For some reason, I just can't smile unless something truly touches my heart to cause me to smile (if that makes any sense). Sometimes I'm just content but I don't smile, people think I'm really sad. I'll admit, I'm not really a happy person, I'm a quite and shy type of person. And when people don't know me at first they think I am the hostile type of person. But later when they get to know me more, they tell me, "I thought you were a mean or hostile person at first, but after I got to know you, I realized you are so nice and innocent". People misintrepret the real me, because I don't smile. I'm really sorry, but I just can't smile when there is nothing to smile about. A lot of people, including teachers tell me to smile or ask me whats wrong. And sometimes when I do occasionally smile for whatever reason, they say to me, its so nice when I smile. So, my question to all of you is, how can I be a more "smiley" person, and what do YOU smile about?
2007-07-31 15:36:10 · 2 answers · asked by AnswerGirl 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
dude .. i do nothing but am happy and smile .. just to make ppl know eberything ok .. even iof everything isn't ok ... there not rly alot of things to smile about , like the freaking war the bush is screwing us over .. the army is .. god don't get me started ( my dads in the army) and global warming is gonna kill us all some day ( moms a biology teacher) .. umm everything is going to the drain and nothing is eeverr right, its really depressing but you gotta have a posotive attitude to make things happen theres really nothing you can do to become a " smiley" person but really want to be happy .. i usually don't have alot of things to be happy about but i try somhow .. i jus smile and be happy that im alive
♪Mimi♪
2007-07-31 15:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by mimi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I rarely smile. People mostly think that a person is either happy or sad. That is sad. Most of the time most people are in between; neither sad nor happy. Being happy is as emotionally draining as being sad. What do I smile about? My wife; watching a baby bunny hopping --- it is so small, it would fit in the palm of my hand and have room left over; it is not very coordinated, but a joy to watch. Butterflies; they were a favorite of my youngest son, a Down's Syndrome, who died 2 years ago...I never saw so many butterflies in all my life as I did that year. One flew into the house, up to the skylight, when there was still snow on the ground; when snow came that fall, there were still butterflies. So, butterflies make me smile. And hummingbirds, and flowers; also favorites of his.
I am surprised that people you meet have that kind of reaction. I rarely see anyone smile, and not in public at all, as used to be the case.
2007-07-31 15:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋