{"id":19726,"date":"2022-06-22T15:03:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepapergown.zocdoc.com\/?p=19726"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:50:25","slug":"smiling-the-key-to-a-happier-healthier-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/guides\/smiling-the-key-to-a-happier-healthier-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Smiling: The Key to a Happier, Healthier Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we usually smile subconsciously throughout the day, smiling purposefully can also help you experience its many health benefits.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act of s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">miling releases endorphins and other hormones that make you feel good. You can use this scientific fact to your advantage\u2014that is, you can smile to increase the amount of endorphins in your body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The health benefits of endorphins are numerous. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/body\/23040-endorphins\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endorphins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can improve self-esteem, reduce depression and anxiety, and reduce pain. They can even encourage weight loss. As a result, you might consider a grin-and-bear-it approach to several different situations. Try smiling when:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you feel nervous before public speaking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you\u2019re stressed about a deadline or upcoming event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you feel sad<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you\u2019re experiencing pain<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though it sounds silly, smiling can help you relax in scenarios that test your mental and physical health. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the many different ways smiling can improve your health and make you feel great.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What are the health benefits of smiling?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can benefit from a smile in many different ways, both mentally and physically. While smiling can relief stress, boost your mood and increase longevity, it can also improve the health of those around you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Stress relief<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life is stressful. And family dynamics, workplace culture, academics and many other things can contribute. Flashing a smile can help reduce or increase stress depending on how you do it. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have found that different kinds of smiles have different effects on the amount of stress you experience. Reward smiles are wide and toothy, affiliation smiles are close-lipped and dominance smiles are close-lipped and slanted more like a smirk. Flash a reward or affiliation smile to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/nih-research-matters\/smiles-affect-response-stress\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduce stress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Avoid dominance smiles in stressful situations because they can potentially increase stress levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Pain relief<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While uncomfortable, pain is your body\u2019s way of letting you know something is wrong. But, that doesn\u2019t make it any less inconvenient or undesirable. If you\u2019re in a pinch and need a quick pain relief trick, you might want to try a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/duchenne-smile#:~:text=A%20Duchenne%20smile%20is%20the,them%20might%20be%20%E2%80%9Cpolite.%E2%80%9D\">Duchenne smile<\/a> (a full smile that reaches the crinkles in your eyelids)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. People who break out into a Duchenne smile during an injection report <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2020-88213-001\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40% less pain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than people who had another type of smile or a neutral facial expression.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>A mood boost<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever heard of the expression \u201cfake it til you make it?\u201d One of the best ways to put the adage into action is through smiling. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who smile even when they aren\u2019t feeling happy can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/mental-health\/news\/20190411\/science-says-smiling-helps-you-get-happy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">induce feelings of happiness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> simply by smiling. So, if you\u2019re ever feeling down, turn that frown upside down. You\u2019ll start to feel better and before you know it, you may not be faking it anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Lower blood pressure<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bloodpressure\/facts.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost half of American adults<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have high blood pressure. It\u2019s a serious condition that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/highbloodpressure.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increases your risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for adverse health events like heart attack and stroke. Even though it isn\u2019t a replacement for medication and other recommendations from your doctor, smiling and laughing may be able to help.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, laughing can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6125057\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decrease your systolic blood pressure.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>It\u2019s contagious<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smiling is contagious. When you flash your pearly whites, the people around you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12738341\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can\u2019t help but smile, too<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As a result, they can also glean the many health benefits of smiling. So, in a roundabout way, smiling can help lift others\u2019 moods, relieve their stress and pain and even lower their blood pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Holistic health<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people keep up with their oral care routine so they have a beautiful smile. Yet, the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0health of your teeth and gums is closely related to your heart health. The same bacteria that causes most cases of gum disease is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17802899\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">linked to heart disease<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>How to smile more often: for health, happiness and longevity<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many reasons to smile. You can practice smiling to make yourself more comfortable, use a smile to ease discomfort in social situations and maintain your smile with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/dentists%20;%20https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/dentists\/dental-health-and-wellness-1395d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">regular dental cleanings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to glean all of its benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re experiencing positive feelings, or just faking it to improve your mental and physical health, the benefits of a grin are undeniable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ready to book a doctor\u2019s appointment? 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