Ive been told by a lot of people, including close friends and my wife, that they totally thought i didnt like them at first. Which always surprises me. But apparently the emotions in my head dont always make it out to my bod and its very hard to notice
Firstly, and most importantly, amazing comic!
Secondly, I am the same. I often get asked if I've enjoyed a day out because I looked miserable and people are surprised when I say it was awesome. If I've expressed nothing then it was good.
I have the same problem! I just don't emote with my face very well π (also I get Botox for my headache disorder so I can barely move my eyebrows most of the time)
this is more relatable than I want it to be, typically when someone is being emotional and my brain goes "hey, you need to figure out a way to comfort them and defenitely not make this worse." and then I just get a loading circle above my head like broken Sim or something lol
I really feel this! Nowadays Iβll sometimes catch myself in the moment sort of under reacting to something going on around me but I still struggle to turn that into a meaningful outward expression.
Unrelated - im weirdly proud of this little comic cause i didnt plan it out at all. I just started drawing panels. Ive never been super good at just improvising comics and its a skill id like to be better at
Memories of when someone at an old job sincerely asked me what was wrong because I looked upset when, at the time, I was thinking nothing but delighted thoughts about my girlfriend and had been all day
Oof. I can relate. I'm not sure what it is in me that makes it hard to convey excitement and joy, but it runs deep.
As ever, you're fantastic at drawing such lively expressions!
Had to put up walls at a young age so wouldnβt get my feelings crushed so thoroughly.
Empathy is a blessing that turns into a curse as one gets olderπ«€if you canβt control your reaction to cruelty, to butt holes, lies, backstabbing.
Itβs hard to chip that wall down after decades of it being up.
Oh man, I relate! I developed a habit of "overperforming" to compensate, but lately I have been working on being more authentic because that burns you out pretty bad!
Funnily enough I never experienced you like that. I think you seem uplifting and fun regardless, also when we played Monster Hunter. I know people have a big habit of assuming and imposing character on others. Thatβs why people find me mean and scary for just having boundaries.
And at the same time, the double whammy is that I can get emotive fast
So people think that it must be that I don't give a shit about them
Except that, if I begin to verbalize my feelings it'd be so awkward to tell that I absolutely love them for this/that (and also - socially weird)
It hard π
Idk if this is related, but one of my IRLs has told me I have what he calls "resting bitch voice" which is where he can't tell if I'm just being monotone or if I'm genuinely upset with him.
When he told me that, it made me wonder how often I seem like I'm upset at strangers... oop