Is it normal when i see a happy person i think they're trying to hide something

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like they are trying to hide anger or sadness by showing a happy side to themself...or am i just paranoid?

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  • kelili
    9 years ago | pl

    I smile a lot. I just can't help it. I have to admit that I don't have much problems.

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  • college
    9 years ago | pl

    Of course not every happy person is secretly miserable, but there are times when you have to put on a clown face depending on your audience.

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  • MrsNunya101
    8 years ago | pl

    People are never always happy but it's not for you to know.. Or judge.. If someone wanted to open up then that person will but a person who is choosing to smile and try to be happy is worth not receiving grief over.. And if the person is really happy either way judging and assuming ..if ya rather have someone argue and fight with ya instead be and or act happy then join kickboxing or sumthn...good luck

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  • Avant-Garde
    9 years ago | pl

    This was true for me when I was younger. I'd try to act happy, but my acting must have been terrible because most people seemed to be able to see right through it. Now that I am genuinely happy, will people still think I am putting on an act?

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago | pl

    Wow, what a sad way to view the world. Even if a smile isn't genuine, wouldn't it be better to assume it is? Benefit of the doubt and all that?

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    • green_boogers
      9 years ago | pl

      I agree with the old man of the sea. If you assume the worst, you are likely to get "confirmation bias". The person will sense your skepticism and stop projecting acceptance. Your paranoia will become a self fulfilling prophecy.

      Fucking lighten up for Christ's sake.

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    • Petrichor.
      9 years ago | pl

      Or a realistic way to view the world. It can go either way, but I prefer to look at life for the reality of it. Not the charade that a lot of people make it out to be. Plus, I'm too aware to not notice when people are genuinely happy vs when they are trying to act happy.

      Of course there are those who act and those who smile to mask their true emotion, but not to hide it -- they are trying their best to not let their negative emotions consume them -- staying positive no matter how dark things may seem. Always thinking of the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak.

      That said, I'm not the OP, and I don't hold their exact opinion, but there is *some* truth to what they are saying.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago | pl

    A lot of people do that.

    The thing about acting happy and joking when you are in a bad mood is that it actually works.

    Life can be pretty shitty, especially if you think about bad things. It is important to make light of the things that bother you the most. Sometimes the only other option is to dwell on those things but that only results in depression. Emotions are something that can manifest themselves.

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago | pl

    haha I worked a shift work job for 4 years that made me miserable but I would try and make light of it, be positive and smile as much as I could. Everyone saw through it though.

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  • CoraCook
    9 years ago | pl

    I think that's 50/50. Some people are genuinely happy, some are miserable and seem to be happy for society's sake.

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