Discussion Fake smiling/behavior

[blessedgengar]

Are you also sick of fake smiling? I have depression and I am not very often doing well but I hide my mood a lot espacially in front of strangers. I do that because I don't want to be an so called emo or something else. But I am getting sick of this behavior just to be "normal" and others don't know I have depression or not to get into uncomfortable situations.

What do you think about it, are you like that yourself?

 

[BitterlyAlive_]

Mmm, I can kinda relate. It used to be pretty difficult for me to hide my depression. Which is just hilarious because I think my family still only believes I've been depressed for ~2 years. Lol.

but honestly at this point I'm so used to the fake shit, it just kinda happens. A lot of people somehow think I'm calm, cheery, perky, upbeat, whatever. Fine with me.

 

[Sra_TZ]

I have been hiding it for so long that it's about the only reaction I'm used to. I smile when I need to smile, laugh when I need to laugh, talk when I need to talk- just to pass off as a sane "normal" member of society.

Referring to a depressed person as emo is about the dumbest thing I have heard but then again, society is dumb for the most part.

I know it can be overwhelmingly difficult to fake it all the time. If you ever need to talk, feel free to drop me a message!
~S

 

[blessedgengar]

Thank you all for your feedback :)

 

[ClownMe]

Im sick of pretending that im happy when talking to people in my everyday life or when im at work.

 

[Meditation guide]

Are you also sick of fake smiling? I have depression and I am not very often doing well but I hide my mood a lot espacially in front of strangers. I do that because I don't want to be an so called emo or something else. But I am getting sick of this behavior just to be "normal" and others don't know I have depression or not to get into uncomfortable situations.

What do you think about it, are you like that yourself?

You have only one person to answer to, and that's you.

Do what you feel is the real you, someone you can answer to as real. You don't owe a smile to anyone.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Yes! Completely! Not many people in public appreciate the effort of being happy anyway - from personal experience - and some will even try to actively destroy said efforts - ask anybody who has a retail job.

 

[FuneralCry]

Yes, to me there is nothing worth smiling about. Existing is miserable. I find it really tiring putting on a front for others, because if I appear to be unhappy they will ask questions and that is a thing I dislike.

 

[nex]

I don't even think about it anymore. I smile in situations where it seems appropriate. This is not a conscious decision anymore, it just happens subconsciously. I just do what I feel is expected of me. Others probably don't get it, but to me my smile reeks of death.

 

[aviation]

I've never seen a reason to not be genuine. Social validation has always felt an empty notion in this world, anyway. This makes people uncomfortable or scared or any variation of such, but I'd rather be alone and true to myself, than be accepted for an act. There can be no connection in the latter, anyway, so what even is there, then?