Do I smile too much to have AS?

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ocdgirl, you "smize"? Tyra Banks would be proud.

I'm like this too, I will get a huge grin if I think of anything funny, which confuses the hell out of people. But it's okay! Be happy!

I am a very happy person. Smile all the time. I have much to smile about.

I think some of us have picked up a few things here and there to help us and it has become an automatic thing. I smile alot and when some ones accusing me of some thing or "scolding" me I cant stop. the thought that the other person thinks im guilty or i was behaving in the wrong way just makes me smile.

Also a smile, like a laugh used more by nt's makes words that might be taken offensively come out in a non offensive manner.
Ive seen NT say thing that if they said without a laugh in the end it would be taken offensively. When they do this i wonder what is so funny about that, but i reciprocate with a smile and from there i cant take offence to it cause im smiling.

I think we may be trying to use this Technic but I know i cant do that short fake laugh they do so i replace it with small but time extended smile.

Its a great Technic, but im trying to get rid of it and cant.

i have other things i do like this such as when some one starts small talk with me i automatically agree with what they said with a "yes or ya" I dont even hear what they say i just put it out there. And it kills the small talk, which maybe jsut what my sub conscience mind wants for every one to be happy and to like me *smile*

Sometimes it's an asset. Occasionally I'll be smiling uncontrollably and somebody will happen by.....on a good day I can look at their face so that they might think I'm smiling at them. Thing is, sometimes they seem to take it as a compliment and they smile back.....it's quite nice when that happens.

My facial expressions are very animated and cartoon-like (or blank), so I've been told, and they don't always match what I'm feeling or thinking. For example, I've sat there grinning before and talked of some sad/traumatic past event before. I also sometimes break out into laughter at inappropriate times. Sometimes I'm also completely "blank" when happy and people tell me to smile and cheer up! It always confuses me, as most of the time I'm perfectly content.

People tend to read more into these incidents than they need to. The same thing happens when I goof up with the word retrieval... I'll say the wrong thing and people will assume that's what I REALLY meant. When no, I just said the wrong word. It doesn't say anything special about my underlying psychology.

Everyone on the spectrum is different when it comes to the amount they smile. I don;t smile often.

This happened a lot to me in past. Not only smiling but laughting loudly or criyng when i was not sad at all.

I smile and hug people all the time, and it doesn't bother me if they hug me. I like being touched. That's unique for an Aspie!

I have a flat affect usually. I've never really had inapporpriate facial expressions though- I have fairly high empathy for somebody with Asperger's. Smilng socially is near impossible for me but i'm working on learning it.

Growing up I had this stupid smile frozen on my face. People always commented on it. These days my expression is better.

I'm always smirking and giggling, not all aspies have to look blank and miserable all the time.

I make a lot of 'weird' faces, too and I tend to assume that I smile when I flap my hands (which I do when happy/excited) but I was passing the mirror once and realised that I had more of an open-mouthed expression. I asked my friends about this and they agreed.

Sometimes, I don't smile when I'm happy and othertimes I smile when I'm sad/at the wrong moment. I'm not really sure why.

Reading this made me smile and laugh! lol

woah i do that lol well sometimes...like i get yelled at and im upset that they yelled at me but i smile....dont know why...

I'm glad im not alone. I wonder if this will be hard to explain to psychologist as most people associate lack of expression to asperger's

There are so many things that I find are off like smiling and empathy. I think the symptoms should be unusual use of expression and abnormal level of empathy. I heard many people say that they are sometimes over empathetic. Or only in certain situations. This should be re looked at. Or maybe I'm only getting info from people that may have other issues besides aspergers.

During my grandfathers funeral.... I was beaming at everyone including my aunt who was wailing over my grandfather's body and she took offence! My father had just arrived for the funeral and started weeping for his loss that's when I stopped and seeing which I started crying more for my dad's loss than mine. Through the sobs I was still smiling at people visiting the funeral. My mom who has aspergers however is mostly devoid of expressions.