Autistic posture and facial expression

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I have bad posture, but I attribute that more to my computer usage. But it also just feels more comfortable because it's easier to "hide" when you are slouched over.

I know my walking is completely unnatural and odd. Walking over bent over almost, I hold up my arms in odd positions when I walk (I don't know where to put them), very rigid. I run really badly, bent over.

My facial expressions are very exaggerated. Shaking my head yes or no is always violent and too long Frowning is like a puppy dog face for me. Smiling is huge. People think I look sad just on my neutral face though.

I used to get picked on at school, for walking weird. Also for making odd faces in class. I have extreme lordosis of the lower back, and also a scoliosis which makes me look like I am hunching one shoulder very slightly. I have been told that I am grimacing when I think that I am smiling.

One thing that I learned today. I was getting PT for my back. I had been dreading it, because the lady that does my treatments likes to talk and laugh a lot. I was wondering how to tell her to please do my treatment without the socializing part, (without being rude,) but couldn't think of a way to do it. When she entered the treatment room, I closed my eyes and only grunted responses. She asked what was wrong, and I said I had sensory overload. To my relief, she didn't talk too much! By simply being myself, and not trying to keep up with this inane chatter, as I had mistakenly done before, I actually got a positive result for once!

i think mostly, my facial expressions are on the over-intense side. when i was a kid, people accused me of having "odd" facial expressions. (they thought my smile was odd. sometimes i'd catch sight of myself in the mirror and think my face looked kind of slack.)

people now tend to think i'm REALLY concentrating (knit brows) or that i'm angry. i've been noticing my posture too, when i look down at my shadow. it seems pretty hunchy. if i stand up straight, i have to concentrate on keeping myself there. i feel kind of like i'm in the military.

when it's not intense, i think it's just kind of neutral. but lately, i've been smiling at people more, i think, which is good.