Should we smile even when we are sad?

We could try to smile when sad, biswa. I cannot see the use of it, though. You have that emotion for a reason. Good for people who can achieve smiling when sad, i can't. TATA.

well I think its a good habit to stay smiling even during the time of hardship. maybe getting used to it will create it as a second habit and keep you happy always. well I feel comforting when I talk to someone when I am sad. It takes the load of my head.

There are people who are good in pretending there are some who are not. I am included on the people who can't pretend. When my mood shifted from good to bad you can see it clearly on my face. My friends avoid me when I am not in the mood to talk with them and some are there to tease me hard that is why i hate some of them. Anyway, i can still be happy or smiling when i am sad inside. At work I want to be professional so despite of what stress I am feeling during work, I need to talk with co-workers and clients in a professional way even if sometimes they are the reason why I am feeling stress. I have no choice but to face it like that as that is part of my job. Some does like this, when they are sad, they do not entertain the feeling, instead they think happy, do happy , read funny jokes, looks at funny picture to shift the mood to happiness.

Nest time you feel like frowning again or think that there's nothing to smile about, consider the health benefits of your action. Give yourself a smile in the mirror to start your day off on a positive note.It will improve your mood, your energy levels, your health and your life.

Hi! When I'm sad, I just couldn't smile. I'm a person who can't hide emotion. If I'm really sad, tears are just flowing down my face. And when I'm really happy my smile is from ear to ear, lol. Small things makes me happy, I guess I'm just a happy person. Happy MyLotting! God bless you too.

Naturally one will not be able to smile when sad inside. But if we think deeply that our sad mood is far less than the FRIEND/GUEST or any such person in front of us. we can sure make a smile. and this will enable us / help us to get out of the mood. We are sure though we are sad we are not going to be like that for ever. so why not now. SMILE :)

I think this is a very difficult thing to do, I certainly could not do it! I don't think there will ever be a day whereby you are happy and smiling all the time, this would be nice but is unrealistic I think. I suppose the best we can hope for is just do the things we enjoy whatever that may be! For me it is regular reading as well as cycling and swimming. I also love watching movies and listening to music, all these things keep me happy and content inside. I cannot remember the last time I smiled to tell you the truth! I think I will add a smile to my response in this discussion though!Andrew

Smile or not when someone is sad, depending on their personal. If I am, I have to smile, however my mood. Because I have always looked cheerful in front of anyone.

Hello biswa, we should try to take all situations lightly, even in the worst situation, and quite naturally, we should smile even when sad!!! Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Professor. .

biswa, I have mastered how to mask the unhappiness I have lived in my life. The exterior side of me emulates a great deal of happiness, yet my inner feelings are completely empty. It has been called life, no matter how much I have tried to fight against all odds, life has had a tendency well to be so darn hard. I met someone many years ago who told me, as women we do have to tell and or show the world how we feel and or when we are sick, her words stuck so deep inside that I have learned that the world does not need to know how I feel at all times. So I have masked all of my inner feelings to where no one usually knows how I feel. Although my habitual smiling and great sense of humor covers up the feelings the inner feelings are very over-powering.

A russian professor has created a system of self-recovery, to deal with incurable deseases and the smile is at the centre of this. Here is a link to one website about him. http://norbekov-europe.com/ In one of his books he describe a "Monastery of smile". There they were forcing people to smile as a part of the treatment. If you have time you may check the info and you may learn to do some of his exercices too.

Well, I do agree with you that smiling will change your mood. I was shocked to learn that smiling actually does give you more joy. A study was actually done on this, as I learned in psychology. They state that your brain and muscles work in reverse. Normally, a person would think they are happy, then use face muscles to express it. But scientists confirmed that if a person smiles first, the brain would alter mood since the person is using the same muscles.

Probably.. YES!!! It could.. because Smiling aids Problem for.. as many people says "Smile even if you have big problems" they say this because if your very sad your face cant be drawn...

Being optimistic is totally different from pretending to be happy. When we have a positive outlook in life we always see the good things in everything. We can see good coming out of a negative happening. Optimistic people also get sad but only for a few minutes because after a while they realize there's no use mopping and it's better to be smiling. And it's not pretending at all.

I think for one who wishes to have a positive vibe everyday, he/she has to keep on smiling and forget the problems even for just a short period of time. I tend to pretend that im happy, im denying the fact that im sad to be able to face the day. I try to be strong and show a smile to everybody so as i won't be letting them worry about my real feelings. I try to always keep a smile no matter how painful or sad my real emotions are.

will i guess smile is a good medicne for us to say young and beatifull..hahahahhah............. just try to be happy all the, alwyas smile even if you have lots of problems, just keep o smileng... because problem is always a problem, and it can make you stress if you will always keep on thinking your problem.

Its difficult for me to do this pretend. but some time met the sad thing I will try my best to encourage myself smile pass it under this this feeling make my inside heart highlights the empty and sad, this feeling is worse. maybe smile at the sad moment can reduce the depressed mood but at last still no use for the problems so if I am in sad I will forget to smile when I am alone, but when I am in sad in front of my family I will remind myself to smile because smile can give my family members a belief that I can pass all the difficult.

Yes, we should. One thing good about joining this forum, myLOt, is that it is making me more positive. This is due to the suggestions and advice that co-myLotters are giving one another. It does not matter if the advice pertains to you, you just read posts and you will find good advice about life. One advice is quite simple : smile and make other people smile too. We should not be wasting our time frowning, life is too short. Not easy, found it out myself, but ....

the same thing you said about the overriding mechanism was there in a newsletter from havard as far as i remember. actually we can control our mood by smiling forcefully and gradually our mood changes but when there is a melancholy deep down the soul the smile is just a mask to hide the real you from others because they will spoil your genuine feeling. obviously if we are sad i don't believe to show it to others so wear a mask

Yes absolutely We should smile even we are sad.Smile is a very important thing in life.When we smile,our negative mind starts to deactivate and our positive mind starts to activate and it always tells us dont worry everything is fine or gonna be.We should remember one thing whatever are we or wherever are we in life its because of only one person and that is YOU. and we are the product of our thinking !!