How to get better at smiling?

TheGillos · 2017-04-27T06:27:12+00:00

Get an app called FaceApp. It has a really good "add smile" filter. Look at how it looks, and practice in the mirror.

gdarkvader · 2017-04-27T06:18:13+00:00

Start off with quiet chuckles or grins and remember to smile when appropiate

YongeArcade · 2017-04-27T06:53:41+00:00

Cheap acting lesson here.

Think of something that makes you happy that has no other emotion surrounding it or attached to it.

Easiest for me is the opening credits to TV show and its theme song. It is stuck in your rote memory anyway if you watched it often enough. So then it easy enough to pull up when you are under stress. Sound out the first few bars in your head picture some great visual that was apart of the credits, then go back to the conversation with her.

Second is a happy dumb song. 88 lines about 44 women is my favourite for this. A single line -- have the music in your head and you can carry on.

The effect is psychological so you do not have to keep thinking about the TV show theme or music to smile, it lasts a few minutes so if you are not genuinely happy ( still nervous ) pull up that memory or a similar one again.

edit -- can be anything as well . Computer game level that you really liked, comic book cover, music video. Just things like TV is pounded in to your brain, to be remembered for ever and you have no other use for it.

Smigg_e · 2017-04-27T08:18:21+00:00

Actually be happy.

VasiliyZaitzev · 2017-04-27T13:00:08+00:00

Smile alternatives (situational):

A. Sly wink (i.e. at girls, if smiling feels awkward)

B. Raise an eyebrow in an "amused" way, for more subtle effect.

C. Knowing Smirk. As in "Sean Connery as James Bond".

Mike377774774 · 2017-04-27T06:51:46+00:00

First , practise in a mirror the motions, and then (when you feel you are getting good at the first part) do that while also imagining meeting a person you like and genuinly smiling. So, practise, and imagine practise. I did that and it worked.

Terminal-Psychosis · 2017-04-27T07:52:20+00:00

Why bother? Just don't smile.

Women love the strong, silent type.

Nothing wrong with being earnest / stoic.

GunPostal · 2017-04-27T06:34:09+00:00

If it is hard for you to smile, it means you are still emotionally immature.

I know this because I have close family members who looks fake when they smile. They are usually unhappy, egotistical and afraid to show vulnerability.

Learn about topics in emotional intelligence to fix this.

But for how to smile specifically, try to partially close your eyes to make your eyes smile too while your mouth smiles. That is a genuine smile. You can also imagine a happy thought that makes you tear up and the small tears will wet your eyes into a sparkle that will project genuine happiness.

Kennen1Trick · 2017-04-27T10:32:47+00:00

Hold a pencil in your teeth for practice.

rpbanker · 2017-04-27T12:35:19+00:00

Alpha M did a video on this; find it on YouTube.

legitshitonly · 2017-04-27T15:13:41+00:00

Eye smile

https://www.google.com/amp/m.wikihow.com/Smile-With-the-Eyes%3Famp%3D1

redaftrp · 2017-04-27T15:24:04+00:00

Think about something ridiculously funny, you'll radiate happiness.

arul20 · 2017-04-27T16:15:54+00:00

Thanks of kittens, in a field, playing with puppies.

Luis_McLovin · 2017-04-27T14:54:19+00:00

don't

mean bitch face all day every day look like a killer on a mission

smiling is weak

WhaleMilker · 2017-04-27T10:45:12+00:00

heres a tip, smile when its natural and not like some fucked up robot..

whats wrong with you?

Title	How to get better at smiling?
Author	trpkidd
Upvotes	11
Comments	29
Date	April 27, 2017 6:16 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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