Unintentionally giving people weird looks

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I notice a lot of people say that I look at them like they are crazy (some of them are my supervisors). I don't realize I'm doing it and I sometimes even notice I have this look on my face when I see myself in the mirror. I think I do this when I force eye contact.

Does anyone else have something similar?

Yes.

I do this and the weird "raised eyebrow" look passing by people. For the friggin' life of me, I don't know what you're supposed to do when you pass by people multiple times in a short span of time! Do I keep looking and smiling at them, nodding, I mean WTF? Sometimes I just pretend not to see them and keep waking straight ahead.

Someone told me today I looked at them like was going to "murder" them. I often do this when someone interrupts my concentration with something else, and I get frustrated.

My face is usually a blank stare, and people have commented that I barely show any emotion at all. When someone I know says hi, I can only respond with a small grunt and a wave. (I have trouble speaking in situations like that for some reason.)

I tried in the mirror some of the looks I normally try to give in response to people. Turns out I'm not showing at all the expressions I thought I was. They were all pretty much blank faces.

Yeah, same. I try to smile, but it looks more like a weird pucker-like thing than a smile, and barely noticeable at that.

Lol. Some people tell me that I look angry or sad when I'm not.

I also have trouble knowing where to look when walking by someone. I sometimes just pretend to be looking at something else because I'm not always sure what else to do.

All of this.

Most of the time I have no idea what I look like, quite often I'm in a daydream and not even sure WHAT I'm looking at.

I get accused of looking aloof, or that I'm staring intently when I'm really not, or I don't think I am at least.

I am leaning towards aspie eyes just being more intense and interesting than NT eyes, or if you've watched 'Only Lovers Left Alive' then zombie eyes.

Our eyes and our gaze cause us to stand out, embrace them.

Yes, people have complained that I look at them with an angry expression as if they owe me money when I feel totally neutral.

Sometimes being worried I will give someone a wierd or scared look makes me do so. Other times, I wasn't worried but just not paying attention, thinking about someone else, so my expression didn't go with my surroundings.

A "neurodiverse" friend of mine has a name for that - he calls it "Resting b***h Face." I have it too, lol. I often look like I'm trying to figure something out or I'm pissed. This friend is pretty funny. He's a self-proclaimed grouch and freely declares he doesn't like most people. He also doesn't care about it, which is refreshing.

My face is almost always a blank stare. I probably stare too much at people; I don't even make eye contact. Most autistics I know I am comfortable making eye contact with them, but occasionally I make them feel violated.

Yes, normally I'm quite blank, but apparently occasionally seem to be looking intently at people, which has apparently made people think I'm angry at them, or upset, or in a few cases am attracted to them! Generally when this happens I'm not even conscious of looking at them.

My face is such a liar!

I do that too, but I've noticed that people don't really pay attention if you relax your eyes or use your resting face, maybe they think it's normal?

I keep being asked "what's wrong" even when there is nothing wrong presumably because of the neutral look on my face.