Dear Ugly...

Hey there cutie,

Today in our Neuroscience lecture on the self we learnt a pretty interesting fact about personal image. Apparently if an average person is asked to rate themselves in intelligence, looks, appeal, etc. they tend to give themselves a higher rating than how the rest of the group perceives them.

Now that's nice. A little bit of self confidence is always good for the ego.

What was interesting about these social experiments though, was when people with depression were assessed. As my Swedish lecturer put it nicely, 'Depressed people rate themselves lower than a typical person would. They're actually much closer to the common ranking others assign them.'

How happy is that? A "depressed" image of yourself is just how everybody else sees you. Basically you're never as good as you think you are. Or perhaps you are, but no one else agrees with you.

I thought this cheery post was a nice one to do the day before Valentine's Day. I know I for one, will be pulling all the guys tomorrow with my charming looks.