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What do people interpret your flat affect as?
Sadness or depression 21%  21%  [ 25 ]
Sadness or depression 21%  21%  [ 25 ]
Extreme boredom 8%  8%  [ 10 ]
Extreme boredom 8%  8%  [ 10 ]
Anger or frustration 16%  16%  [ 19 ]
Anger or frustration 16%  16%  [ 19 ]
Tenseness or nervousness 4%  4%  [ 5 ]
Tenseness or nervousness 4%  4%  [ 5 ]
Total votes : 118

JellyCat
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31 Mar 2013, 11:13 pm

For my facial expression people normally think that:
I'm giving them a death look if I look in their direction, but sometimes sadness if I'm staring into space.

I don't really have (many) natural facial expressions, so I force them most of the time, but when I don't feel like it, people look at me like I'm about to murder them :P.


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01 Apr 2013, 2:25 am

JellyCat wrote:
For my facial expression people normally think that:
I'm giving them a death look if I look in their direction, but sometimes sadness if I'm staring into space.

I don't really have (many) natural facial expressions, so I force them most of the time, but when I don't feel like it, people look at me like I'm about to murder them :P.

Everything you just said is me exactly, wow. I always try to force expressions that look more positive/not so angry and extreme (which is apparently my natural expression even when I'm not feeling that way whatsoever).