On top of that, you can't change how other people feel. The more you worry about it, the more you might be subconsciously trying to contort your expressions to give people 'what they want' which maybe makes things worse.

I've gotten kind of paranoid about stuff like this lately. In my group therapy I've been there 3 times and every time I go my table has 2 people at it and 4 at the other table. I swear people switch tables to not sit by me (I've been told I look angry by 100's of people but I'm a firggin' teddy bear once you know me. I probably always look 'angry' because I have a headache 24/7 and have for a very, very long time). I even have moved tables every time to see what happens and the last few people will come in and sit at whatever table is opposite of me.

Now, is it really because of me? Probably not. It's far more likely that, like coco says, my perception of how people view me is off.

Being bipolar means we are probably harder on ourselves than anyone else ever could be (that's at least true for me). It's hard enough to worry about ourselves to then add on to that worrying about what other people think of us. Not that I am saying it's easy to not worry about it, I am clearly guilty. Just something I try to think about when I feel like others are viewing me negatively. I try to remind myself that I am hard enough on myself, who cares how people look at me? That can help me to let how people look at me or treat me brush off my back. Sometimes.