I realized recently, I'm a small minority of people who don't smile in #photos.
My reason is this. Most of the time I don't smile as I go about my daily life, just as I don't cry or grimace.
Most of the time I have a calm relaxed straight face, or so I've observed in the mirror, therefore that seems like the most honest presentation of myself.
I saw a lot of psychological #theories ranging from #shyness to #assertiveness, but I didn't see any mentioning my case.
I've asked a few people why they don't smile and the most common reason I heard was they simply preferred a straight face over a made-up #smile that would probably look false.
I didn't see this one mentioned in the #psychology pages either. I sometimes wonder if #psychologists, much like the rest of us, want to tell an interesting story.
I understand that. The two reasons I cited are hardly going to grab people's interest in #books or #magazines.
