The power of smiling...

[gzhpcu]

I have always been a big smiler, and have read articles about the health benefits of smiling.

In another thread, I mentioned the close brush with death I had. During the whole hospital experience, I was not only calm, but was constantly smiling, much more than usual. I really feel that this really helped me get through the rough times and maybe, even contributed to my rapid recovery.

Power to smiling! :)

[Ara Pacis]

There may be something to a patient's attitude in medicine, but I don't know how to quantify it. I'm reminded of a story I read once where a patient overheard his doc saying that his heart was "beating like a racehorse" and he thought it was a good sign that it was beating strong, he relaxed and made it through the operation, but he may not have been as relaxed if he had known the doc's real meaning, that her patient was experiencing tachycardia. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

[Neverfly]

When I 'smile'...

It usually means that I am about to bite you.

[jaksichj]

I am told that smiling helps boost one's brain endorphin levels...thus it will make one feel great!

[mugaliens]

I am told that smiling helps boost one's brain endorphin levels...thus it will make one feel great!

Sure it does (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZEW0Ki1O4)...

[megrfl]

I am told that smiling helps boost one's brain endorphin levels...thus it will make one feel great!

Fake smiling can have the same effect; it too releases endorphins and helps to relax the person. Do I know this scientifically?, no, I was told this at a seminar.

When my dog smiles it usually means he is about to barf. :) = Endorphin release. :)

[dhd40]

Sure it does (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZEW0Ki1O4)...

Reminds me of Neverfly ... oh, I mean his post #12099

[mugaliens]

Reminds me of Neverfly ... oh, I mean his post #12099

On which thread?

[Euniculus]

I smile at people, even random strangers.

Funny thing is, I used to never smile, but these past 2 or 3 years I've started and it really seems to bring more positive into my life.

Brighten someone's life and they may go on to brighten someone else's day. :)

[megrfl]

I smile at people, even random strangers.

Funny thing is, I used to never smile, but these past 2 or 3 years I've started and it really seems to bring more positive into my life.

Brighten someone's life and they may go on to brighten someone else's day. :)

Sort of like Pay It Forward, but with smiles. :)

[Euniculus]

Sort of like Pay It Forward, but with smiles. :)

Yep! :D

[Whirlpool]

A Smile is contagious.
Just use it properly , or they might think you're insane . :p

[Chunky]

I have always been a big smiler, and have read articles about the health benefits of smiling.

In another thread, I mentioned the close brush with death I had. During the whole hospital experience, I was not only calm, but was constantly smiling, much more than usual. I really feel that this really helped me get through the rough times and maybe, even contributed to my rapid recovery.

Power to smiling! :)


i almost got hit by a car when i was on my bicycle. i was laughing while i swearved around avoiding the accident... idk why i did.

[Ara Pacis]

I think there's a poster about this. "Smile: It makes people wonder what you're up to."

[dhd40]

On which thread?

OMG :doh: Post #3 on this thread :doh:

[steffanie]

I tend to smile alot because it makes me feel good. My mates and i are constantly making each other laugh. It sooths the soul.
I smile even more at people who mock my love of astronomy.

[gzhpcu]

Smiling not only makes me feel good, but facilitates interaction with people. Makes everday life much more pleasant, I find. :)

[Fazor]

Does it say something about me that twice today I've seen this thread title and read it as "The Power of Smiting"?

[Ara Pacis]

Does it say something about me that twice today I've seen this thread title and read it as "The Power of Smiting"?

Well, your avatar does look like it's attempting to smite.

[mugaliens]

LOL, well, the 12,099 was his post count, not a post number, but you knew that... ?

[dhd40]

LOL, well, the 12,099 was his post count, not a post number, but you knew that... ?

No, I was driving on a dark desert highway ... IIRC

OTOH, is there a thread with more than 12099 posts?

[PetersCreek]

When my dog smiles it usually means he is about to barf. :) = Endorphin release. :)

I didn't realize endorphins were so...so...chunky.

I'm a stimulus smiler, that is, I smile when I'm given reason to. I smile in greeting, in response to a joke, and any number of other reasons but it's not the natural state of my face. While other folks look perfectly natural and appealing with a near-constant smile, I feel that I'd look very much the fool with one plastered to my mug all the time.

[megrfl]

I didn't realize endorphins were so...so...chunky.

Sometimes. :) <gag> Where's the bathroom?

I'm a stimulus smiler, that is, I smile when I'm given reason to. I smile in greeting, in response to a joke, and any number of other reasons but it's not the natural state of my face. While other folks look perfectly natural and appealing with a near-constant smile, I feel that I'd look very much the fool with one plastered to my mug all the time.

Nah. :shifty:

[closetgeek]

I didn't realize endorphins were so...so...chunky.

I'm a stimulus smiler, that is, I smile when I'm given reason to. I smile in greeting, in response to a joke, and any number of other reasons but it's not the natural state of my face. While other folks look perfectly natural and appealing with a near-constant smile, I feel that I'd look very much the fool with one plastered to my mug all the time.

I know how you feel and think the same thing about myself. My problem is the response to every elevated situation is to smile. It's not always because I am happy, I just can't help it. It's great when I was a server because I always greeted my tables with a natural smile, regardless of how little I wanted to be there. Then there are times when someone tells me something, like they just got dumped and they are suffering the worst heartbreak. In my head I am thinking, "oh please don't say anything stupid! What do you say to this?" But when my face has a goofy smile plastered on it, they just think I am heartless and laughing at them...

[gzhpcu]

Not only smiling makes you feel good, but laughter as well.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/08/content_728096.htm

Nearly a thousand people laugh heartily together for half an hour every morning in a park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. The Guangzhou Daily took a closer look at those happy people.

They are members of a group named Laughing Club, and when they get together, all they do is laugh.
Zhang Lixin, the initiator of the club and dubbed the 'laugh leader', told the paper that he himself benefited from laughing. He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarreling with his wife to relax.
After laughing for a few days, Zhang found himself more outgoing and relaxed. Soon his wife joined him, bringing the family more laughter and causing less bickering.
When he got to know a kind of 'laughing yoga' is good for the health, Zhang went to Bombay to learn from locals, and, integrating with Chinese medicine, developed what he learned into more than 30 ways of laughing.


Don't think Neverfly will like this one either...:)

[gzhpcu]

I'm a stimulus smiler, that is, I smile when I'm given reason to. I smile in greeting, in response to a joke, and any number of other reasons but it's not the natural state of my face. While other folks look perfectly natural and appealing with a near-constant smile, I feel that I'd look very much the fool with one plastered to my mug all the time.

I don't mean one should smile looking like a grand piano, but rather just a slight elevation of the corners of the mouth. Try it.

The normal, more accentuated smile comes in use when greeting...

[Neverfly]

Laughter is for Hyenas.

[gzhpcu]

Laughter is for Hyenas.

See, that is why they have such a warm, affectionate side.

http://www.birdnature.com/nov1901/hyena2.html

They were so affectionate that they often paid me a call without being invited and it made a surprising as well as uncanny impression on strangers to see us at the tea table. Each of us had a hyena at his side and the animal sat on his haunches as quietly and sensibly as a well behaved dog who pleads for a few scraps at the table. The hyena did that also, and their gentle request consisted of a low but very hoarse cry. They expressed their gratitude either by the same sounds and actions they used in greeting me as above described, or by sniffing my hands.

[PetersCreek]

I don't mean one should smile looking like a grand piano, but rather just a slight elevation of the corners of the mouth. Try it.

Nah. Not me. My natural expression is pretty neutral. I'm a taciturn INTP.

[closetgeek]

Does it say something about me that twice today I've seen this thread title and read it as "The Power of Smiting"?

You know what? I am just glad to hear that someone else does this. For some reason, there are names on this board, that no matter how many times I read them, when I first see them, my brain reads something else, entirely.
Noclevername was always Novaclaim. Mugaliens is still Mulligans. For the longest time Whirlpool was Whipperwill. Strange!

[Neverfly]

You know what? I am just glad to hear that someone else does this. For some reason, there are names on this board, that no matter how many times I read them, when I first see them, my brain reads something else, entirely.
Noclevername was always Novaclaim. Mugaliens is still Mulligans. For the longest time Whirlpool was Whipperwill. Strange!

What was mine? Beverly?

[Fazor]

Nefertiti. :whistle:

[Neverfly]

Nefertiti. :whistle:

I'm not pretty.



But then... I have heard she wasn't all she's been cracked up to be either...

[PetersCreek]

I believe you're thinking of Cleopatra. In my recollection, Nefertiti was regarded as quite beautiful while Cleo had...um...other attributes.

[Fazor]

while Cleo had...um...other attributes.

A killer as...p?

[PetersCreek]

Suffice it to say that it's not suitable for detailed...or even euphemistic...discussion here. :shhh: ;)

[Neverfly]

Gillianrens description was "Robin Williams in drag."

But yes, I was referring to Nefertiti.
I could be wrong though.

[PetersCreek]

I could be wrong though.

Me, too.

[closetgeek]

What was mine? Beverly?

No yours always looks right on first glance, most do, it's just that some names here, for some reason, at first glance, appear to be nothing even close to what they really are. Another one is Antoniseb (am I even getting it right off memory?) for some reason is always astonished.

I never knew that Cleopatra was not considered to be beautiful. She is always played in movies by very attractive actresses.

[Neverfly]

I never knew that Cleopatra was not considered to be beautiful. She is always played in movies by very attractive actresses.

This is sig worthy...

[Fazor]

No yours always looks right on first glance, most do, it's just that some names here, for some reason, at first glance, appear to be nothing even close to what they really are. Another one is Antoniseb (am I even getting it right off memory?) for some reason is always astonished.

The one that always makes me chuckle is the rare occasion that someone gets me confused with Fraser (sometimes I think it's mis-read, some just confusion due to similarity). Had I known that was not only an in-use handle, but one of the admin's at that, I would have picked something else when I signed up. But dag'nabbit, I've used "Fazor" since I was like 12, so it's mine.

[Ara Pacis]

You know what? I am just glad to hear that someone else does this. For some reason, there are names on this board, that no matter how many times I read them, when I first see them, my brain reads something else, entirely.
Noclevername was always Novaclaim. Mugaliens is still Mulligans. For the longest time Whirlpool was Whipperwill. Strange!

Ahem, this thread is about smiling, not squinting. :-P

[jaksichj]

Without wanting to sound maudlin...if I am feeling in a funk... I will try to put a smile on my face... and eventually ... maybe 20 minutes ... I just might feel a little better... no matter the situation. That has been my experience.

[closetgeek]

Without wanting to sound maudlin...if I am feeling in a funk... I will try to put a smile on my face... and eventually ... maybe 20 minutes ... I just might feel a little better... no matter the situation. That has been my experience.


Well here is my contribution. I can listen to it every year and still giggle, hope it makes you smile :lol:

Twelve Pains Of Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ArlE9oP1l0)

[Buttercup]

I have always been a big smiler, and have read articles about the health benefits of smiling.

In another thread, I mentioned the close brush with death I had. During the whole hospital experience, I was not only calm, but was constantly smiling, much more than usual. I really feel that this really helped me get through the rough times and maybe, even contributed to my rapid recovery.

Power to smiling! :)

I second that! :) :D

There was previously a place I frequented where hardly anyone smiled. I did; later left. I had reason to return, and discovered my previous smiles had basically been seeds of friendship; I was re-welcomed in with lots of smiles and genuine happiness I'd rejoined the group.

Sounds corny I know, but it's true....("karma")

[Dgennero]

I've always had a problem with that beastly display of teeth people call a smile.
Doesn't mean I'm not nice, but people often think I am in a bad mood because I don't smile. They shouldn't judge a book by its cover. On photos I look idiotic with a smile which always looks forced. I can smile if I am among friends and someone gives me a true reason, but feel too uncomfortable around strangers.
They can get a snarl though :gg:

[Whirlpool]

You know what? I am just glad to hear that someone else does this. For some reason, there are names on this board, that no matter how many times I read them, when I first see them, my brain reads something else, entirely.
Noclevername was always Novaclaim. Mugaliens is still Mulligans. For the longest time Whirlpool was Whipperwill. Strange!


I'm glad it's not Whipped Cream. :doh:

[gzhpcu]

I've always had a problem with that beastly display of teeth people call a smile.
Doesn't mean I'm not nice, but people often think I am in a bad mood because I don't smile. They shouldn't judge a book by its cover. On photos I look idiotic with a smile which always looks forced. I can smile if I am among friends and someone gives me a true reason, but feel too uncomfortable around strangers.
They can get a snarl though :gg:

I am not talking about the fake smile of a used car salesman, displaying a full set of capped teeth. My smile is just lifting the corners of my mouth, keeping my mouth closed. For me, it works wonders...

Not this: :lol:, but rather this: :)

[suntrack2]

benifits of smiling : feel good, joyful,energetic characterstics,positive attitude,remarkable vision, keep other happy, being a natural character on the earth, showing sportiveness, making children as friends when you shower your smile upon them, infact smile is a sign from paradise which can give plenty of amusement, joy and the satisfaction to the soul. Smile greatly assist in making instant friends, if you positively respond even to the unknown people, smile is a magnet like which can attract heart. Smiling is also good to develop your face, your confidence, and is very good for self heart. :)

You got it what I want to say !

Sunil (thanks nice topic here by you)

[sarongsong]

December 29, 2008
...85 percent of [Olympic] silver medalists who lost their medal matches produced "social smiles" during the ceremony. Social smiles use only the mouth muscles whereas true smiles, known as Duchenne smile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_smile#Duchenne_smile)s, cause the eyes to twinkle and narrow and the cheeks to rise...

physorg.com (http://www.physorg.com/news149750277.html)Smiles can certainly have lots of different adjectives! :)

[Fazor]

How do you measure "eye twinkle"? But boy, I hate those social smiles, because even though you do it, you know it's extreemely transparent anyway.

[Whirlpool]

This boy ain't smiling but it made me smile. :p

http://apps.rockyou.com/images/facebook/apps/superwall/2008_03_17_smile.jpg