Someone asked me something serious and I answered “no” with a huge involuntary grin on my face. Why do we smile/laugh when we’re nervous, unable to control it?
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This was me all through school. I got made fun of for smiling so much in elementary school. I got voted happiest person in high school. I went to a therapist in middle school and he said it was a defense mechanism that I did when the attention was on me so that people would think I’m fine and stop paying attention to me. Even after I knew that, I couldn’t control it. As an adult, it’s gotten better, but people still tell me I smile a lot sometimes. But now I can shut them down and they will listen.
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