Robert M. Sapolsky Quote
There’s support for the idea—three of my favorites are that (a) forcing depressed people to smile makes them feel better; (b) instructing people to take on a more dominant posture makes them feel more so (lowers stress hormone levels); and (c) muscle relaxants decrease anxiety (Things are still awful, but if my muscles are so relaxed that I’m dribbling out of this chair, things must be improving). Nonetheless,
Robert M. Sapolsky
There’s support for the idea—three of my favorites are that (a) forcing depressed people to smile makes them feel better; (b) instructing people to take on a more dominant posture makes them feel more so (lowers stress hormone levels); and (c) muscle relaxants decrease anxiety (Things are still awful, but if my muscles are so relaxed that I’m dribbling out of this chair, things must be improving). Nonetheless,