Can you please check the following sentences for me?

1)The mirror compares itsself to a lake. A woman bends over it so see what she is really like. The mirror is important to her.She is addicted (?) to it to the point that she's searching for what she really is in the mirror, despite the fact that the mirror is cruel and blunt. (to rephrase: "A woman bent over me searching my reaches for what she really is").
2)The young woman is now growing old and the ageing process is turning into a frightening experience to her. (to rephrase :"In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish".
How would you rephrase "drowned"?

1. itself (only one s); space after the end of the second sentence; what is "it"?

2. comma after "old"; aging (no e). In this context, "drowned" could mean killed or murdered even.

Sure! Here are the revised sentences:

1) The mirror compares itself to a lake. A woman bends over it to see her true self. The mirror holds great significance for her. She is obsessed with it to the extent that she searches for her true identity in the mirror, even though it can be cruel and straightforward. (Rephrased: "A woman leaned over me, delving into my depths to discover her true nature.")

2) The young woman is now experiencing the frightening process of aging. (Rephrased: "Within me, she has submerged a young girl, and in me, an old woman emerges day after day, like a dreadful fish.")

To rephrase "drowned" in the second sentence, it can be replaced with "submerged" to convey a similar sense of engulfment or disappearance.