and don't much like looking at my own reflection except maybe when I have to shave. I have felt this way since I was young and have never wanted a mirror in my bedroom. I was wondering if this might be something common for people with an ASD or if it just means that I am odd?

I hated mirror for a while because I had low self esteem with my body image so I always looked fat and I hated seeing it in the mirror. One time my mother got so sick of me whining about my body she finally covered up my mirror so i wouldn't have to see myself in my own bedroom. This was more due to an eating disorder thing and back then I was heading for it.

Can't say I hate mirrors, though this morning I noticed that most of my remaining hair was white. I'm looking old now. Still the same 'me' inside though.

I do not like them, and when I lived alone I used to keep them covered until I needed to use one.

I've got a bit better now and I use a mirror to put makeup on and to double check before I leave the house to make sure I'm not covered in food, or have my skirt tucked into my underwear! If I walk past a mirror unexpectedly and catch a glimpse of my reflection I usually get a shock, I don't know why. I obviously know what I look like, but I seem to forget that I'm human and not invisible.

I've always disliked mirrors. Not sure why. I just don't like seeing my reflection.

i'm fine with mirrors. mine are the only eyes i'll meet willingly.

i usually don't spend much time looking in them by female standards, particularly since i don't wear makeup. occasionally, i will spend a long time looking at my face, soul searching in part.

I can identify with you, SilkySifaka, and Atomsk. I don't like mirrors, and I don't like my own reflection, never did. I also get a 'shock' when I happen upon my own reflection somewhere, just like Sifaka.

As a cleaner, I sometimes have to clean mirrors in bathrooms, and I always position myself so that I don't have to directly see myself; I always avoid looking directly at my own reflection.

I'm reminded of an autistic young man who was on a TV show some 15 years ago, and who disliked seeing himself on a video recording.

EDIT: I should say I don't find myself particularly unattractive or anything like that, so for me it's not tied to that.

I like having mirrors in my house because I need to to get ready but I hate looking at my reflection and sometimes when I go to the washroom and I wash my hands I close my eyes just so I don't have to see myself in the mirror. I hate looking at myself in the mirror and I only do when I have to.

I've a strong dislike for them, mainly because I don't like looking at myself due to my low self-esteem.
I only use bathroom mirrors when I have to brush my hair/teeth. But it can get unnerving during these moments as well.

Only one in the bathroom and a small shaving mirror. I don't like mirrors because it scares me to see my face unexpectedly. Not as though it would look scary per se, but normally i am not really aware how i look from outside since i'm always inside my head and body. Hence my reaction is about "Oh, that's me--really? Or is it just a lookalike?" That's like a sudden shift in perspective; i'm inside myself so how can i be outside at the same time? I know what i look like from pictures and what i expect to see in the mirror is the image in my driver's license, not a living and moving person.

So I'm not the only one who does this??? I've always had a problem with seeing my reflection, not so much a body image problem, I just don't like looking at it. Don't even like seeing it in windows, I avert my eyes most of the time.

I detest mirrors, I don't like my reflection and it makes the room look bigger. Every house my parents have moved into, the closet doors are just giant mirrors. I would be fine without a closet at all, as I don't have as many clothes as my siblings. In our bathrooms one entire wall is a giant mirror, we don't use those small hang on mirrors, I can peacefully live life without one.

I hate them reminds me of what I dont like about my body, but my husband likes full length but he covers them at night. He has hit one befor when he was half asleep right after it was put up. I guess face blindness isnt just other people.

I like mirrors.