Facial Expression

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I have a permanent screwed up facial expression, and so do several of my Aspergic friends. Does anyone know if this is common and is it used as part of the diagnostic criteria?

I think it is just another variation of the "flat affect." My face is permanently glued almost in a big smile. This is a BIG problem when someone tells you bad news like "so and so died" and then I say "I am so sorry" with a huge grin on my face!! !! !! !

My face is usually expressionless. When someone tells me something that is sad or happy, I still don't usually show anything by my face. Some people take this to mean that I don't feel.

I squint, a lot, and others always interperate my squinting as smiling, so, people are constantly smiling back at me. It causes me to smile back at them. So, in the end, I do a lot of squinting and smiling.

I don't know, I've often been told that my face is very expressive. Like if I'm confused, I have a rigid confused expression on my face, if I'm sad I have a sad expression, you know, I don't have the wrong expressions to what I'm thinking or feeling. Some even say I have a face of a thousand words. I was very happy when I heard that, because it made me know that I don't have a blank or weird facial expression.

My mother has told me my facial expressions change a lot in a short time while I'm just sitting there.
Probably they were going with whatever was in my head.

I read not long ago that the hardest expression to fake is "sadness". Must be the eyebrows.

Have gone to school with aspie/autie kids my whole life. Flat or fixed expression is fairly common.

This is me happy, angry, sad, confused