)S LAUGHTER REALLY THE BEST MEDICINE

“LAUGHTER is the best medicine,” people often say that. It is fun to share and have a good laugh, but is it true that laughter is an effective medicine or is, in fact, the “best medicine?”

According to www.helpguide.org, laughter is good for your health. It provides different benefits including relaxation of the whole body, boosting of immune system, release of endorphins or feel good hormone and heart protection.

Additionally, laughter also burns calories, lightens anger’s heavy load and may also help you to live longer.

Laughter has physical health benefits. According to www.helpguide.org, it lowers stress hormones, decreases pain, relaxes your muscles and prevents heart disease.

Aside from physical benefits, laughter also has

mental health benefits including addition of joy to life, ease of anxiety and tension, stress release, mood-improvement and improved resilience.

Furthermore, this action also gives social health benefits. These include strengthening of relationships, attraction of others to the laughing person, teamwork enhancement, conflict defuse and promotion of good bonding.

“If laughter does have health benefits, then how should you bring more laughter to your life?” According to www.helpguide.org, it may not look like it, but bringing more laughter is simple. You should start by smiling and counting the blessings that you have.

After that, when you hear laughter, move toward it. Spending time with fun and playful people can also bring you more laughter. Bringing humor into conversations also helps.

“But what if you can’t ‘find the funny’?” It is possible to laugh without experiencing any funny events. In this case, a simulated laughter is a great choice, and it is just as good as a genuine laugh.

To add simulated laughter, search for a laugh yoga or a laugh therapy group. If there is none, then laughing at other people’s jokes, even if they are not funny, can start simulated laughter.

“How do you develop your sense of humor?” Developing your sense of humor requires some actions according to www. helpguide.org.

These include laughing at yourself, attempting to laugh at situations, surrounding yourself with reminders to lighten up, remembering funny things that happened, not dwelling on negative things, finding your inner child, dealing with your stress and not letting a day go without laughing.