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Re:Scouts and guides provide ‘mental health boost for life’ by istorical on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:44PM (#12923005)
The same mechanism is probably why studies show that forcing a smile even when you don't feel happy can lead you to slowly become happier.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smile-it-could-ma...

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Re:Scouts and guides provide ‘mental health boost for life’ by capnrefsmmat on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:11PM (#12923251)
This result has been cast into doubt by a recent replication attempt, which failed to find any such forced-smile effect.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/pdf/StrackRRR_manuscrip...

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Re:Scouts and guides provide ‘mental health boost for life’ by hueving on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:17PM (#12923308)
Similar to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie
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