The saying “Laughter is the Best Medicine” is derived from Proverbs 17:22, ‘A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.’
“Laughter is the Best Medicine” has actually been shown to be true! Studies have shown that laughter can actually improve your health.
Laughter draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, reduces conflict, diminishes pain, and protects you from the effects of stress.
As children did you laugh frequently, almost at the drop of a hat? And, if you are like many people, as you became an adult you most likely became more serious and laughed less frequently.
That is such a loss when you consider that the simple act of laughter can improve your emotional health, strengthen your relationships, bring greater happiness — and even add years to your life.
Laughing works quickly to bring your mind and body back into balance.
SO LAUGH!!
OK, you need more convincing?
HelpGuide, a small independent nonprofit that runs one of the world’s top 10 mental health websites, reports that Laughter is good for your health. Laughter and humor have the following benefits**:
- Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hope, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert.
- Humor and laughter help you release anger and forgive sooner.
- Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after.
- Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease.
- Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of well-being and can even temporarily relieve pain.
- Laughter protects the heart. Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
- Laughter burns calories. One study found that laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day can burn approximately 40 calories — not a huge amount but it could be enough to lose three or four pounds over the course of a year. And it doesn’t HURT!!!
- Laughter lightens anger’s heavy load. Nothing diffuses anger and conflict faster than a shared laugh. Looking at the funny side can put problems into perspective and enable you to move on from confrontations without holding onto bitterness or resentment.
- Laughter may even help you to live longer. A study in Norway found that people with a strong sense of humor outlived those who don’t laugh as much. The difference was particularly notable for those battling cancer.
Laughter has an amazing power to heal and renew. Laughing easily and frequently is a tremendous resource for surmounting problems, enhancing relationships, and supporting both physical and emotional health.
And the best part is that laughter is free, it’s fun, and it’s so easy to use! Anyone can do it!
So get out there and laugh more!!
Tell jokes, watch silly movies, play games!
To your health and humor!
**Source: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/laughter-is-the-best-medicine.htm/
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