When are you suppossed to smile?

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No, I don't always smile when happy. I smile when I'm really happy, or if I think something is funny.

I got the 'Resting b***h Face' as being serious because I always get, "What are you angry about?" and other crap like that. And it's real bad if I have a headache or worried. No filter on that one

I just tell people "this is just what I look like." My face is very expressive when I'm talking about something interesting or exciting. But yeah, my normal face looks miserable or pissed off. Then if I really am miserable or angry, it's extremely apparent

It's a natural instinct. It occurs across all cultures. It's an innate response to signal to others. Even great apes have facial expressions. It's because we are social animals, and we evolved certain universal facial expressions to communicate our emotions to others of our species. It's supposed to occur naturally.

Other types of expressions are culturally derived, and not instinctive. You should look up the universal human facial expressions and you'll see what I mean.

Other people generally don't want to see your real emotions, much like they don't want to see you naked. Their right not to have your image forced on their retinas trumps your right to show it.

A girl I'm getting some socializing advice from is always telling me to smile, but it hurts my cheeks. Also, I question how often I should REALLY do it. I mean, I feel stupid as hell walking down the hallway with a stupid grin on my face. I would think I would get weird looks instead of people thinking, "Oh look, that guy's happy! That makes me happy!"

It'd be better to do something so you have a true reason to smile; if you don't, it'll be always fake.

Smiling or even laughter can be seen as expressing/relieving positive (happy) stress after being emotionally touched.

Auties VS Aspies
Sometimes I think about the differences between aspies and auties. Maybe one of the differences is that auties express feelings much easier than aspies or maybe that auties are the feeling types (like myself) and aspies are more the cool brainy types.