*** This entry was originally posted to LiveJournal September 26, 2008 ***
I've noticed lately that I'm spending a lot of time squeezing my lips closed. When I smile at people lately, before I'm aware that I'm doing this I'm raising the sides of my mouth but clenching the center of my mouth so hard that I can still feel it for several seconds afterward. When I'm deep in contemplation I'm also clamping my lips closed--this time up from the bottom into a frown. This squeezing my lips shut is working its way into a variety of facial expressions of a variety of emotions. I notice that I'm doing it, but so far not until after I've already done it.
I'm a big believer that my body often knows what's going on with me well before my conscious mind does, and that unconscious body language can often be the key to unlocking something that's going on in the shadow of my psyche that I don't yet see.
So what's up with this? What am I holding in? Or am I keeping something out? This could potentially have ramifications that go beyond sore lip muscles and the extending of less-than-optimally-friendly smiles. Seems worth checking into.
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