u/BreloomGang

Even when I genuinely find something funny, my reaction is usually really lowkey compared to other people. I might internally think something is hilarious, but externally I’ll just smile a bit or barely react.

It makes me overthink social situations because I feel like people probably assume I’m bored, serious or don’t have much personality when I actually am enjoying myself.

I’m curious if this is something other people here relate to, especially the “hard to read socially” side of it.

I’ve always noticed that even when I genuinely find something funny, I rarely actually laugh out loud much. Sometimes I’ll smile or internally think something is hilarious, but outwardly my reactions can seem really muted.

Because of that, I worry people see me as boring, uninterested, awkward or hard to read socially when that’s not how I feel at all.

I’ve seen people talk about struggling with outward emotional expression/social signalling here before, so I was wondering if anyone else experiences this specifically with humour/laughter?

Did people ever misunderstand you because of it?

I’ll see something funny and fully appreciate the humour, but outwardly I barely react sometimes. Meanwhile everyone else is crying laughing 😭

It makes me feel weird socially because I worry people think I’m serious, boring or judging them when I’m actually enjoying the conversation.

Anyone else like this?

I’ve noticed that even when I genuinely find something funny, I usually don’t physically laugh much. Sometimes I’ll smile a bit or internally think “that’s hilarious”, but outwardly I can seem pretty flat.

I’m worried people interpret it as me being bored, uninterested, awkward or having no personality when that’s not how I feel at all.

It’s made me overthink social situations a lot because I feel like other people react way more visibly than I do. I can enjoy someone’s humour a lot without actually laughing much.

Would you find someone like this hard to read socially? Have any of you dealt with this yourself?