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Apr 27, 2018·1 min read

This is a perfect description of what it’s like when someone tells you to smile. As if you can smile on command naturally. #depression

Erika Anne Sauter

Newspaper reporter in Eastern Iowa. The views expressed are mine alone.

People also started to wonder if I was on meds. My smile doesn’t look natural. If I don’t feel like smiling, but I do it anyway, I look like a broken Westworld bot. Uncanny valley, here we come.

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