Facial Expression

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I am good now with facial expressions I used to be quite bad when I was younger and everyone would tell em to cheer up and even now people think I'm bored when I'm not etc. I have self-taught myself to use the correct facial expressions and now I'm reasonably good at it (I think). I only struggle now with using correct gestures and sometimes I occasionsly point at people

If I take a picture of myself without intentionally trying to twist my face into a friendly expression, I come out looking SUPER pissed. but if I look at myself in a mirror, I can make myself look good easily. But without being able to see my own face and make adjustments I come out looking very angry or very stupid.

To be honest, since women are less visual, I think how a guy holds himself is more important. I'm not saying that anyone needs to be a professional actor but watching sitcoms on television and programs can definitely help us to portray ourselves more confidently.

I used to walk around with my head down low and my back slumped and be very reserved and shy, I didn't really have confidence. I made a conscious effort to fix this and I worked on my posture and body language, people started to find me more confident and told me that I was confident which really surprised me. Yoga and working out also helps because this can straighten your spine and help develop your pectoral muscles and traps. Of course I still have trouble reading facial expressions, body language and emotions but there are certain ways that we can increase the way people perceive us and how we interact with others.

ARE women less visual, though? I believe this is a misconception, for various reasons.

But I do think how a guy holds himself is more important. Still, a guy who appears shy would always strike me as friendlier but don't take my advice on it here... I can't read people and certain traits that make you seem more confident or attractive, or whatever, can seem bad to me. I guess I'm easily intimidated by confidence.

Now, the guy in the video, the bad thing about him was that his expressions didn't strike me as natural. He seemed like he was trying to be "macho" and "sexy" on purpose. Which is probably true, because he's an actor and this is acting and not real him. (And for some reason I can sense bad acting and read actors much better than people in real life).

Still, I do think mimicking (to a degree) is a very valuable advice. If you don't know how to mimic real people, observe the way characters act in movies. Just make sure to take an appropriate movie situation... Don't mimic the way people act in vampire movies, choose a realistic setting. Also, if you're not American, forget about the Hollywood movies and focus on the local movies because they show the way people in your culture react (body language, facial expressions, etc. are culturally specific).