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How to get over self-image problem?

I really don't know what to do. I'm a male. And this will probably sound really stupid but it really bothers me and I don't know what to do anymore. At first it was painful for me and bothersome because I thought I would not be able to get a girl. But now, even with more girls than i've ever dreamed, I still feel bad about the way I look. Now, I'm not going to put a picture of myself up since I wouldn't want somebody I know to find me on here but I can give you a description. I have a roman nose, thick dark arched eyebrows, hooded brown eyes with long eyelashes, small high cheekbones, full lips, and an oval face shape. My jaw is as wide as my cheekbones so I guess that means I have a square jaw but my face in general is thin. According to the "classic greek proportions" my face would be perfect I guess, by that I mean my forehead to brow, brow to bottom of nose, and bottom of nose to chin measurements are all equal. I get a lot of adds from random girls on myspace: some local, others from far, who hit on me or call me cute/hot/etc. The majority of these girls are very attractive. At least half or more of the most attractive females in this area. I attract female attention everytime I go some place, and the girls I attract are very attractive as well, easily the most attractive ones I or any guy I know has seen in real life. Girls think i'm a player, and my friends look at me like i'm amazing. I've even accidentally stolen the girlfriend of the guy who I thought to be the most good looking male that I know on accident. and with all that, I still find myself tediously staring into the mirror, noticing and focusing on flaws, feeling sick to my stomach at times, nearly every day. I'd probably say that I spend at least an hour's worth of time just scrutinizing myself in the mirror. I desperately avoid cameras because I'm scared of what I might look like, especally from a bad angle. And I know if I saw a really bad picture of myself, I would probably be depressed for a long time if not worse. I get frantic thoughts of plastic surgery, or resigning to being alone for the rest of my life and/or dating or staying with a girl I don't even like much And it sounds so fucking stupid, even to me, that I can believe all of this even with all the attention I get from girls. Every logical piece of evidence I collect to support that i'm not horribly ugly and deformed, that should be telling me that I'm fine, there is nothing wrong with me, seemingly means nothing, at best it might make me feel good about myself for a couple days. Say for instance that some hot girl smiled at me or was looking at me or some girl on myspace hit on me, I might feel good about myself for a day or two. But I always seem to end up back at the same crappy situation. Any evidence I have that is telling me i'm not ugly, my mind is very skilled at rationalizing it away or ignoring and blocking it out. I find myself spontaneously and frequently trying to find similarities between my face and people I find unattractive. If somebody makes a comment about some person having an ugly facial feature i'll instantly start trying to see similarities between mine and theirs. And the funny thing is, i'm not even shallow or critical of how other people look. I notice a lot of my friends or ex girlfriends or people I know who are often looking at people from either real life or television and going "he/she is so ugly. look at her blahblah" and I find myself seemingly opinionless, thinking they don't look very bad at all and wondering why they're so mean. And i've been this way even back when I wasn't critical of how I looked, I was generally opinionless about looks. For me it was always, I could see a girl, and I knew whether or not I found her attractive but I didn't have all these specifics and I generally couldn't pinpoint specific things I didn't like. I knew a lot of pretty girls that I didn't find attractive at all, and a lot of more average lookin girls who I found very attractive, but I almost never looked at anyone and thought wow that person is ugly. But I turn my friend's own harsh scrutiny on myself to try to get an idea of what people think when they look at me. Anyways, i've gone on long enough. Please help me out of this pit.

Public Comments

1. It sounds to me like your self-image problem is entirely about what's on your inside, not what's on your outside. I just read 9 paragraphs of information that was essentially about two things - your looks and getting girls. What I didn't find in those 9 paragraphs was a single thing about who you are. Not one. Something is wrong there, and I'll try to explain what I think it is. When I look in the mirror I see me. I see my personality, my dreams, my emotions and my purpose. Yes, sometimes I focus on my hair to make sure it's brushed, or my face to make sure I didn't miss a spot shaving. Then I go back to seeing me. When you look in the mirror you seem to see only your physical appearance. The only part of your question details I skipped over was your description of yourself. I could care less what you look like because it should be almost completely irrelevant. I think the problem for you is it's the only thing that is relevant. I want you to think about who you are, and when you do I want you to 100% ignore your physical appearance, and 100% ignore your relationship with girls. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help. Who are you? What do you stand for? What's important to you? What kinds of things make you happy? What has made you happy in the past? What would make you happy right now? What are you good at? What do you like about yourself? What do you like about the world around you? What are your hopes and dreams? What do you want to accomplish before you die? Think on these questions for a while, and remember, your physical appearance and your relationship with girls shouldn't be any part of your answers. Yes, I realize perhaps they are relevant in some cases, but for your sake I think you should ignore them for the time being to focus on everything else. Some of the answers may not come easily for you, and I think that in itself is the root of your self image problem. You don't seem to know yourself and/or think of yourself beyond your physical appearance, hence I would argue you don't really know yourself at all. So.... get to know yourself! Answer the questions I asked for yourself. Focus on the long term, such as your goals and ambitions, and the short term, such as what you can do for fun this year. Focus on who you are on the inside, not on the outside. Focus on being happy with yourself, and then when you look in the mirror you'll always be happy. When you're at peace with yourself and you look in the mirror, you'll see beyond your physical appearance to just seeing you. You should always be happy with you. I really hope this helps, and I wish you luck.