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8:28pm July 16, 2013
This is another example facial expression. This is when I’m am physically stronger than I was before, but cognitively more overloaded. I’ve been trying to figure out what it is that creates all these subtle facial expressions. They’re all for emotions far more complex than anything I ever see in those horrible face charts. And they’re specific to how I and anyone like me show emotion.  Meaning many nonautistic people, especially those who are closest to neurological and most unfamiliar with autistic people, have trouble reading them, but many autistic people have no trouble reading them at all, especially those most similar to me. But I’m not good at analyzing how to read myself any better than I’m good at analyzing how to read anyone else. So I have no idea. But looking at these pictures I definitely know I’d understand the expressions on other people too. I’m still just as baffled by how nonautistic people can’t seem to read us at all, as they seem baffled when some of us sometimes can’t read them.  Like I remember stunning a group of people by stopping their conversation to help a man who was badly overloaded and showing it, and making them fix the source of the overload so he could calm down. None of them had noticed. One of them was so shocked that she still discussed the incident years later. I remain shocked at how shocked she was, because it still seemed so obvious I can’t see how it could be weird. And the guy could largely pass for nonautistic, so it wasn’t as if his body language was that unusual. IDK I guess we were all baffled by each other. Anyway assorted facial expressions and stuff will continue to be posted here. Especially ones that are more complicated than happy sad scared etc. Or ones that don’t have names for them, that I’m aware of. Or various levels of pain or other physical discomfort or other physical traits. So while my selfies are selfies like anyone else’s, I’m also trying to do what I wanted to do ages and ages ago – work on creating a translation guide for people who can’t easily read people like me. Based on spontaneous expressions and movements and stuff.

This is another example facial expression. This is when I’m am physically stronger than I was before, but cognitively more overloaded.

I’ve been trying to figure out what it is that creates all these subtle facial expressions. They’re all for emotions far more complex than anything I ever see in those horrible face charts. And they’re specific to how I and anyone like me show emotion.  Meaning many nonautistic people, especially those who are closest to neurological and most unfamiliar with autistic people, have trouble reading them, but many autistic people have no trouble reading them at all, especially those most similar to me.

But I’m not good at analyzing how to read myself any better than I’m good at analyzing how to read anyone else. So I have no idea. But looking at these pictures I definitely know I’d understand the expressions on other people too.

I’m still just as baffled by how nonautistic people can’t seem to read us at all, as they seem baffled when some of us sometimes can’t read them. 

Like I remember stunning a group of people by stopping their conversation to help a man who was badly overloaded and showing it, and making them fix the source of the overload so he could calm down. None of them had noticed.

One of them was so shocked that she still discussed the incident years later. I remain shocked at how shocked she was, because it still seemed so obvious I can’t see how it could be weird. And the guy could largely pass for nonautistic, so it wasn’t as if his body language was that unusual. IDK I guess we were all baffled by each other.

Anyway assorted facial expressions and stuff will continue to be posted here. Especially ones that are more complicated than happy sad scared etc. Or ones that don’t have names for them, that I’m aware of. Or various levels of pain or other physical discomfort or other physical traits.

So while my selfies are selfies like anyone else’s, I’m also trying to do what I wanted to do ages and ages ago – work on creating a translation guide for people who can’t easily read people like me. Based on spontaneous expressions and movements and stuff.

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