10 Things Body Language Says About You

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There are around six and a half thousand languages in the world

So it's a wonder we managed to talk to each other at all [it] can be scary and confusing

When you turn up in a foreign country, and you can't even read the signs let alone talk to people

But there is one language

We all understand some of the language of the body you can spot a bad day from a mile away

As the two people sit there arm cross and not making eye contact

We can read confidence

Shyness and well that person just means the bathroom so come find out what your body language gives away your body can

Communicate directly with a hub all you need to do is rub us lovingly on the subscribe button to show us that you care

Not too hard now. We're ticklish [eye]

Contact they say that the [eyes] are the window to the soul

So anyone who stares lovingly into them is actually just a peeping Tom

How your eyes meet with other eyes normally is an indication of confidence interest and honesty it's supposed to be one of the most

Important Factors in giving a great job interview if you turn up and stare at the floor you're unlikely to get hired

Unless you're applying for floor technician in which case you're hired

But be careful not to overdo it good strong

Eye contact is one thing a hard stare is another this is not

Universal though in areas like Eastern Europe is fairly normal to have people stare at you on public Transport

They are not being creepy or aggressive [as] people would assume in the uk or us and it's fairly normal

male legs

For many parts of the day our legs main job is to get us from point a to point B

And to stop us falling off our chairs again

but when they're not stuffed under a desk or bouncing along the pavement they can reveal your

Personality type for men the classic manspreading show the dominant person someone who likes to be [in] [charge] and show

Everyone who's boss

There the kind of people who give themselves you the man pep talks in the mirror every morning in most European and Asian countries

men often fit with the less leg cross over there right with both

Pointing downwards in the us this will probably indicate a closed nature

But if one leg is horizontal with the ankle resting over the knee then this is a confident and often argumentative pose

Imagine if you will a smug yoga teacher who is explaining? Why [you] shouldn't eat gluten?

female leg position has obviously been influenced by clothing so a leg spread is pretty rare because it seam as

Impolite in many cultures as a result most female leg poses involve the legs being together

But there's still [plenty] of variety in there the more closed form is when one foot wraps around the back of the other leg

This is called an ankle law in both men and women is the sign of repression or fear a study show that

88% of [people] lock their ankles when sitting in a dental chair to have a procedure only

68% [did] it for just a checkup the female power pose is both legs together in parallel and tilted to the slight angle

It shows control and is often used in Fashion modeling it also makes women look more like mermaid and who wouldn't want that

playing with hair

[men's] don't often play [with] their hair

But this is likely due to having lots of it since you see plenty of little boys doing it running your hands through your hair

Especially taking hair away from your [face]

it's often seen as

Flirtatious and open since you are showing you are happy with [your] appearance

[the] most extreme of these is tossing your head back and shaking out your hair

But it can also make you look like you're auditioning for a shampoo advert playing with hair is not always a good sign

though holding hair indicates awkwardness and nervousness

[so] make sure that your hands don't

Linger too long in your lock a good

Contrast is someone curling their hair around a finger it can be flirtatious, or done as a way to relax

But if the hair is held by one hand and twirled by another it's a much more nervous signal

drumming fingers

We fidget from time to time in a variety of different ways

There's a various hair flicks and twirls we mentioned before there's nail biting head

head scratching, wriggling and the list goes on but most of these are

Unobtrusive after all you would notice them unless you were [looking] at the person however finger drumming is a loud and obvious

message it's broadcast your impatience or

frustration across the whole room and you often don't realize you're doing it in times of stress or long waits many people drum their

fingertips on the desk or the table it's also very common to use an object like a pen or

Even the back of your phone for a lot of people its subconscious in which case is a sign of nerve in

Short your body doesn't know what to do with itself

But [it] can be used consciously often by more dominant people to show that they are not happy with the current situation

Arms and hands the most common body language signal of all is crossing your arm

You don't need to be a pSychologist to know what it means

It's probably one of the first major

Signals that children learn to read in fact if every [kids] cartoon a parent with their arms crossed is a sign of big trouble

However if your arms are crossed behind your back the meaning is reversed

Shyness turns to fearlessness Anger becomes calm

Although if you just committed a crime this gesture probably means you're being arrested

Positive hand gestures includes such things as rubbing your palms together this shows that you're expecting a good outcome

Holding your palms open facing up makes you more trustworthy since you are showing you have nothing hidden in them

Where you point your body?

When it comes to body language your chest is basically a big arrow. So where you are pointing

it indicates where your interest lies in a meeting anyone whose chest is pointed away from the meeting is either not interested or

Disagrees with what's being said being bent forward with the chest aiming down is a sign of being guarded

you're not committing one way or the [other] it's a good indicator of romance to

People who connect well and are interested in each other will naturally be drawn to face each other?

so if you're on a cinema date

And they're leaning on the far armrest. There's probably no hollywood happy ending for you. If you're at a party

It's a good way to pick out who is interested in who people's heads will turn towards, whoever is talking but their body

often indicates who they are truly wanting to listen to

Shaking hands

There's a lot of science involved in a simple handshake

Actually they can be confusing for people from Asian cultures where this kind of body contact is pretty uncommon

[there] are many factors in a handshake the pressure the angle what you do with your other hands

no one likes a weak handshake where it feels like [you're] waggling and old fish around it implies a lack of

Determination and commitment when it comes to your free hand there are a number of different positions

Using it to [cup] the hands from beneath in a two-handed shake show sincerity and a desire for closeness

But cupping from above shows dominance as you are trapping their hand between yours

Gripping the upper Arm while shaking hands is also supposed to show together knit however

It has become synonymous with politicians which gives it a slightly fake feel now

lying

Lying is a skill that takes practice

We're not saying that you should practice

But if you want anyone to believe all those things you wrote [on] your resume well its in your own hand

lack of eye contact is a typical sign of dishonesty if your eyes go up to the right it implies

We're using your imagination not your memory

So you are making something up another sign of lying is a dry mouth the lookout for people licking their lips or swallowing

Strangely in ancient, China

They actually had a test whether you choose would hold a handful of dried rice in their mouths for a few minutes

When they spat it out, if it was still dry. They were said to be lying

flirting in

a perfect world you could just walk up to [anyone] you found attractive and tell them if they feel the same you'd go out if

They don't you just say thank you and goodbye see easy, but life doesn't work like this

And we have created an incredibly complicated dance around one person liking another birds display Bright feathers

Lions control attractive territory and Humans accidentally say thank you to many

And try to find jeans without cake stains on them a common tactic you see in flirting [guides] is to mimic the other

Person's posture or even Mannerism since this shows you are on their wavelength

Just hope you're both and not try to do this at the same time or it will turn into a weird mirror dance remember

Much like spoken language body language can easily be misunderstood

Some people might cross their [arms] because they're cold not because they're defensive to make it easier always wear a t-shirt with your current mood

Written on it in big letters

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