Smile power

Since people learned to speak, also learned about corporal language; when parents try to teach a baby some words, they use signals and gestures which could mean something that might help the baby to understand what they were talking about. One important and significant gesture they do, unconsciously, is a smile. However, maybe they did not know about the contributions and benefits of smiling when they taught it to their children. For that reason, the purpose of this blog is to remark them.

Smiles before emotions

There is one hypothesis about smiling and emotions. It is thought that you smile because you are extremely happy, or maybe too much nervous at different events. However, it is been proved that what happened is completely opposite. If a person is sad, he is able to change his humor with a smile; what means that smiling is contagious, and that is good. Imagine the consequences that smiling would have with a person who is depressed; probably many smiles in his day could help him a lot.

A trustworthy person

What is more interesting is that a smile also means trust. Unconsciously, a person who is smiling is chosen between people who did not "transmit" his emotions. For example, when you are going to apply for a job, your friends and family recommend you to be nice and friendly in your interview; also, when you want to convince someone, you say your ideas and smile the other person too. Maybe it could be a myth, but it is effective.

Health problems

In addition to the arguments, smiling helps you to see the events in a more positive way. Also, it gives you the chance of solving your problems easily because you see them with a different point of view. That's why it could help you with stress problems and also with the anxiety ones.

In conclusion, smiling is a powerful tool which helps you emotionally, with trust problems, and why not in a healthy way. It is amazing to discover that a small muscle movement is powerful enough to benefit your life and your social relationships too, because if you feel good with yourself, there is not going to be any matter to share with someone else.

Sources:

Women’s Health. (2014). Body language: What’s really behind a smile? According to www.womenshealthmag.com/life/meaning-of-a-smile

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