How to Tell What Your Body Posture Says About You..
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To be quite frank, bad posture not only looks bad, it also
displays lots of hidden emotions and thoughts. Read more to
interpret what your body posture might be telling the world.
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Slouching is one of the most common forms of emotional body
posture that make us look smaller. Animals tend to do this when
feeling submissive.. Slouching is a defensive mechanism that relays
a message of fear and insecurity. Slouching may also portray that
you do not care, or you are not engaged in what is currently
happening. This can severely hurt your career advancement
opportunities in job interviews, or even in regular meetings with
your employers.
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When we pull our shoulders forward we close our heart center
and we tend to do this when we're carrying hurt or grief.
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Standing too straight and tall can also portray emotions. In
the wild, many animals straighten up their spines to make
themselves look taller than they really are. This can be both a
protective instinct, or can be a display of dominance and
confidence. Keeping your spine straight when in conversation can
portray that you are emotionally confident in your abilities, as
well as that you are alert to what is happening around you
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Crossed arms are another posture related action that can
portray the emotions you are currently feeling. Crossed arms are
usually seen as closing yourself off. This can come across in an
employment setting where you are bored or may not want to be there.
It may also come across in dating scenes where you are not
interested in someone and so you close yourself off to them by
crossing your arms. Study shows that people in a classroom with
arms folded across the chest are not as receptive as people with
their arms to the side
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Talking with your hands is a great way to use your overall
posture to both clarify yourself and give the look of confidence as
you speak. However, using your hands too much, or constantly
fidgeting with your hands can show that you are emotionally nervous
in your current environment or situation. If you have a hard time
controlling your hands, try interlocking them and placing them in
your lap
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Is your back aching? The lower back tends to deal with material
concerns and the middle of the back tends to deal with emotional
wounds.
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When your throat hurts, this tends to associate with how you
express yourself with spoken words
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When you're ankles ache, it tends to do with feeling trapped in
a certain situation