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Is Smiling While Being Anxious Normal?
My 7 year old daughter, ~50 lb. and 50 , smiles when she is scared or anxious. This tends to result in her getting into more trouble. I am aware that it is involuntary and wonder if one of her neuropathway is firing incorrectly. Is there anything I can do to help her learn to control this?
Tue, 21 Apr 2020
Hello,
What did you asked? is it smiling or smelling? In case of anxiety all sensory organs may over function and which may lead to excessive smell sensation. But smiling in anxiety is not normal but you have to checked with Pediatrician weather it is absence seizures or facial spasm etc.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist
What did you asked? is it smiling or smelling? In case of anxiety all sensory organs may over function and which may lead to excessive smell sensation. But smiling in anxiety is not normal but you have to checked with Pediatrician weather it is absence seizures or facial spasm etc.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist
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