This from a New York Times article:
"All of the muscles in the tension triangle are particularly vulnerable to pressure. Corrugator muscles, the ones that knit the brow into a frown, tighten in response to emotional tension. A study done at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston shows that depressed people have chronically tensed corrugators, even when they do not look as if they are frowning. Tension in the corrugators, along with the nearby frontalis muscle, is such a good gauge of muscle tension throughout the body that forehead muscles are used in biofeedback training to monitor overall tension. As the muscles throughout the body relax, tension also drains from the forehead muscles."
4 comments:
yes, you must be depressed. have you thought about electroshock therapy?
laura, laura. i remember you making the furrowed brow expression and saying, "interesting...." that's how i remember it. whenever you made that expression it seemed to say, "i am pondering something very earnestly, and will end up making a breakthrough discovery from it," if that makes sense. it just made you look so smart. i would think to myself, "i wonder what laura's thinking!" i don't think you're depressed. just...ponderous.
You must be depressed to be finding enjoyment out of reading articles like that from the New York Times! Most of us just stick to the comics....
...all valid points...and yes, Chelsi I remember that, in fact, I think you made fun of me for it.
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