Typically when we think 'image' we think 'visual' but our self-image consists, not only of how we look but also of how we sound. Communication is a integral part of what it means to be human so the way we sound when we speak is indivisible from our self-image.
I definitely had no awareness of it at the time but the underlying reason why I loved to be looked at was because I'd never truly felt seen and so, I couldn't know the difference between the two.
No matter how painful it may be to admit it, we all have things that we don't like about ourselves. Ironically, being aware of something that you don't like about yourself is actually a great thing because then you're in a position to change
