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I have never heard this term but I have it. I was also asked all of the time whether something was wrong, my dad always said I looked very sober. I was also scowling, frowning or squinting in most pictures from my youth-if my eyes weren't out and out closed. I was always made fun of for it.
I finally realized as an adult that my eyes were really sensitive to light, so my facial expression had more to do with protecting my eyes than projecting my mood.
I try to make a conscientious effort to keep a lighter expression on my face. I have also practiced smiling, especially for pictures. I have to make what feels to me as a really wide exaggerated smile, like I'm in the middle of a hearty laugh, in order to make my smile look normal. Otherwise it looks like a tight Mona Lisa type smirk.
I laughed at the video too, but to the OP, I understand that this can be serious.
I noticed that one of the top 5 female contestants on The Voice seems to have of these faces. She does smile sometimes, but her ace and her mouth are more often in a frown.
Put a smiley on your computer to remind you to smile more often. Or a little note that just says SMILE. It helps, no kidding.
An instant reward for smiling in general is that people are going to be much nicer to you.
I also have a smiley on my steering wheel in the car. I smile more often and people smile back. This morning I drove to work and a guy on the side of the street sent me a hand kiss. That was nice. No, he was not a drunk homeless dude.
I don't work with computers. I work in a factory, but I do smile when I am talking to people.
I have resting ***hole face. I had no idea that is what it was called. Fortunately, my wife could not be bothered less by it. She sees right through my inadvertent non-socially acceptable expressions. I wondered for a long time why people misunderstood me and I had to work so hard to try to fix their perception. I am at times an ***hole though, so that can complicate it further.
I have what my daughter calls "bitchface" or 'bitcheyebrows". She doesn't say it in a mean way and I know it's true. I can't stand it.
There is a guy who takes the same train I do every afternoon after work. We always end up in the same spot to wait for the train. He has the saddest face I've ever seen! He's a nice-looking guy in his 50s I would guess, but just looks so sad like he's had a major, major tragedy in his life and just lives it everyday. I am so tempted to talk to him but I don't know how he'll react to a complete stranger approaching him (plus he always has earbuds in his ears!)
When I worked as a customer service rep years ago they issued us small mirrors with magnets to hang in our cubicle near our computer monitor. They said if you smile at yourself in the mirror it makes your voice sound friendlier. That's when I realized that I look like Grumpy Cat when I'm concentrating.
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Ha... Lily the bitchface!
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