Hi there I just wanted to let you know that I can relate to this. I wasn't born with any official facial paralysis but when I become social anxious in public I feel as if my face muscles become rigid and fixed which escalates more panic because I realize I look akward but then this panic just ends up in more fear and more facial paralysis.... i heat people say I look wired, they think it's all a willful act for attention whereas the reality is that I can't help it sometimes...

I can read peoples energy levels sometimes I can tell that someone is genuinely interested in hanging out and other time that they are being g polite and are scared of me...it's frustrating because when people are scared of me it really hurts emotionally, sometimes I dwell on this more than I should... ultimately I think I can only control myself and that I have to learn to deal with rejection.