That might be bad enough, but I fear worse for him, that the mirror he looks at only shows him what he thinks he should see about himself and continuously reinforces such an unfortunate presupposition!
And now a tangential aside, related perpendicularly to my comment.....
(Ring around the rosary! Ring around the Rosary! Excuse me sir, you have Ring around the Rosary!...Try TRUTH with active ingredient John 3:16! It gets rid of Ring around the Rosary!)