Fix body language

What do you think this body language means?

what do you think it means when someone is talking about something very hurtful to them in their life and they are smiling a little? maybe even smiling alot or laughing a tiny bit? do yuo think its a protection mechanism? and tryin to cover up that they are really hurt by this certain thing? and theyre trying to make it seem like it doesnt bother them? what do you think? thanks!

Public Comments

1. I think they may be trying to light in the mood of the conversation and probably trying to not show there actual feelings towards it so they don't have to relive the hurt from the actual event
2. nervous reaction i had it from early childhood until into my 30's had help from a therapist to get rid of it. It is involuntary reaction can be controlled by a breathing exercise. It happens instead of crying in some people.
3. Sure, it can be a defense mechanism. It's also a way of regulating emotions. The more you express an emotion, they stronger it gets. The opposite is also true, the less you express it, the weaker it becomes. On another note, psychotic individuals sometimes display "inappropriate affect" in which they may be talking about something very painful and laugh. Or they may show absolutely no emotion and talk about painful things in a matter-of-fact manner. It's as if they are unable to find the right emotion. In fact the term "schizophrenia" means splitting and refers to the splitting of psychic functions, such as the splitting of cognition from emotion, etc.
4. i smile and laugh when im nervous, or to downplay things sometimes i'll say things like i want to shoot myself right now or i hate my life, but if i laugh people think i'm joking its sad, but im really not but the way i see it, at least im not lying i never hid my emotions they just misinterpreted them