animation about my frustrations of having to smile in pictures. forcing it is unnatural. just let me look deadpan into the camera visuals somewhat inspired by the game "who's lila" music written by me
For me, I do smile often enough, but only involuntarily, when I feel satisfied or amused or excited. Because of this, my mom advises me to think of something nice or funny when someone is taking a photo
My mother is the best because she never forces anyone to smile for pictures, in fact she gets frustrated when people force themselves because then the pictures are nothing but a lie. Not everyone is happy or looks happy, and that's okay to her. And when a person who never usually smiles genuinely smiles for a photo, it means so much more.
so true . i'm awful with fake smiles so i usually just do the Worst Possible Bared Teeth Wide-Eyed smile or just stare into the soul of those who dare to look at the photo . to discourage photos
Yeah, some people just can't smile easily. When trying to smile, they say we don't look happy and they say it again, "Smile!", so we try harder. Then after we try harder, then complain, then when we say, "I *am* smiling." they get mad, thinking that you're trying to be difficult to work with. Then they tell other people, and those other people then assume you will do that. Then when it comes time for them to take your picture, the cycle repeats.
this is so good !!! everything from the voices micromanaging every detail of the face , to immediately deciding it's a weird face and telling them to stop ... somehow it is so many moods in one
I’m a very stoic and reserved person, so I don’t really smile unless something makes me smile. I’ve always hated taking pictures for family photos because I can do a fake smile, I can only do a small, shy, little smirk.
I hate pictures for this exact reason. Being forced to smile when you're not truly happy is ridiculous, and getting criticized for looking dead inside is embarrassing.
Smiling is like walking for me if I think about doing it, I’ll forget how to and end up doing it weird. Also I don’t use my face muscles that much so it’s fatiguing/feels odd to smile for longer than a few seconds
REAL THO I legit had to learn how to smile in like 9th grade because I genuinely just thought I didn't look good smiling, especially with teeth. Turns out you only smile with your top teeth 🥲
Dude this hits me so hard. I’m the type of person who has a deadpan, often called intimidating, face if I’m not actively laughing or extremely happy. When I was at Disney world when I was in elementary, we were taking pictures in a photoshoot area, and I hated Goofy, but my parents and friend insisted we take the photo. When I put on my smile, I just remember being told over and over to smile by both my mom and the camera man. I had to raise my voice and say “I AM” for them to finally take the picture. After my mom said that the photo looked off because of my smile. She said she knew I didn’t want the pic, but didn’t need to do that. I was actually trying tho. I never said anything, but its messed me up with photo taking, to say the least. Who’s Lila hit me super hard, and on to of that, I just got evaluated for being on the spectrum a month ago, going in August for testing. So yeah, this is dead on what it feels like, for me at least. Fantastic job! Rant over lol Also I am doing better now with photo taking, because I do a lot of cosplaying and make a bunch of photos and videos, which has helped me a lot over the years with that self consciousness :D
@@Xxg0r3r4bb1txX ive had very similar nearly identical experiences, i feel your struggle man. i never understood how people could just plaster a smile on their face even if they weren't feeling it, moreover, why i wasnt allowed to frown if i was feeling bad. thanks for sharing, im glad to hear cosplay has helped you get more comfortable infront of a camera!
Oof my dad told me I ruined family photos because I didn’t smile enough or cried too much. But beautiful animation, it makes me feel better than I’m not alone lol
This one is too relatable, I'm just not capable of smiling normally, except I am actually forced to do that 'weird smile' because it 'looks better' but forcing out a smile only makes me feel worse
I read your pinned comment and is this really a sign of autism?!?! Like I have struggled to smile properly ever since I was young it's not even that I had anxiety it was just overthinking that my eyes are two squinted or I LOOK LIKE A MANIAC!!! I can only smile when I mean it, it doesn't just happen on command.
@@BenadrylsNightmareBonanza struggling to regulate facial expressions/lack of expressions is a common autstic trait. however its all possible for non autistic people to relate to autistic traits too, so dont let me diagnose you or anything lol
@@ciralincixx Thanks dude for the clarification! I think the question really stems from me grappling the thought I may be autistic, and all these symptoms and videos explaining exactly how I feel and stuff is just a bit unreal.
@@BenadrylsNightmareBonanza i hear ya man. i figured out i was a few years back after my mom dropped "yeah we've been calling you autistic since you were a baby" and after researching and ruminating on it for a year straight it really re-contexualized my entire life
certified autism moment :>| i hate smiling in pictures because i cant smile right, used to practice being happy in the mirror for a while to make my smile look nice but nowadays i dont rlly bother
