I’m really insecure about my face

I hate having photos taken of me by anyone else because I hate the way I look. When I take pictures of myself, I can usually find good angles and lighting where I actually like the way I look. Sometimes I actually feel really good about myself. But the large majority of the time, when I see photos taken of me by anyone else, I absolutely hate the way I look. My nose looks huge, crooked at certain angles. My left side of my face is my best side, but my right side looks absolutely horrible. It looks so weird and just ugly. I look like an ogre.

I try to look my absolute best. I dress nice. I’ve tried different hairstyles and try to stick to ones I think fit me best. I work out and I actually have a really fit body. But I’m still just insecure about my face. And it sucks. It’s the thing people notice more than anything else.

My friend from out of town posted pics of me on her Snapchat story today and I really didn’t like any of them. One of the pics isn’t too bad, but I still look like an ogre to me and my nose looks huge. She showed me things her friends were saying about me and they were actually all compliments, and it made me really happy to see that, but I honestly don’t see it. I don’t understand how they saw me as good-looking. I hope this doesn’t sound like a humblebrag or a cry for attention, because I seriously just don’t like how I look. I know I could look worse and I shouldn’t be complaining if people find me attractive, but I just wish I could love myself for who I am. I wish I could see myself the way other people saw me.