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Have you ever wondered if you're attractive? If you've ever brought up the subject to your closest friends, maybe they've reassured you insisting you are good-looking, but yet, you can't see what they do. And how do you know if they're just being nice? In your mind your flaws stand out too much. So how can you tell if you are attractive, even if you don't see yourself as so? Here are six signs you really are attractive even if you don't think you are.

1)    When you look at photos of yourself from months ago as compared to now, you think you looked better then.

Have you ever browsed through your social media only to stumble upon a month's old photo of yourself with friends? You do a double-take because you -surprisingly- look better than you thought you did at the time.

"I don't look that bad at all," you think, but then that photo from yesterday, you can't help, but scrutinize. A 2010 study by psychologist, Tal Eyal and behavioral scientists, Nicholas Epley found that with due time, one is likely to see themselves more abstractly, similar to how others might view their looks.

Researchers had photos taken of participants and then asked them to rate their looks based on how others might rate them. Some of the subjects were told their photo would be rated by others the same day, while others were told the photographs would be rated months later. Those who were told their photos would be rated months later were more accurate in how others perceived them.

This could be due to the idea that they've imagined enough time between them and the harsh judgments they felt about themselves while taking the photo. Those harsh scrutinies don't seem that important months down the line, right? So this can be a small way to gain some insight into how attractive you are to others.

Look at a photo from months ago and one from now, are you less critical of yourself on judging the older photo? Eyal and Epley's explanation is that you're a better judge of how attractive you are when enough time has passed from when the photo was taken.

2)    Some people seem nervous or different around you.

When you find someone good-looking, do you often get nervous?

Or maybe you have a loss of words and are in awe of how attractive they are.

Well, this might happen to others if they think you're attractive as well. They may even act awkward around you because your beauty makes them nervous. If you notice they act awkward or different around you as compared to others, they may just like you.

3)    You receive a lot of messages on social media.

You just posted that selfie of yourself on social media and now the floodgates have opened to random friend requests and flirty messages.

Who are these people? And why are they messaging you out of nowhere? Odds are others find you very attractive based on your latest social media posts and some can't help but message you in hopes you'll like them back.

4)     You catch them staring at you.

Do you find others staring at you? Maybe you think there's something on your teeth or maybe a bug landed on your face.

You're thinking of all kinds of scenarios, but maybe they just think you're attractive. Think about it. When we find someone beautiful all we want to do is catch another quick glance at them. And perhaps that look becomes an awkward stare. So, rest assured there's likely nothing in your teeth. Their eyes are simply gazing at your eyes, not your mouth, or maybe they're looking at your mouth too.

5)    You don't get many compliments when you expect them.

Some people simply don't compliment that new acquaintance they find most attractive simply because they assume they know. Some may feel like they might not want the extra attention and that too many compliments may come off as annoying. But if everyone assumes that you're overly used to compliments, they might not give them.

Just because you don't receive a compliment does not mean you're not attractive.

So, do you think you're attractive? Will you be scrolling through old photos of yourself to see how you feel about them now? Remember, even if you don't think you're the most attractive person in the room, the familiar phrase, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, rings true every time. So, behold, not only what's great about you on the outside, but the inside as well, some pretty attractive traits you've been hiding, huh?

Vocabulary bank:

Attractive - adj. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; having power to arouse interest

reassure - verb give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to

insist - verb assert to be true; be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; beg persistently and urgently

flaw - noun defect or weakness in a person's character; an imperfection in a device or machine; verb add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

browse - noun the act of feeding by continual nibbling; reading superficially or at random; verb eat lightly, try different dishes; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; feed as in a meadow or pasture; shop around; not necessarily buying

scrutinize - verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

abstract - adj. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; verb consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically; consider apart from a particular case or instance; give an abstract (of); make off with belongings of others

participant - noun someone who takes part in an activity; a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

rate - noun amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; the relative speed of progress or change; verb assign a rank or rating to; estimate the value of; be worthy of or have a certain rating

accurate - adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

perceive - verb become conscious of; to become aware of through the senses

harsh - adj. sharply disagreeable; rigorous; severe; unkind or cruel or uncivil; unpleasantly stern; disagreeable to the senses; of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

insight - noun grasping the inner nature of things intuitively; the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a feeling of understanding; clear or deep perception of a situation

critical - adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; urgently needed; absolutely necessary; of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

nervous - adj. easily agitated; of or relating to the nervous system; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses); excited in anticipation; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

awe - noun an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; a profound emotion inspired by a deity; verb inspire awe in

awkward - adj. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; causing inconvenience; hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; not elegant or graceful in expression; lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

compare - noun qualities that are comparable; verb examine and note the similarities or differences of; consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb; be comparable

frustrate - verb treat cruelly; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

random - adj. lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; taken haphazardly

flirty – adj. suggesting or expressing a playful sexual attraction.

Odds - noun the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring; the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another

staring - adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; adv. with a stare

scenario - noun a postulated sequence of possible events; an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work); a setting for a work of art or literature

glance - noun a quick look; verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at; rebound after hitting

compliment - noun a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration; verb say something to someone that expresses praise; express respect or esteem for

acquaintance - noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something; a person with whom you are acquainted; a relationship less intimate than friendship

assume - verb take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; take up someone's soul into heaven; occupy or take on; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; put clothing on one's body; make a pretence of; take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

familiar - adj. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; well known or easily recognized; within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; noun a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard; a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support; a person who is frequently in the company of another

phrase - noun dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence; an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence; a short musical passage; an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up; verb divide, combine, or mark into phrases; put into words or an expression

beholder - noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

trait - noun a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

Phrasal verbs:

Brought up - to care for a child, teaching him or her how to behave.

Stand out - to care for a child, teaching him or her how to behave.

Stumble upon - to find or discover something by chance and unexpectedly.

Think of -  to consider somebody/something when you are doing or planning something.

Think about -  to consider somebody/something when you are doing or planning something.

Rest assured -  to be certain that something will happen.

Feel like -  to want something, or to want to do something.

Come off -  appear to be.

Assume that -  to accept something to be true without question or proof.

Scroll through -  to casually read through a webpage.

Ring true -  to hear something that sounds plausible or correct.