
What Causes One To Involuntarily Smirk While Discussing Another’s Problems?

No medical/psychological term for this.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.
I can understand your concerns.
You have given the great description of your problem.
Psychologically, inappropriate smile can be due to anxiety or a thought disorder like psychosis. Your description does not suggest it to be psychosis.
Rather, I donot think there is a medical/psychological term for this.
But I have some suggestions for you to control this:
When there is a need to control smile, tell yourself it is inappropriate to smile, this works in many cases. Then check to see if others too are on the same track, this cautions your mind and helps controlling.
If you still continue, pinch yourself hard, try disguising it, try changing your thoughts by thinking of something very depressing.
If nothing works, close your mouth with one hand and breath heavily through the nose - nothing funny it works, use the timeout method - count back from 10 to 1, bite the lower lip or tongue.
When nothing works move away from the place.
Hope you find these suggestions helpful.
Feel free to ask for more doubts.
Regards.


All the things you had suggested I had already done. Trust me doctor none of that works except for your last advise about breathing. I had tried everything else you had mentioned. At the moment I am intoxicated so I can not experiment with your last suggestion (nothing funny about it, I totally understand your point). However, when I am sober again and that doesn't work what can I do? I mean, should I stay inside my house and drink myself to death? Is that fair?? You suggested that I "leave the place" which is good, only that I have to leave EVERY PLACE :(. See it's a problem. From my research I believe that it's some sort of anxiety like you had suggested. True, I would dismiss being psychotic but then again would I know about that if it was the case?? I believe that it's some sort of social anxiety coupled with some thing that is deeply embedded in my unconscious mind. I really have total faith in such a possibility. Doctor!! Something deep within me tells me to offend my close ones.. Those who are dear and near or even everyone around me. Why? I don't know.... It is totally against my nature and it's not something you will be able to treat with drugs. Alcohol works but it destroys your liver. I don't know doctor but it's a horrible feeling. Anxiety it is I guess, social anxiety. However, why social anxiety?? I was never abused in my childhood, I had never gone through a bad social experience that would traumatize me to the extend that I develop a complex. What could be the cause?! Hey thanx for your advise and would be nice to hear your feedback on this
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Try the breathing advise.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again.
Sorry for late response.
Drinking alcohol as a solution to your problem is not worth it. I mean, that would create more problems than helping you.
Well, your problem is more in front of your relatives. I think it would be better that you discuss about this problem openly with your family members atleast. Convince them that you have been seeking for solution to this. Atleast, they would be on your side when you face an embarrassing situation.
I understand that you can not leave every place. But try it as far as possible.
As far as psychosis is concerned, there are lots of other features like loss of insight, loss of touch with reality, loss of judgement.
So I rule out psychosis in your case.
If you feel its not Anxiety, then its not because anxious person is aware of his anxiety state.
This theory of unconscious mind holds true in some cases. May be true in your case as well. Psychoanalysis by trained psychiatrist can help to reach to your unconscious mind and look for some hidden thoughts. But these are Freudian concepts, rarely accepted these days.
So, try that breathing advise and see if it works.
Hope you find my answers satisfactory.
Regards.

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