I do this. Sometimes I just smile. Sometime’s I just ‘choose’ to feel good, as if I’ve learned to control a new muscle and don’t need to go through the intermediary of laughing or smiling.
The effect is very short term for me, and I can’t maintain it while I work. It’s great for relaxing though.
Taking a physical action, such as smiling, makes it easier to maintain. I actually learned this trick back in the eighties from a book Self-Creation by George Weinberg. Your attitudes and general outlook tends to follow your physical actions as much or more than the other way around. So act how you want to feel, then you will become more like you act.
I do this. Sometimes I just smile. Sometime’s I just ‘choose’ to feel good, as if I’ve learned to control a new muscle and don’t need to go through the intermediary of laughing or smiling.
The effect is very short term for me, and I can’t maintain it while I work. It’s great for relaxing though.
Taking a physical action, such as smiling, makes it easier to maintain. I actually learned this trick back in the eighties from a book Self-Creation by George Weinberg. Your attitudes and general outlook tends to follow your physical actions as much or more than the other way around. So act how you want to feel, then you will become more like you act.