Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m most probably having more of a vent than asking advice. Im always being accused of sounding grumpy or being ’short’ with people, I’m not, my voice is quite deep and can be very monotone.
I know internally that I’m not answering abruptly, I admit I can get tired quite quickly when in conversation, having to repeat a sentence when misheard can cause me to literally runout of words. It’s then thought that I’m being more awkward. I’m putting more energy into trying to smile and undulate my voice, if that’s the correct word?
Im thinking it must run along the same lines as Martins post on looking miserable when not.
Is this something anyone else has encountered or am I being weirder than normal?
It feels to me like this is another case of NTs projecting their expectations on to our behaviour and coming up with the wrong answer. They only really understand how NTs think, so if they look at us and assess our words/ideas/behaviour as NT they get the wrong answer. And they don't like to be told they are wrong. But they shouldn't assume they know what we mean - their interpretations are just not as widely applicable to people as they think they are.