Can you get feedback from someone who knows you irl?
The first time I complained of having flat affect my pdoc said that in all the time she had known me, I was actually talking at normal speed for the first time, completing my sentences and maintaining eye contact. She also asked if my DH had given any feedback. He had: “you seem really normal”.
It’s pretty hard to differentiate between normal and ‘flat’ (depression) but I’m getting better at it and I don’t need feedback as much.