Last Updated on March 27, 2020
8. You are trying to let go of stress
Managing stress is crucial for your mental health, and one way to make your stress levels go down is by laughing a lot.
Sharing happy moments and being around people you love will cause your body to release all sorts of feel-good endorphins, which will result in less stress and more happiness.
However, if you have been feeling down lately, you should try to smile more, even when you don’t feel like it. Research has shown that even a forced smile can have a positive impact on your stress levels.
9. You are in a strong marriage
A research was conducted in which volunteers had to rate people’s smiles in pictures, on a scale from one to ten, regarding the intensity of the smile.
Afterward, they studied the correlation between those results and the length of the people’s marriages, only to find out that the ones that received higher rates were in solid and happy marriages.
10. You are applying your social skills
We are taught from an early age that even if we feel something negative, we are not supposed to let it show to the people around us.
A polite smile is often a result of that social conduct – it doesn’t really mean anything other than the fact that you are trying to behave “normally” and go through with your day regardless of how you feel. This can be detected by the eye expression that accompanies that “empty” smile.
