{"id":130262,"date":"2024-09-29T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=130262"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:12:59","slug":"how-to-read-peoples-body-language-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-read-peoples-body-language-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read People&#8217;s Body Language for Signs of Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How can you tell when someone&#8217;s stressed? What does a person&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/body-language-crucial-conversations\/\">body language<\/a> say about them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can observe someone\u2019s behavior and mannerisms to develop a profile of their behavior. Additionally, you can read someone\u2019s behavior and speech to detect stress\u2014and potentially, signs of deception.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-read-peoples-body-language-2\/\">how to read people&#8217;s body language<\/a> and detect went they&#8217;re stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-physical-indicators-detecting-stress\"><strong>Physical Indicators: Detecting Stress<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite popular belief, it\u2019s impossible to tell when someone\u2019s lying just by behavior, even if you know how to read people&#8217;s body language. However, Chase Hughes explains, people tend to feel very stressed when they\u2019re lying\u2014so <strong>monitoring someone\u2019s behavior for signs of <em>stress<\/em> can help you determine whether they may be lying<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we get into the signs, Hughes warns that the most important part of monitoring these signs is to notice <em>change<\/em> in someone\u2019s behavior. Someone might display a stress-associated behavior, but if they display that behavior the entire time you\u2019re interacting with them, you can\u2019t accurately label the behavior as a sign of stress. <strong>However, if their behavior changes at some point in the interaction, you can deduce that their stress level has increased<\/strong> as a result of something that just happened in the conversation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll look at three physical signs of stress that Hughes discusses: increased blink rate, closing or extending the fingers, and facial touching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-physical-indicator-1-increased-blink-rate\">Physical Indicator #1: Increased Blink Rate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hughes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-pay-attention\/\">paying attention<\/a> to how quickly someone blinks can tell you about how much stress they may be feeling. Generally, people blink around nine times per minute. However, <strong>people blink more frequently when they\u2019re stressed<\/strong>. When you first start talking to someone, take note of how frequently they blink\u2014fast, slow, or somewhere in between. If at any point in the conversation, you see their blink rate speed up, that\u2019s likely a sign of stress. Conversely, if their blink rate noticeably slows, that\u2019s a sign that they\u2019re feeling relaxed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-physical-indicator-2-closing-or-extending-the-fingers\">Physical Indicator #2: Closing or Extending the Fingers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes explains that watching people\u2019s fingers can also give a strong indication of whether or not they\u2019re feeling stressed. <strong>When people feel stressed, they often curl their fingers inward<\/strong> as if they\u2019re going to make a fist. This movement is usually very slight; a person probably won\u2019t clench their whole fist when a topic makes them uncomfortable, but you may be able to notice a minor inward twitch. On the other hand, extending the fingers is a sign of comfort and relaxation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-physical-indicator-3-facial-touching\">Physical Indicator #3: Facial Touching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hughes, <strong>people often touch their faces or cover their mouths when they\u2019re feeling stressed<\/strong>. This is an instinctive response we frequently see in children\u2014for example, if they\u2019ve just said something mean to another child and then they realize their parents overheard it. This behavior is a sign of stress in adults as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speech-indicators-detecting-stress-and-deception\"><strong>Speech Indicators: Detecting Stress and Deception<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, physical indicators of stress <em>may<\/em> indicate deception, or they may simply signal stress or have other causes. <strong>Signs of stress in someone&#8217;s speech, however, are much stronger indicators of deception.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes describes many signs to look for in someone\u2019s speech, but we\u2019ll focus on these four: hesitation, changing speed and pitch, reversing a question, and attaching caveats to statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speech-indicator-1-hesitation\">Speech Indicator #1: Hesitation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hughes, <strong>if you ask someone a question and they take a long pause before responding, they may be stalling for time to think of a lie.<\/strong> This also applies when someone repeats your whole question back to you. 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Well\u2026\u201d before answering, they might be thinking up a lie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speech-indicator-2-changing-speed-and-pitch\">Speech Indicator #2: Changing Speed and Pitch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes says that <strong>people\u2019s voices tend to get higher and their speech faster when they\u2019re lying<\/strong>, so pay attention to whether someone\u2019s speech patterns change as they speak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speech-indicator-3-reversing-a-question\">Speech Indicator #3: Reversing a Question<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hughes explains that <strong>another way people often hide deception is to reverse a question that\u2019s asked of them.<\/strong> For example, if you suspect your spouse is cheating on you, you might ask them, \u201cHave you ever thought about being with someone else?\u201d If they defensively respond, \u201cHave <em>you <\/em>ever thought about being with someone else?\u201d they may be withholding something important from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speech-indicator-4-caveats-for-excluding-details\">Speech Indicator #4: Caveats for Excluding Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People may include caveats in their statements that allow them to omit certain details without explicitly lying.<\/strong> Examples of these caveats include, \u201cIf I remember correctly,\u201d \u201cAs far as I know,\u201d \u201cIf memory serves,\u201d and similar statements. The context of these statements is important. If you ask someone if they\u2019ve ever committed a murder, they shouldn\u2019t need to search their memory for that information. If they preface their response with \u201cAs far as I can remember,\u201d you may want to avoid spending time alone with that person!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you tell when someone&#8217;s stressed? What does a person&#8217;s body language say about them? You can observe someone\u2019s behavior and mannerisms to develop a profile of their behavior. 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