{
  "id": 19916515,
  "title": "Forcing yourself to smile can actually make you miserable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/forcing-yourself-to-smile-can-actually-make-you-miserable-19916515",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-14T01:50:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261112025536.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smiling may not always make you happier, and new research suggests that forcing yourself to smile repeatedly could actually make you feel worse. In a University of Florida study involving more than 1,100 participants, researchers discovered that while a single artificial smile can provide a small mood boost, repeatedly faking smiles can erase that benefit or even reverse it.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}