How good you are in faking a smile...?

I have just completed a degree in Psychology, and one of the things that we have learned about are ways in which we can improve our own mood when we are feeling down. One of the ways that people suggest that we can do this is by faking a smile, because it can make our brains believe that we are actually happy and that there is something good in our lives that is making it the case. I have now learned that they are quite right, and that if you smile even when you're feeling down it can really make you feel a lot better about everything.

To be honest, I fake my smile sometimes when I working with some people I dislike. But I can't show them my frown face or long face to let them know about my emotion. Anyway, It happens to me, and I pretend to give him a little smile when they say a joke that is not funny at all. It is life, sometimes you work with people you like, or you work with people you don't like.

I sometime smile with my worse enemies , I smile at people when they are rude just before I say something rude back to them . I dont fake smile for others I fake only if I have to .I am normally a optimistic person so I dont let anything really get me down .

I try to fake a smile, but am no good at it, so I will say some people can see straight through a fake smile. I always say that I am fine, no matter what people say about I do not look or sound happy, as that way I do not have to explain myself to anyone and no one knows what is really going on in my life.

i find it hard to do it particularly if i'm mad at something. i'll just prefer to leave than offend someone else.

for me smile is not just simply to show that we are fine nor we are happy. for me smile is actually our own way of expressing our deep sense of being strong and perseverance. in my experience, most people view as a happy and joyous person but they really dont know what i really feel thats why i cant blame them if they are not aware of my feelings. i begin to realize two things: it is really better to smile for me to persevere that what ever happens God is with me and He is the one who make me smile and the second, to show my feelings on few people. i dont have to announce and to inform everyone that i am sad and bitter, it is best if i will show it to few people, my inner circle(people who i truly trust and treat more of a family member). i suggest that at least dont fake your smile to them and to God, because i certainly believe they are the most people who wants to know who you really are and they are absolutely concern on your life. God bless you!

It's hard to fake a smile when I am not feeling emotionally well inside. Maybe physically unwell- I can manage to fake it, but if I am emotionally bothered and suffering some pain- I don't think I can do it naturally. It will surely shows no matter how I tried to cover up something inside.

good day to you j14344, honestly, i am not good in handling a fake smile. but, in my situation nowadays, i should and really need to do it. especially when i am with my family, since my brother enjoys too much his authority when i was away, so now he is acting like he knows it all. so whenever i try to oppose him, he always shouts at me though i am really the eldest. and because of a lot of not good situations happened to us, i need to bear a fake smile whenever our neighbor sees us, hence, i cannot really smile when i am with my family. perhaps, i am not comfortable being with them anymore.

Hi there! I think I am really good in pretending to be good but deep inside I am not. I don't usually vent out my feelings to anyone most especially at my workplace. I am traumatized now because of the latest conflict that I had with a close colleague of mind. I am giving a big space between us already just to avoid conflict. Now, at work, though things are OK still I am not that totally OK. But, as much as possible, I just try to make things work out and hopefully my day will become successful. There are a lot of advantage in hiding your true feelings actually. Welcome to mylot!

I don't know if I'm good at it. But I tried faking smile many times. Especially when I bumped into someone that I used to know and I don't really like that person in the first place. :)

It is true that it is not easy to put front a happy face while your heart is boiling, naturally. But if you are in certain line of work, like customer service and such, you are trained to always smile, no matter how bad your situation is. I don't think i can fake a smile easily, but if you are talking about hiding your true feeling, that is another story.

I'm not good enough to fake a smile.. I cannot the feelings when I'm not feeling good inside so everyone will know I'm bitter that time... Happy mylotting!