Ken,

        From the pictures, it looked like I had had the whole cake!!

Bobby


>one too many pieces of wedding cake, i guess.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:41 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Depression and disability
>
>
>Anee,
>
>        I think most people have some trouble accepting hearing themselves
>on audio tape or looking in the mirror, or seeing themselves on video. I do
>not feel it relates to having a disability necessarily. I have always hated
>hearing a recording of my voice. A while back, a good friend in rehab.
>remarked that I sounded a lot like Alfred Hitchcock. Now, I don't hear it
>that way, but he does.
>My phobias of seeing myself now relates more to my weight that to CP. We
>just got some pictures back from my son's wedding in Raleigh, NC. My
>daughter-in-law kept raving how good the photo of my son and I was.
>Personally, I thought I looked liked Shamu in a tuxedo!!
>
>Bobby
>
>
>>Hi all-
>>
>>As far as mirrors go and such...here is my experience...
>>
>>When I look at a mirror I don;t see that anything is abnormal about me.
>But
>>if I look at a still photo I can see that I lean over -- and I get self
>>conciouse about that. And like many of you I hate looking at a video tape
>of
>>myself...I once did an announcement for my highschool TV broadcast of there
>>announcements...1) you could hardly understand what I was saying (and when
>I
>>here my self talk I sound perfectly normal).
>>2) I kept  moving jerking all over the place (more than I was aware of that
>I
>>did/do) and my arms would hit things and of course that makes me very self
>>coniouse but I try not to think about it...and I try to avoid video tapes
>so
>>I won;t be reminded of it :)
>>
>>I guess it that we all have some vanity deep down inside no matter how hard
>>we try not to.
>>
>>Yours,
>>
>>Anee Stanford
>>Webmaster of CPIC
>>http://www.geocities.com/aneecp/CPIC.html