In normal observers, gazing at one's own face in the mirror for a few minutes, at a low illumination level, produces the apparition of strange faces. Observers see distortions of their own faces, but they often see hallucinations like monsters, archetypical faces, faces of relatives and deceased, and animals.
It Can Disturb Sleep
Even if the room is dark, any light reflected off the mirror can cause discomfort and prevent you from falling asleep or staying asleep.
Because your brain gets bored and starts imagining yourself as someone else. Recent studies shown that if you look at yourself in a mirror for 10 mintues or longer your brain changes the way your face looks and some reported of seeing their face turn into a “monster” or another person where Bloody Mary takes place.
The More You Look In A Mirror, The Less You Look Around You. When you're constantly checking your reflection, all your energy ends up being focused on keeping up a certain image.
'Mirrors can readily make your room feel larger – but at the same time – they tend to reflect much energy throughout the room. This will affect and deplete [the room's] energy,' says expert Nishtha Sadana from Decorated Life. This can 'impact your health and wellness by disturbing your sleep and fostering insomnia. '
Insomnia is can also be caused by the mirror placement as a result of draining a person's energy due to the fact a mirror “doubles and bounces” the room's energy. Not ideal if you're seeking a peaceful night's sleep.
According to Vastu, mirrors should not face north or east. This may reflect away positive energy entering from the north or east direction. For a good health and peaceful sleep, mirrors should be avoided in bedrooms. According to Vastu, if there is a mirror in the bedroom then it should not face the bed.
When you have body dysmorphic disorder, you intensely focus on your appearance and body image, repeatedly checking the mirror, grooming or seeking reassurance, sometimes for many hours each day.
Don't hang mirrors in the bedroom.
Or, if you must have one in the bedroom, just make sure it's not across from your bed so that the first thing you see in the morning isn't your reflection. Feng Shui says mirrors are water signs, which can bring sorrow to the bedroom.
Mirror gazing: A compulsive and addictive aspect of body dysmorphic disorder. The act of mirror gazing, the compulsive tendency to view and scrutinize oneself in the mirror, can play a major role in those who experience body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
Mirror gazing is a meditation practice but instead of closing your eyes and focusing on your breath, you keep your eyes open and focused on your reflection in the mirror. As you look at your reflection and quiet your thoughts, you begin focusing less on your flaws and more on your life experiences.
Longer eye contact (e.g., 3–7 seconds) can signal interest or attraction, but it can imply aggression if someone's gaze is held for too long (e.g., 10 seconds or more). But, in general, appropriate eye contact can make you seem more confident, likable, attractive, trustworthy, attentive, and memorable.
According to astrologers, one should never see one's own images in the mirror especially soon after waking up in the morning. Doing this is a sign of growing ego in the mind. At the same time, the works that one starts after this are bound to get spoiled for one reason or another.
They are also portals to other dimensions. For these two reasons, Vastu does not recommend the placement of mirrors in a bedroom. In fact, sleeping in front of a mirror is considered highly detrimental for your sleep and overall health. It can also riddle your sleep with nightmares and cause insomnia.
In the dark room, there is no light, which means there won't be any reflection of light. Hence, no image will be formed by a mirror in a completely dark room.
For example, during mirror-gazing under low illumination, some people with schizophrenia report that their reflected image appears strange among many strange-faces – an illusion that has never, to date, been observed in healthy subjects (Caputo et al., 2012).
BDD is a somatoform disorder. People with BDD may look at themselves in the mirror too much, or some people with BDD may actually try not to look in the mirror. Both of these are possible for a person with BDD.
DON'T hang directly above or opposite bed.
Mirrors can create all kinds of illusions in the half-light and darkness that mess with your head.
Generally speaking, Feng Shui experts do not recommend placing a mirror directly across from the door leading into your room, but rather on a wall perpendicular to it. If you have placed your bed in the correct commanding position, it means the mirror won't be placed behind the bed but along the side.
Be Wary When Hanging Mirrors That Face a "Bad" Window
Why? Because the practice believes that it can attract negative energy from the outside of your home, in.
Positioning your bed in line with the door is the worst possible position, according to the principles of Feng shui. People who practice Feng shui call it the 'dead man's position' or the 'coffin position' because the feet or head face the door and resemble how we carry the dead through open doors from the house.
Speaking of doubling, when you have two mirrors across from each other, they are streaming energy back and forth between them. This is definitely something you do not want if they are placed in an area that you sit or sleep between. This is way too much energy for a relaxing or peaceful space.
Sleeping with an open window can negatively impact your health as well. While cold air itself can't make you sick — colds and flus occur because germs overwhelm a person's immune system — it can potentially dry out nasal cavities, resulting in increased mucus production and a possible sinus infection.