The Nonverbal Message- Personal

With the nonverbal message, facial expressions also plays a large role in communicating between people. People have told me that I always use facial expressions when I'm communicating with them. Apparently I have a "signature Beth face" that I do whenever someone says something that I don't agree with or think is dumb. It's just a blank stare that I give them and then they say "Don't give me that look!" because they know what I'm thinking by the facial expression that I do. Facial expressions play a big role in my communication style because I tend to use them with everything that I say. I also raise my eyebrows a lot for a look of surprise. I think that the different facial expressions that I do daily are very interesting and say a lot about who I am and what I think because they directly match my personality. For example, I also have a facial expression that I use whenever I say something sarcastic. Some people don't always pick up on this and it confuses them when they don't understand the underlying sarcasm and what I'm actually saying. Learning to read facial expressions can be difficult, especially mine because I have so many of them and I use many different ones so often. Often times I will only respond to things with a facial expression at first and then I'll say something if the person doesn't pick up on my mood right away. There are so many different uses for facial expressions. They can convey a mood to someone and change the situation of a conversation instantly. I really enjoy the use of facial expressions and I like to see how many different ones I can use and confuse people with.