Does your face match your feelings?

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This really bothers me. Apparently my face does not reflect what I'm feeling. I am constantly getting comments like "oh you look like you're confused!" or "you look angry!" or "what's wrong? You look sad." when in fact I'm none of these things, usually I'm just daydreaming and not really thinking about anything. But also sometimes I am happy and apparently this doesn't show, because people tell me to cheer up.

Not always. My facial expressions seem to be rather inconsistent, as far as I can tell.

I have the same problem. Usually it doesn't bother me, but there have been a few times when I've seen a family member for the first time in a long time and they think something's upsetting me and I have to keep telling them that I'm fine. That gets irritating after a while though and eventually it ceases to be true... but other than those rare occasions, it doesn't bother me.

Apparently not. People say I look happy or joyful, when I'm actually feeling miserable. They ask if I'm ok when I'm feeling fine. They say I look confused when I feel irritated. I wish people would just quit paying any attention to what my faces look like because NO ONE CAN READ IT.

Other than expressing the extreme emotions, I don't express subtle feelings in any facial expression or body language. It can be an advantage even, considering I don't have to mask my feelings that well in facial expressions. Otherwise I've been told I have a likeable smile.

Only when happy, that I know of.

I think my face and emotions match for the most part. Though I have had people at work freak out because they thought I was almost in tears when there was nothing wrong. So I don't know. I don't look at my face all that much.

My daughter says I look weird sometimes if I'm daydreaming or under stress ( get togethers)

I recently saw a video of myself being interviewed at my sons wedding and I simply didn't recognise myself ( mannerisms \ expressions \ voice \ eyes were completely different to what I thought I was really like ! !!

My face matches a wall.

haha i am constantly fending of people i know asking why the long face, when inside i can be full of joy. got to the point that when im with people im constantly wondering if my facial expression is smiling enough.

People who know me well enough tend to know what I am feeling as they are used to my mannerisms and 'quirkiness'. However, those who don't know tend to think I am feeling something I am not and, in some cases, instead of asking me how I am feeling, make assumptions and this really annoys me. I don't mind if people ask as I know my face can sometimes be hard to read, I just hate it when people tell me what I am feeling when they have no idea.

If very happy or very angry/upset yes.
Other than that very few people can tell my mood by my facial expression, which is usually as deadpan and kinda cross looking as my avatar. Except I'm usually looking away some or looking down instead of dead on.