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Signaling Interest

bentHnau

bentHnau

Exploding Radical
Without drastic changes in social behavior (aka acting), how could a person who makes little eye contact, makes few/atypical gestures and facial expressions, and has atypical prosody avoid having approaching strangers and acquaintances assume disinterest and walk away?

By "atypical" I mean to imply that the facial expressions, body gestures, and voice volume and inflection are prone to misinterpretation and are therefore not reliable ways to signal interest.
 
Well, one might have to at least glance briefly at the center of their face, smile a bit and say "Hi." I'm not sure what else. It's just what I've tried personally.
 
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