People pointing out my "emotions"

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...Especially if I seem to come across chatty and happy. I really don't like it when people say "oh you're happy and bubbly today". I mostly only get it from when I'm hanging out with people that people sometimes ask "Are you OK? Is something wrong?" None of them have ever pointed out if I'm coming off happy/chatty.

I don't even know where these particiular people get this idea, because I speak at the same amount as always with these people. It's usually my therapist that points out the positive emotions and I wish she didn't. It makes me feel very uncomfortable, especially since I don't FEEL happy. I feel the same as always, just a middle ground, nothingness.

Anyone in the same boat?

I don't like people pointing out my emotions; it makes me feel exposed. And it's too personal for me. If someone points out that I look either happy or sad, I try to disguise my emotion; almost like they've criticized me.

Anxiety makes your emotions showing really intense, try to relax more. Also take some videos of yourself in a natural setting. You will see how other people actually see you, you might be surprised.

I have trouble recognising emotions, most of all in myself.
Mostly because my subconscious repressed all my emotions instantly as a needed survival strategy, and I first started experiencing -and being extremely bothered by- emotions after I turned 24.

Before that I'd often hear people tell my mother "Why is your son always looking so angry?" or asking that me directly.
Which is ridiculous, It's just the way I look naturally!! !

This really annoys me, particularly when people get it wrong and assume this authority to tell me I am feeling something that I am clearly not. If I am happy, then its ok, and that's the only time its ok. If people say to me 'what's wrong?', I can handle that too. But I was grieving a while back from someone's death and I got told I looked angry and asked why I was angry. I responded 'well I actually felt sad, but you telling me I am angry has made me angry'.

I hate it when people do this... Mostly because I don't have a strong emotion like the one they're describing, and the less I feel the emotion they're trying to put on me the more annoyed I get.

I usually don't pay too much attention to how I feel, but when someone f.ex. says I look happy I might acknowledge to myself that I might feel somewhat happy, but as others have said that mostly makes me want to hide it, since someone pointed it out.

My boyfriend has a bad habit of pointing out that I look thoughtful almost the second I happen to dare to let my mind wander, that seriously pisses me off and I have told him as much, I just hope it will stick..

I don't mind people pointing out my emotions but they get it wrong most of the time - and that's what makes it annoying. My anger gets mistaken for extreme happiness, relaxed content mistaken for moping and giddy happiness or excitement mistaken for moodiness or worry. Urgh.

It depends how a person sounds when they point out my emotions. But sometimes it bothers me when they guess how I'm feeling because...let's just say it makes me feel like a big baby or like if I'm an object in which people have to guess what color I feel today. What really bothers me, is when people tell me "Why do you look sad" or "Smile! You look angry"
I just look blank that's all.

The opposite happens to me - People often mistake me for being really sad or angry when in reality I am just deep in thought. It's very annoying, especially when my perceived bad mood causes other people to be in a bad mood.

People do that to me a lot. "Why do you look/sound grumpy/sad/hyper?" Or "Why are you being so sarcastic?" me: i am trying to be nice "Then why did you SOUND sarcastic?" me: I . . dunno? I didnt mean to be. "See you dont pay attention to anything" Me: o,0!! !

When this happens to me, they are almost always pointing out something I'm NOT actually feeling. It's weird.

Sometimes (being unintuitive myself) I never cease to be amazed at how intuitive other people are, but in this case it's amazing because it's misplaced and they couldn't read me correctly.