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billiscool
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18 Apr 2014, 11:18 pm

is it just me or do other asd'ers have a tough time
smiling.I can't smile good,or even OK

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18 Apr 2014, 11:53 pm

billiscool wrote:

is it just me or do other asd'ers have a tough time
smiling.I can't smile good,or even OK

Nope. Not good at smiling, pictures are always really bad. My family photo looked like the most depressing photo cause none of us are good at smiling.

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19 Apr 2014, 12:02 am

I just smiled when I saw the title so yeah I can.

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19 Apr 2014, 12:51 am

I can smile, but not intentionally.

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19 Apr 2014, 12:55 am

Being happy or something humorous makes me smile unintentionally. But I never smile intentionally.

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19 Apr 2014, 2:11 am

Yes, I can and do very easily and I have been told that I have a beautiful smile.

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19 Apr 2014, 2:46 am

If something triggers a smile then yeah.
It's just my smiles just don't trigger as easily or often as most.
When I feel I should smile, I can only do it by thinking of what makes me happiest.

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19 Apr 2014, 3:26 pm

If I think of something that makes me happy, I can smile.

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19 Apr 2014, 3:36 pm

Yes, I can smile, however, I'm not great at intentional smiles and thinking of something nice doesn't necessarily trigger a smile when needed (for example for a photo, especially not if it is made in a hurry).
In another thread featuring this topic, I compared it to the Terminator in Terminator 2 trying to make his first smile. That's how it feels like to me when I try to force it. :lol:

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19 Apr 2014, 3:47 pm

Yes I can. I actually worked on how my smile looks in the mirror several years ago, so now I have a decent looking photo or other "I need to smile for some reason" smile. However, I look grumpy or blank in most photos taken before that unless I was actually happy. Sometimes I still look that way anyway, but most of the time it's not a problem.

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19 Apr 2014, 8:25 pm

I can smile if there is a reason to.
If I try to smile for no reason it's hard and the results look unnatural. If I know I'm going to be in a photo I try to think about something funny enough to cause me to smile then I'll be ready for a photo.

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19 Apr 2014, 10:09 pm

I learned how to smile on command, when I was young.

We used to "pose" for photographs. And, it took my dad forever to focus the camera and set aperture/speed. I remember saying "cheese" for minutes at a time.

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19 Apr 2014, 10:29 pm

sure, i can smile, so do all my aspie friends, my severely autistic friends smile the most

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19 Apr 2014, 10:33 pm

oh I certainly can; half the time I looked like a crazed serial killer when I do, but yes, I can :lol: :wink:

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19 Apr 2014, 10:47 pm

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20 Apr 2014, 2:46 pm

Just because people are not smiling does not mean they are not happy.

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