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Why Just Smiling Could Make You Feel Happier

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Being happy makes you smile, but that might just work the other way around, too.
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@NewMessage 6 лет назад

Yeah, but when I smile.. everyone else feels very, very nervous...

@pohkeee 6 лет назад

Hahahah 😈

@jaylenjames364 3 года назад

They are nervous because they aren't use to happy people

@ilck-ym-blals7385 18 дней назад

So what , don't worry what they think , if you don't smile they will have something to say too. Keep smiling.

@Master_Therion 6 лет назад

3:48 Having a camera pointed at you reduces the happiness effect of smiling? So in that old TV show when they said, "Smile, you're on Candid Camera." It was just a cruel joke.

@gravijta936 6 лет назад

Master Therion I remember that show. You just made me feel old, which makes me sad... I'm going to watch some "Just For Laughs Gags" to make me feel young and smile again!

@Master_Therion 6 лет назад

Gravijta I remember it too (I'm 44) I ain't no "spring chicken" either ;)

@THETRIVIALTHINGS 6 лет назад

So you're a 44 year old dude making jokes. That explains the dad jokes. Checks out. Continue, good sir.

@impostor3246 4 года назад

Yeah, Im feeling this with online class

@FridgeMaan 6 лет назад

"Botox can relieve depression symptoms" so money CAN buy happiness?

@celinak5062 6 лет назад

Maxes out at 75k

@nvdawahyaify 6 лет назад

Smiling when I am not happy doesn't make me happier. It makes me angry. The only things that make me happier is getting away from the thing I'm unhappy with or experiencing something I enjoy. I was told my whole life that smiling makes you happy. It never has for me. This may be because im not neurotypical. I'm autistic.

@aroaceaspie 6 лет назад

It makes me sad when I do it. I'm also not neurotypical.

@JamesM1994 6 лет назад

Maybe smiling when you aren't happy is focusing you on why you aren't happy.

@TheMutantCreeper 6 лет назад

I hate it when people tell me to smile. It makes me more upset. My dad tells me to smile often when I’m just having a resting face and walking around. I honestly don’t like that crap. Just let my face do it’s thing.

@TheMutantCreeper 6 лет назад

Mine is apparently more of a “Resting bi*ch face” or a “Resting sad face”

@ParallelPenguins 6 лет назад

Ok but I mean... in the service industry you're told to smile all the time. You have to be smiling or otherwise looking happy or at least not angry during every interaction with a customer. I've heard that this emotional labour makes people very much the opposite of happy and can lead to serious stress issues over enough time. So if smiling is supposed to make you happy, how come it doesn't work on service industry workers?

@analuciadionisio1252 6 лет назад

Maybe its cause you're obligated to do it And you can't forget that so it causes stress? I don't know

@SickleRose 6 лет назад

There has been research on this, disappointing that SciShow didn't include it. Basically, smiling will only work for a short time to make you happier, and the amount of time spent fake smiling in retail/customer service is just too much for smiling to work. And, like you mentioned, it can make people feel worse, because of the disconnect between how you feel and what emotion you are showing. Our brains hate that kind of dissonance.

@FRIEDYOGURT-s4c 6 лет назад

I do it when I’m about to cry in public

@chloecharbonneau4307 6 лет назад

In all my jobs when I had to be happy with customers I found I was usually in a better mood after "faking" being happy compared to before I started and was not looking forward to work.

@Spicy_Riker 6 лет назад

Doesn’t do the trick for me... You just look desperate. Ok, I look crazy... and I feel crazy...

@greenshrex7532 4 года назад

If someone thinks you're crazy because you're smiling, they're crazy

@chrrmin1979 6 лет назад

I smile almost all day I'm happy all the time lol

@tahsintabassums 6 лет назад

and seeing this on my notification put a smile on my face :)

@spiderwebnitter7859 6 лет назад

Also because the study had been done before and it was popular, the subjects might have known the effect; causing the study to get messed up (like you said, the experiment was even in 101 phych books).

@YoshimieYutaka 6 лет назад

I saw this in Vsauce's Mind Field. It's was fantastic!

@Brainstorm69 6 лет назад

This is a great example of solid scientific progress through experimentation, failed replication, reconsideration, and consolidation of evidence. Alright everyone let's buy some pencils!

@THETRIVIALTHINGS 6 лет назад

Brit's t-shirts are always so awsomely funny and punny and smunny (smart funny) lol

@TeresaMcD 5 лет назад

I’d be very curious to see tests on people with chronic pain who have to maintain a certain level of appearances or on people with depression.

@ArtFreak17 6 лет назад

I've found that smiling when not necessarily happy can at least relieve facial tension (and relieve tension headaches that result from not realizing just how much your muscles are gripping). Just because of the whole "it takes fewer muscles to smile than to to frown" thing. And sometimes that physical sense of relief can make the expression a bit more sincere. (Kind of like reminders to check your posture and identifying places of tension elsewhere in body.)

@glibaudiostories 6 лет назад

When I smile when I'm sad it makes me sadder

@missjess2687 6 лет назад

I'd believe it. When I was a waitress and in retail, you have to check your crap at the door. So I pretended to be happy and it helped. Fake it 'til you make it lol.

@jepleure 6 лет назад

I dunno, faking happy (or at least not perpetually aggravated/exhausted/misanthropic/etc.) when I worked retail just left me utterly exhausted and hating humanity as a whole by the end of the day. But to be fair, even before nearly a decade of retail I didn't really care much for being around people. :P

@fromscratchauntybindy9743 6 лет назад

Could experimenters have hidden cameras to test this? Then do the full disclosure afterward obviously participants could withdraw consent if they chose then or keep it in the results?

@officer_baitlyn 6 лет назад

i smile all the time for no reason i get quite alot of confused comments by friends because they think there is something wrong with their stuff

@rexrock 6 лет назад

And what a beautiful smile to tell me all about it. Smiling already.

@RangerRuby 6 лет назад

This is a very interesting hypothesis! I feel like this question ( If you smile will that make you happier? ) has been asked and bought up many times! I am glad SciShow Psych made a video on this matter. It helps me maybe make a decision on my own! Thanks for the video and I will see you next time! DFTBA!

@PuzzlesExplained 6 лет назад

Aw man, I was just about to make a video on this topic! Great video as always, I'll have to be quicker next time 😉

@LisaBeergutHolst 5 лет назад

This is why service industry workers are the happiest people on Earth. All that smiling.

@kensmith5694 5 лет назад

No, they know they are faking a smile because someone ordered them too. This likely grinds them down.

@LisaBeergutHolst 5 лет назад

@@kensmith5694 Sarcasm meter broken? ;-)

@kensmith5694 5 лет назад

Not entirely but I wanted to get the "grinds them down" thing in there.

@inajosmood 5 лет назад

The interesting part is the relation between what happens on the face, what happens in the mind and how these two relate.. The part where people start applying this to get happy is the tricky one, it's like thinking positive thoughts. It can work, but only goes so far.

@seasong7655 6 лет назад

There is this russian guy that does 12 hour sitting and smiling videos. He must be the happiest man alive

@gravijta936 6 лет назад

What came first, the chicken nuggets, or the smile on my face? :D

@Master_Therion 6 лет назад

Gravitja You know what makes a rooster smile? Chicken strips.

@theincarnationofboredom207 6 лет назад

Gravijta chickens don't have breasts (as in the milk producing kind.) They're birds, and birds are reptiles, thus they don't produce milk.

@smiley9615 3 года назад

It's actually work but the thing is it won't last long and not only depends on our emotional states but it will make you very vulnerable in a worse way as possible...

@UrvineSpiegel 6 лет назад

We're always being watched by cameras. So no point in smiling anymore.

@photonicpizza1466 6 лет назад

There's a difference between being watched and feeling watched. Sure, your every move could be tracked through your phone, laptop camera, smart fridge, security cameras, dashcams, etc., but you don't think about that the vast majority of the time, you don't feel watched. And if you do, you may have other mental things to worry about than feeling a bit down.

@sylendraws1249 6 лет назад

Eh fake it till you make it.

@TeresaMcD 5 лет назад

I’m in love with that T-shirt!

@theincarnationofboredom207 6 лет назад

I love that shirt. So cute.

@MikeDCWeld 6 лет назад

The problem for me is a non-happy smile is not the same expression as a happy smile. Therefore, a non-happy smile cannot make me happy.

@happypiano4810 4 года назад

I’m gonna take this and run with it.

@VoilaTadaOfficial 6 лет назад

I've been upset and crying all day... Are you reading my mind, SciShow Psych?

@ilck-ym-blals7385 18 дней назад

Smiling person : look at that , what's he so happy about!??? Dull expression : damn it's not hard to smile what's his problem?! . Bottom line is people are going to have a problem either way so just live your life , smiling makes you feel better 100%

@vanomisoo2492 6 лет назад

thank you!

6 лет назад

Reminds me on the tip to make fake smile at yourself in the mirror. After seeing myself making that stupid smile, I start smiling for real :-D

@TheDajamster 6 лет назад

Off topic - Love the t-shirt!

@investorplayingvideogames 4 года назад

Nice material! :D

@avfeland 6 лет назад

Your skin looks really good today!

@TheLightningGate 5 лет назад

One phrase that illustrates the Scientists Copout Hypothesis: "more research is needed"

@chishionotenshi 6 лет назад

Okay, but did ANY of the studies switch the participants to doing the other task and have them rate another set of comics? Because that should give a much more complete answer as to whether or not the pen grip did anything.

@thstroyur 6 лет назад

Bah; could be the feedback occurred merely cuz the pen mechanically primed the neurons in that region for firing; betcha you'd have the same effect if you applied a slight enough voltage to those smile muscles XP

@heathd7398 6 лет назад

Should do an episode on ASD and aspergers

@LisaBeergutHolst 5 лет назад

See, ladies? When random guys tells you to "smile", they're just trying to make you happy.

@1MarkKeller 6 лет назад

Smokey Robinson sang a song about it, "Tears of a Clown"

@1MarkKeller 6 лет назад

He seems to suggest that the facade doesn't work. I tend to agree.

@EveryTimeV2 5 лет назад

Unless you have blunted affect.

@ronmorey635 6 лет назад

I had heard of this study before and decided to test it. I used to be quite depressed but doing my own version of therapy (which has nothing to do with talk to anyone or sharing my feels) I was able to not only stop being depressed I am the happiest person I know now. I even make other people happy just being around them. I have even determined, while doing my scientific thesis in college, that humans will be extinct in less than 200 years. I still laugh and smile without a moment of being down. Smiling works. I mean doesn't matter to much since we are all dead and just waiting to catch up to the fact... but at least you can be happy anyway. "you are going to suffer, but you are going to be happy about it." - Ron Weasly

@IgnemFeram01 6 лет назад

You can also get the same effect from consuming copious amounts of alcohol.

@Varizen87 6 лет назад

If you're talking about Participants being watched and how that effects performance, you might as well make an episode about the Hawthorne Effect!

@anana3322 6 лет назад

I love the shirt and of course how you present science about psychology!

@JID01 6 лет назад

I love your shirt!

@samanthagarciaaa5732 6 лет назад

Tacos make me smile

@Danilego 6 лет назад

Title instantly made me remember Mind Field!

@Baltrian 5 лет назад

But If I smile while not feeling like smiling, doesn't the moments I use to smile become less smileworthy?

@pearlfanforeversmileaway6042 5 лет назад

I have to shear this in google?

@0xBADFECE5 6 лет назад

i was poker facing until u showed the slow zoom on a blank expression, then cracked up XD

@thespaceace8164 6 лет назад

Apparently the only emotion I communicate well is anger. *shrug*

@Librarymania 5 лет назад

Okay this is fascinating. People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, like myself, have poor proprioception. I have to wonder what this means for the (hypothesized) facial feedback systems of people with EDS. Also, I’m curious if the facial feedback system can be impaired by things like trigeminal neuralgia, Bell’s palsy, or a stroke.

@ItsSoarTime 9 месяцев назад

a GENUINE SMILE and that shirt DESPERATELY NEED to be worn by the majority of people born and raised in MEANtown, mASSachusetts who seem to believe that frowning and being mean-spirited, color struck, hateful, and racist is acceptable and normal. i just learned the power of this simple act in helping me to...survive in such a MOSTLY unfriendly place where a GENUINE smile is mostly...unpracticed.

@MintyFrills 6 лет назад

It makes me sad that this show consistently ignores and erases neurodiversity by making broad statements about how everyone work. For example Autistic people tend to not show emotions with their bodylanguage so much until they learn that they should do so. Im not saying you have to mention that but maybe say 'most people' instead of saying everyone. I like this channel and the content on it, otherwise I wouldnt care enough to comment. which I have on several vidoes in the past about the same thing.

@kaitb8 6 лет назад

Woah I just learned about this in one of my business classes. It's why they tell you to smile when answering the phone, right?

@karlneff 6 лет назад

I actually started this on the first day of school, part of my personal push to have a PMA

@Symmotree 6 лет назад

I AM HERE!

@Kram1032 6 лет назад

Ok, next, do it with a *hidden* camera

@JustAnotherMe 6 лет назад

The episode of mind field by Micheal from vsauce replicated this experiment with similar results.

@gibboustime 5 лет назад

0:28 _woht?!_

@ssiddarth 6 лет назад

Always try to keep a smile on your face (It probably helps)😁😀😀😁

@abelrrant 6 лет назад

Did they use a hidden camera?

@evanrigel954 6 лет назад

i love your shirt

@noahjin9166 3 года назад

When this was tested in 20 labs in 2016, none of it worked.

@DemonXeron 6 лет назад

So you are saying that a human can be in either a happy or a sad state before observation and when human is observed it is random which state they fall into? Are humans anti-relativistic?

@tiffyw92 6 лет назад

Is this just a case of "When you're happy, it's easier to be even happier"? Likewise with how when people aren't happy, it doesn't take much to make them even less happy. Has this been covered in a video? I think it should be.

@peterdavidvincent6929 6 лет назад

Yas

@mimsydreams 6 лет назад

So... Fake it til you make it?

@Nawmps 6 лет назад

Needles in the face definitely won't make me any happier

@AppleFrogTomatoFace 6 лет назад

Can’t they just measure the level of endorphins and serotonin etc ? Measuring these facts are more close to science than asking how you feel

@ShadowDrakken 6 лет назад

So I'm curious, does "Be NiCe" actually result in a valid molecule that exists in nature, or is in common use in chemistry? It's a cute shirt, but would be even better if it's a real thing :) I tried finding a website to look up molecules by their elements, but there doesn't seem to exist such a thing :(

@iliketojumpoffplanes 6 лет назад

Under certain conditions, nickel can form alloys with beryllium and with cerium, but I'm not sure these three would necessarily all go together. However, a hypothetical BeNiCe molecule would be very...nice :)

@GLITCH_-.- 6 лет назад

Now we just need to get this news to all the clinically depressed people...

@Ianorig 6 лет назад

She looks so much like Brie Larson it's INSANE.

@arianadidomenico5695 5 лет назад

this video is what helped me get over my first breakup in a day

@maattthhhh 6 лет назад

Unrelated question: How does informed consent affect confirmation bias?

@loor4753 6 лет назад

What is going on with her hair?

@AifDaimon 6 лет назад

*Be NiCe* hahaha, good one.

@gibboustime 5 лет назад

_thumbnail tho_

@drzilt4755 6 лет назад

When i smile i get depressed cuz i look ugly lol

@SaucerJess 6 лет назад

💙

@ArnimSommer 6 лет назад

You should add a Rhenium button to that shirt!

@LaraSchilling 6 лет назад

Botox probably makes me feel less depressed because I'm not getting insanity inducing headaches.

@jesusmark3872 6 лет назад

Soooooo pretty

@chriswalker7632 6 лет назад

Fibromylagia?... Why do women get it more than men as well? There is apparently evidence of differences observed in activity in the brain of people with fibromylagia, as well as approaches to mental health that can ease the symptoms to some degree. Fibromylagia sucks anyway.