American surgeon dermatologist Eric Finzi-he published a book, "The Face of emotions» (The Face of Emotion), which examines the question of whether one of the most popular cosmetic procedures relieve depression.
idea that emotions and feelings are caused by changes in the body and not vice versa, may seem illogical.Nevertheless, psychologists speculate on this topic for over a hundred years.In 1890, the father of them all William James wrote: "Common sense tells us that if we lose the state, then grieve and cry;If we encounter a bear, we are frightened and run;if we are insulted, we get angry and throw a fight ... But more rationally argue that we grieve because we cry, angry because are fighting, and fear because shiver. "
Recent studies have allowed the idea to acquire meat.For example, Antonio Damasio of the University of Southern California (USA) and his colleagues have shown that emotions begin with action - rapid increased heart rate, for example - and perceptions of these actions are completed - a sense of fear or anger.Mr. Damasio calls "bodily cycle» (body loop): brain learns about the body's response to the change by chemical and electrical signals transmitted through the bloodstream and the nervous system.Thus, the feeling should be the behavior, the mind follows the body.
In "Face emotions" Eric Finzi explores the same theme as an example of mimicry.No doubt it is an integral part of how we express and feel emotions: force yourself to smile or frown, and it becomes a little bit happier or sadder.Mr. Finci fundamentalist in that sense: in his opinion, mimicry - the "gray cardinal", ie basic, but invisible factor in our moods and our feelings.
Moreover, he believes that the person's mental state can be improved if the work on his face.According to him, he spent several years sought such a result, making the injection into the muscle, the corrugator eyebrow depressed patients.Because of this muscle contracts worse, people started to frown less, and that, says Mr. Finci, interrupted the feedback loop in the brain: the patient stopped to see the world in a negative light, and mood improved.
Moreover, the expert assures the reader that people with depression can recover on their own, just trying to look more cheerful than usual and suppressing sadness.He cites several striking examples.One patient, muchivshiysya 13 years after Botox felt so good that he refused to take his usual Prozac.Another unsuccessfully tried many forms of therapy and antidepressants, admitted that he felt much better after talking with Mr. Finzi.The author also refers to the results of clinical trials, published last year in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Is depression really beatable cosmetic methods?Time will tell.But even the Mr. Finzi underlines that it is not a panacea and that the injections must be repeated a few months to secure the effect.And it is, according to him, is not that patients are starting to look better, because not every one of them before treatment were ugly wrinkles because of the muscle itself.Perhaps the secret lies in the influence of social interactions on mood: seeing your face posvetlevshy, people react to you more positively, and you answer in the same world.
Unfortunately, Mr. Finci is not the question of how a person feels unable to express such a completely natural emotions like sadness or anger.Of course, poker players will be happy to get rid of the possibility to show emotions, but what about the rest?Does this make it difficult to empathy on the part of the interlocutor?Some studies (not mentioned in the book) suggest that persons pumped Botox, we treat with less confidence and sympathy ...
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