Emotional body language is a very broad area as a person feels many different emotions. Anger, for instance, displays obviously different from happy body language, however some body language signals of happy can be mixed up with sad body language. There are many non-verbal signs that can help you to determine what another person is feeling emotionally, however they are not exclusive and no two people necessarily react the same way to the same stimuli. What you would think should make a person sad, may actually not have any effect on another.
Anger can present in a person for many reason, from getting a bad test score, bad day at work, bounced check to numerous other situations. Some things may anger one person deeper then another and/or quicker. Common body language signals of anger are a flushed (red) face and/or neck, clenched jaw and/or fist, pacing, invasion of personal space of another with no regards, and the use of aggressive or power body language.
Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness can all present very similar and all have common characteristics in body language. Knowing a bit about the situation while reading the persons body language can help you get a better idea of exactly which of the three emotions they are experiencing. Learning emotional body language is very beneficial in helping a child express in words what their body is feeling. Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness are hard ones for a child to distinguish. Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness body language can present in a person through their body by breaking out in a cold sweat, paled face, dry mouth, diverting from eye contact, or they can appearing as they are on the verge of tears with damp eyes.
They may exhibit trembling lip, twitching eye, voice tremors, stuttering, cracks in voice, sweating, heightened pulse, clenched fist, muscles, and/or jaw, and extended periods of holding their breath. Some may present as fidgety while others may take on a defensive or ready body language stance. As you can see, many of these body language signals also present under other emotions other then fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness, however, as stated before, if you know a little about what is going on, you can generally determine the exact emotion the person is feeling and exhibiting through their body language before having to speak to them even.
This is helpful to know if the person fears you or if they are just nervous about the situation or having anxiety about it. It will help you to put the person at ease better in order to come to some sort of resolution.
Sadness body language generally presents with slouching or drooping of the shoulders or body, almost limp like, possible trembling lip, tears, and a flat speech tone. Embarrassment can present with a redden face, avoidance of eye contact, grimaced face or a meek smile. Embarrassment can also cause withdrawal in some people. Surprised body language will present with the widening of the eyes and raised eyebrows. Their mouth may drop open and even appear started or make a sadden movement back. Emotional body language expressing happiness can present in tears of joy, smiling mouth and eyes, and an overall relaxed demur.
Extreme happiness may present with a person doing what is known as the happy dance where they are jumping around in a sense, they may be failing their arms about or clapping wildly. Although all of these are very common types of body language used to express and emotion, a person with a flat affect my not present with any of these. They could be extremely happy and only present with a slight smile if that.
Anger can present in a person for many reason, from getting a bad test score, bad day at work, bounced check to numerous other situations. Some things may anger one person deeper then another and/or quicker. Common body language signals of anger are a flushed (red) face and/or neck, clenched jaw and/or fist, pacing, invasion of personal space of another with no regards, and the use of aggressive or power body language.
Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness can all present very similar and all have common characteristics in body language. Knowing a bit about the situation while reading the persons body language can help you get a better idea of exactly which of the three emotions they are experiencing. Learning emotional body language is very beneficial in helping a child express in words what their body is feeling. Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness are hard ones for a child to distinguish. Fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness body language can present in a person through their body by breaking out in a cold sweat, paled face, dry mouth, diverting from eye contact, or they can appearing as they are on the verge of tears with damp eyes.
They may exhibit trembling lip, twitching eye, voice tremors, stuttering, cracks in voice, sweating, heightened pulse, clenched fist, muscles, and/or jaw, and extended periods of holding their breath. Some may present as fidgety while others may take on a defensive or ready body language stance. As you can see, many of these body language signals also present under other emotions other then fear, anxiety, and/or nervousness, however, as stated before, if you know a little about what is going on, you can generally determine the exact emotion the person is feeling and exhibiting through their body language before having to speak to them even.
This is helpful to know if the person fears you or if they are just nervous about the situation or having anxiety about it. It will help you to put the person at ease better in order to come to some sort of resolution.
Sadness body language generally presents with slouching or drooping of the shoulders or body, almost limp like, possible trembling lip, tears, and a flat speech tone. Embarrassment can present with a redden face, avoidance of eye contact, grimaced face or a meek smile. Embarrassment can also cause withdrawal in some people. Surprised body language will present with the widening of the eyes and raised eyebrows. Their mouth may drop open and even appear started or make a sadden movement back. Emotional body language expressing happiness can present in tears of joy, smiling mouth and eyes, and an overall relaxed demur.
Extreme happiness may present with a person doing what is known as the happy dance where they are jumping around in a sense, they may be failing their arms about or clapping wildly. Although all of these are very common types of body language used to express and emotion, a person with a flat affect my not present with any of these. They could be extremely happy and only present with a slight smile if that.
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