Posted by llrrrpp on June 9, 2006, at 16:13:57
In reply to Re: DBT half-smiling and Botox study, posted by zazenduck on June 9, 2006, at 15:48:40
It sounds like if you spend too much time in the half smile, you may *need* botox injections to get rid of assymmetrical wrinkles (joke)
not joke:
On sunny days, when I have to wrinkle up my face into a squint, I feel grumpy. Then, I wonder why I feel grumpy, then I start to slip down the slippery slope of negative thinking [hello! depression! can I come hang out for a while?]. It took me a while to figure this one out. Now I try to wear sunglasses, or at least to stop myself from squinting.
Same thing happens when I play on pbabble sometimes without my glasses. I think at least 10percent of the negativity in my negative posts may be due to having to squint. (the other 70% is some combination of being human, and being crazy)
I also do a lot of physical therapy that focuses on inhibiting unnecessary muscle tension. After these sessions, I find that I have a bounce in my step, I feel happier, I feel more capable and more confident. Why? just because I have shed some "baggage" in the form of-- I was tensing up my neck, back and chest to carry around the pain of the world...
Well the mind-body is a two way street. Our moods affect our muscles, fortunately, I think our muscles affect our moods too. Maybe this is why exercise is a good anti-depressant for some.
-ll
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