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Taonuviel
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17 Dec 2008, 9:40 pm

that's me... flat affect. all the time. always see that written in my notes from psych practitioners. and i would get that from people when i was fine- "smile more!" what, i didn't look ok? i was ok...
yeah.



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17 Dec 2008, 10:20 pm

Taonuviel wrote:
that's me... flat affect. all the time. always see that written in my notes from psych practitioners. and i would get that from people when i was fine- "smile more!" what, i didn't look ok? i was ok...
yeah.


People used to say that all the time to me: At work, at the bar, even while in an innertube floating on the river (?!?). "Smile!" I wanted to fight them! In the mouth! With my boot!

BUT no one has said that to me since I started taking that Beyond St. John's Wort. It's a fact. It's been since 1999.

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18 Dec 2008, 1:26 am

Hovis wrote:
Yes - when people say, "Come on - cheer up!" when, as far as you were aware, you were just presenting a normal, neutral expression.

My father tells me that I look 'hostile'. If he perceives anything short of doing as he does, walking around with an inane grin on your face, greeting total strangers like they're your best friend, as 'hostile', then I honestly think that it's him who has the problem in this case - severe paranoia. And he must see an awful lot of 'hostile' people each day, because plenty of NTs don't go that far.


My sentiments exactly. I can't stand the artificial grin that so many people wear.

However, I'm not looking for something to take to make me any different. If others don't like it they can leave. The people who are important to me don't seem to mind at all.


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18 Dec 2008, 3:16 pm

It definitely makes it difficult to read me. In fact, the only person who can consistently read me is nearly blind. However, this has actually served me well. It (apparently) makes me somewhat mysterious to people, and has actually given me a certain level of atypical charisma. Granted, this part only seems to have developed in the last two years or so. Before that, I was just that wierd quiet guy.



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18 Dec 2008, 11:27 pm

Beyond St. John's... That sounds interesting. I started taking St. John's in conjunction with a B6 Mega-vitamin about a week and a half ago. I have been in better spirits and more sociable since I started. I'm not sure if it is actually working or if it is just a placebo effect. I guess that time will tell.