Manipulate Your Own Emotions

Being in a customer service field; if you’re able to endure and successfully have the job for some

time you must know the art of manipulating your own emotions.  You must be educated in the art of

putting on a smile, even when you don’t feel like it.  Why? Because one, your job may require it, and

two, the benefit of the smile is not only cosmetic and aesthetic, but it helps you physically too.  The

chemicals that are released in your body when you smile help you to feel better and even healthier

too.

                          

Peering behind those glasses?  Don't just sneak in a smile.  Put it on!  

It's the right thing to do!

Endorphins, no not dolphins; (although those make most people feel good too), endorphins.  

Lifehack states, neurotransmitters . . . are released when you smile . . . triggered by movements of

the muscles in your face.  Endorphins . . . make us feel happy, and  . . . help lower stress

levels. (Smith, n.d.)”


Myself for example, I work in a customer service field where there is a lot of stress every day.  I

choose to smile, because I know the benefits of the smile.  I have proven the benefits of a smile.  I

see that I may feel stressed, I recognize that I am stressed, I choose to smile.  At first to put on a

smile is work.  It is not easy.  You have to put the smile on when you don’t feel like it, until you feel

the benefits of it.  You smile when you’re unhappy, until you feel it.  

Even Lindsay Abrams of the Atlantic notes that even "forcing a smile decreases stress.  

(Abrams, 2012)"  Betty Phillips Ph.D., says that, "Smiling releases pleasure hormones . . . [which]

are natural painkillers and anti-depressant hormones such as serotonin.  Smiling reduces stress and

boosts your immune system. (Phillips Ph.D., n.d.)"   And note, this response is measureable by

checking your blood pressure.  And, "each time you smile your brain feels really

happy (NeuroNation, n.d.)", according to Neuro Nation.  So as Psychology Today says, "throw a

little feel-good party in your brain. (Stevenson, 2012)", and put that smile on until you feel it!  Work

those endorphins!  So just smile!

                                                

                                           Just see how much sunnier life is after you begin to smile.

References

Abrams, L. (2012, July 31). Study: Forcing a Smile Genuinely Decreases Stress. The Atlantic. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/07/study-forcing-a-smile-genuinely-decreases-stress/260513/

NeuroNation. (n.d.). Why You Need to Smile More. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://www.neuronation.com/science/benefits-of-smiling

Phillips Ph.D., B. (n.d.). Keep Smiling. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from http://www.bettyphillipspsychology.com/id105.html

Smith, J. (n.d.). 7 Benefits of Smiling and Laughing that you Didnt Know About. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/7-benefits-smiling-and-laughing.html

Stevenson, S. (2012, June 25). There's Magic in Your Smile How Smiling Affects Your Brain. Psychology Today. Retrieved July 27, 2018, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201206/there-s-magic-in-your-smile