frends ignoreing you

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dous anyone here have problems with lots of peple telling you to smile even tho you try your best to put on a fake smile daily as much as you can to please peple i hardly ever see peple smiling in my job but i am supposed to do all the time, i get ignored by almost everyone nearly all the time but i am told it is my fault peple dont talk to me because i dont smile enouf, i spend all day trying to think of things to say to peple but i am not inculded in any chat i say hi how are you etc and get two word answers and thay go off and talk to someone properly who hasnt even spoken to them, ok peple say hi/smile to me but not much more, i also been told i need to lift my head higher by a frend its been a problem all my life if i am feeling down which i usualy am its very hard to lift my head much and i dont look at peples faces alot, thay all get on and talk to eachother but not me i am left out of everything i hoped this would have stoped when i left school its like everyone hates me and wants me to feel left out or scared of talking to me for some reason, i am trying to find a new job but all my frends work at my job and i feel it will be the same again, i hope someone on here will understand so i dont feel so bad about this my frends dont understand not even my best one

I know how you feel! I used to be just like that when I was younger I don't know why I'm different now, I guess I've done a ton of people-observation. Mostly at jobs I've had. Occasionally, people will say stuff like that to me again, if I let my guard down and stop "acting" NT for a moment.

People used to always tell me to smile, or ask me what was wrong just out of nowhere. They would also tell me to talk more, stop looking at the ground, and other stuff like that. Then if I tried to be social, other people would always interrupt me, or avoid me. I'm very petite, so I don't think they were afraid of me. I think in my case, they just thought I was insignificant and/or annoying.

Even though I learned how to act somewhat NT in everyday situations, it takes up a lot of my energy, and I hate the thought that I'm just doing it to make other people accept me. after doing some introspection, I finally realized that I should be happy and accept myself how I am. It's hard to find the balance between pretending to be like everyone else, and being proud of who you are, flaws and all, especially when "being yourself" confuses people or drives them away. I don't think I've even found the balance myself.

If you try to please everyone by following their suggestions, and they still don't accept you, I don't blame you for wanting to find a new place to work. I don't think all work environments are the same, so I hope that your next workplace is more accepting of you for who you are, if you happen to find one.