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More Content Now Posted Oct. 27, 2014 @ 12:01 am » Social News If you were to park your car on a busy street and observe people walking by, you would see an inordinate amount of stern faces, clenched jaws and just plain grumpy looks. These uptight faces, in turn, create uptight bodies, which the mind translates into stress. As children, you had from 18 to 20 facial expressions, by the time you’re an adult you’re down to four. Since adulthood is supposed to be more serious and important than childhood, being too expressive may make us afraid of appearing foolish. As grownups we restrict foolishness, play and happy faces for vacations or for after we’ve had a few drinks. Smiles, frowns and grimaces were once seen simply as expressions of feelings. However, researchers now see the face as a body organ of its own. Increasingly, scientists are realizing that facial expressions precede feelings and play a role in generating them. The “Facial Feedback theory proposes that if you ask a person to smile, he will soon begin to experience the pleasant feelings associated with that expression, even if it is done on purpose. How? When you smile, two things happen: You breathe through your nose and you exert pressure on the veins in your face. When you breathe through your nose, you bring air into your nasal passages, which cools the veins and the blood flowing through them. And when you use the “smile muscles” at the corners of your mouth, you change the direction of the bloodflow inside your face in such a way that it causes the temperature of the blood to drop. This cooler blood enters the region of the brain known as the hypothalamus and causes the release of chemicals that can suppress pain and make a person feel better. Cooling the blood may promote the release of endorphins, which, as we discussed earlier, suppress pain and give you a lift. In short, smiling instructs our brains to feel good. The head of plastic surgery at a local hospital told me that as we age, our faces set into a mask. If this is true, it’s important to keep our facial muscles flexible by laughing. We need to change the looks on our faces. Kids make silly faces all the time; they’re experts at it. I like to make silly faces in elevators. People act like, “Don’t touch me, don’t come close!” I never face the same way they do. I smile at them and say, “Hi, so happy to meet you!” What are they afraid of the face police? A pleasant smile can help you to have a relaxed mental state and a healthy body. Why not give it a try — start your day with a smile. It’s free, and you’re liable to get a wonderful reaction — someone might smile back. Author, humorist, PBS star and Fortune 500 trainer Loretta LaRoche lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. To share your pet peeves, questions or comments, write to The Humor Potential, 50 Court St., Plymouth, MA 02360. Visit her website at www.stressed.com .   By Loretta LaRoche, 
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