The face problem

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I have a facial expression problem. My mother keeps on trying to guess what I feel all the time. So sometimes I don't know if it is me or my mother that is having the problem. I usually avoid her, because she is constantly trying to break me down.

I have also read on other people complaining about having a scary face or intimidating face. (Which I think I have)

This video clip is a spoof. I think it does carry some weight and probably trying to make people aware of what we do and cannot see all the time.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v98CPXNiSk[/youtube]
So what do you think? silly video or is there something to it?

I think I have that kind of face!
The video is funny, but I think they could have left out that ending part and kept it as just completely deadpan humor.

Going to take a different tangent here, but your mother has no business trying to figure out how you feel all the time. If she does this she more than likely has issues. Don't take it upon yourself that it's your problem.

I have a similar problem, except mine's more of a bored resting face. Trying to smile or frown feels unnatural...

Yup, me too. Thanks for the laugh..

I fail to see anything wrong about their faces. But I'm surprised that the woman used her resting face when she received a marriage proposal.

There's a term for this - "flat affect" and I see it in a good portion of the aspies I know. I don't have flat affect now, but I had this at times as a kid. However, I seem to process other people's facial expressions naturally, so I get a little uneasy when I see flat affect. When I see other aspies displaying flat affect, I become confused sometimes because I have less of a sense of how they are really feeling about something. Most of the time, it's in a situation where they are truly enjoying themselves (and they have told me this afterwards) but they are not showing the level of enthusiasm usually expected...not just in their face, tone of voice, or in the things they are saying.

I think that if someone on the spectrum has flat affect, they are very likely to be misunderstood by people - i.e. others will ask you what is wrong because you look sad, even if you don't feel sad. Your facial expressions and your true emotions don't match, and this will confuse people. I think that if you have this, it's important to be aware of it so that you can explain to others what you are really feeling at a given time.

I have this issue, especially if I am at a social event and am maybe overwhelmed, I look angry or scary to people. It's kind of strange and people think it's even funny, since most of them already know me.