>Going back to your original questions, have you considered telling the person that "I'm fine and it is possible that I may have seemed _____." Quite a few tim

>Going back to your original questions, have you considered telling the person that "I'm fine and it is possible that I may have seemed _____." Quite a few times, actually. "Sorry, I'm actually okay, I just have resting 'bored' face/voice". They chuckle, we chat for a few minutes and one can observe their take of the situation changing completely as it dawns on them: "Oh, this is literally just how this guy talks". You know the character Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh? Without sounding that drastically morose and actually being sad, it's sort of like that. Even when he's happy his voice just sounds slow, lethargic and uninterested. So as it happens, I often have people talk to me for about two seconds, immediately jump to the "Cheer up!" routine, we talk more and it becomes evident the person slowly starts to 'get it'. It's not that I shut people out or refuse to engage in conversations, because my answers more often than not match up point for point with what we're talking about. I just have a very lethargic sounding voice coupled with answers that are sometimes more brief than a person is anticipating-which results in the oft-incorrect assumption that I'm annoyed with them. Fact is: I just cherish brevity when speaking. /Casual shrug