jk1 wrote:
I seem to have the same problem. Probably combined with wrong facial expressions. I get misunderstood very often.
My husband has this issue.
Flat affect
Mono tone booming "announcer voice (he should have worked in radio)
far sighted, so always looks squinty (refuses to wear glasses)
This is read as pissed offed , or condescending by the majority of people. Heck, I'll ask him what's wrong. It makes him so angry. He doesn't understand body language at all, or tone of voice unless it is really happy, really really sad or really really angry. Everything else is just lost on him
His psychiatrist has a hard time, because Jaye can be horribly stressed out, and it comes off as neutral. When he had a back to work psychiatric review, after his melt down at work, the review shrink asked if Jaye was upset at his co workers/bosses. Jaye said no, and he really didn't feel much of anything towards them. This is after getting screwed over by his bosses, and the co workers who threw him under the bus. The psychiatrist was shocked. This review happened on the heels of the one of the loner work place shooting rampages.
The review shrink said between Jaye's total lack of affect, and so little emotion towards the events, Jaye was labelled schizoid with severe.depression and kept on disability. This from a shrink who has a 99% "kill rate". This clown forces everyone back to work.
I think it was all the media hoopla over the work place shooting, and Jaye's poor social skills got him placed on disability. His final review to get back to work, happened right after Sandy Hook. Jaye was placed on permanent disability. The psychiatrist (a different one), wouldn't even spend a moment reconsidering.
If you think voice and body language aren't important, think again.
08 Jan 2014, 12:00 am
