@bustrbrwn22 Okay, you just knew I had to throw my 2 cent in here right?

My take on this mirror exercise is that it is a form of trying to get to the feeling of self love. It is no easy task, whatever method you try. My suggestion, if you are trying this thing, is to use that image as a placeholder for you, but don't look at the image directly. Don't see you, the physical you. Just see your image in somewhat your peripheral vision. Again, let it stand as a placeholder for you, the person that is inside you, the true you. Then talk to it, that image, that central you, that you do not see directly, but in your peripheral vision.

In other words, I think you need to not be distracted by what you see exactly in the mirror. You might not love how that physical you looks, but the core you, the true you, that is the lovable you. That is the you to be talking to. There you go. Maybe just worth one cent? Hank