What happens when we smile?

Do you remember when was the last time you smiled? If you don’t. Its been a long time since you smiled. Put on a smile now even may be a fake one 🙂

How does putting up a smile actually help us?

When we put up a smile, our brain releases tiny molecules called neuropeptides to help fight off stress. Other neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin and endorphins come into play too. Let’s know more about them one by one. Dopamine increases our feelings of happiness. When we scroll Instagram or Facebook more of the dopamine is released that what triggers our brain to keep coming back to scroll the infinite feed. Serotonin is an antidepressant, which helps in curing anxiety, chronic pains and more. Endorphins act as a mild pain reliever. If you are having any sort of pain, you can always take the smile tablet.

Since our brain doesn’t differentiate between a fake and a real smile, we can trick our brain to release the hormones by putting up a fake smile. “Fake it till you make it.” If you don’t believe, we can trick our brain, just verify it now by putting up a broad smile. Yeah just like that.

There is a rippling effect in smile. When someone pass on a smile to us, our brain tend to response with a smile. It’s autopilot mode, without any conscious effort. That’s a human nature.

Smiling is a habit just like any other habit. We stop practicing it and keep losing the magic that we have. Smile will keep you more positive. At times putting up a smile in tough situation will result into change in the perspective and you can observe that in a couple of micro seconds. After knowing about smile, we still rarely smile. Why is that? Do count how many times you smile in day.

until then…. Keep Smiling !!!

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