A big mystery: the tremondous benefits of laughter.
Humor and laughter effect how we perceive and respond to change.
Humor is one of the pleasures of life. To dispense laughter will directly enhance the quality of life and perhaps the will to live - this may be the most important result of all.
First of all, humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is nature's stress buster. It lifts our spirits with a happy high that makes us feel good and improves our behavior towards others. A regular 20 minute laughter session can have a profound impact on our health and wellbeing. Laughter is gentle exercise. It fills your lungs and body with oxygen, deep-clears your breathing passages and exercises your lungs. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted, your immune system is boosted & more. It is recommended to laugh 20 minutes a day. Laughter exercises almost always lead to real laughter.
It is not known yet why laughing protects the heart, but it is known that mental stress is associated with impairment of the endothelium, the protective barrier lining our blood vessels. People with heart disease are less likely to laugh in uncomfortable situations and are overall less likely to recognize humor. Overall the participants with heart disease laughed less than the healthy participants, even in positive situations.
In psychology, there is a theory entitled the "facial feedback" hypothesis. This hypothesis states that "involuntary facial movements provide sufficient peripheral information to drive emotional experience, feedback from facial expression affects emotional expression and behavior". In other words, you may actually be able to improve your mood by simply smiling! Laughter can be a powerful therapy for the patient. The ability to laugh at a situation or problem gives us a feeling of superiority and power. Humor and laughter can foster a positive and hopeful attitude. Humor gives us a sense of perspective on our problems. Our ability to see the humor in a situation and to laugh freely with our coworkers can be an effective way to take care of our own body, mind and spirit.For thousands of years, the human race has extolled the health-enhancing benefits of laughter.
What is more, it is shown that negative emotions could create chemical changes which would eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion. Therefore the positive emotions such as faith, hope, confidence and joy might create changes within the body which would enhance his recovery process. Since the behavior of laughing tends to open one to these positive emotions. For example, after each laughing episode the patients could sleep comfortably without the need for analgesia or sedation. Laughter does effect the body, mind and spirit.
Besides, humor is a perceptual process while laughter is a behavioral response. This behavior creates predictable physiological changes within the body. As with other exercise, we see two stages of the body's response, the arousal phase when the physiological parameters increase, and the resolution phase when they return to resting rate or lower. With vigorous sustained laughter, the heart rate is stimulated. Conditions such as asthma or bronchitis may be irritated by vigorous laughter. A variety of muscle groups become active during laugh.
Humor and laughter effect how we perceive and respond to change. Humor gives us a change of perspective on our problems and with an attitude of detachment, we feel a sense of self-protection and control in our environment. Freud noted the powerful psychological influence of humor.
The next time you are down - the next time you are feeling blue or just plain old blah - SMILE!! An action as simple as that just may improve your spirits.
First of all, humans were designed to laugh. Laughter is nature's stress buster. It lifts our spirits with a happy high that makes us feel good and improves our behavior towards others. A regular 20 minute laughter session can have a profound impact on our health and wellbeing. Laughter is gentle exercise. It fills your lungs and body with oxygen, deep-clears your breathing passages and exercises your lungs. Stress is reduced, blood pressure drops, depression is lifted, your immune system is boosted & more. It is recommended to laugh 20 minutes a day. Laughter exercises almost always lead to real laughter.
It is not known yet why laughing protects the heart, but it is known that mental stress is associated with impairment of the endothelium, the protective barrier lining our blood vessels. People with heart disease are less likely to laugh in uncomfortable situations and are overall less likely to recognize humor. Overall the participants with heart disease laughed less than the healthy participants, even in positive situations.
In psychology, there is a theory entitled the "facial feedback" hypothesis. This hypothesis states that "involuntary facial movements provide sufficient peripheral information to drive emotional experience, feedback from facial expression affects emotional expression and behavior". In other words, you may actually be able to improve your mood by simply smiling! Laughter can be a powerful therapy for the patient. The ability to laugh at a situation or problem gives us a feeling of superiority and power. Humor and laughter can foster a positive and hopeful attitude. Humor gives us a sense of perspective on our problems. Our ability to see the humor in a situation and to laugh freely with our coworkers can be an effective way to take care of our own body, mind and spirit.For thousands of years, the human race has extolled the health-enhancing benefits of laughter.
What is more, it is shown that negative emotions could create chemical changes which would eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion. Therefore the positive emotions such as faith, hope, confidence and joy might create changes within the body which would enhance his recovery process. Since the behavior of laughing tends to open one to these positive emotions. For example, after each laughing episode the patients could sleep comfortably without the need for analgesia or sedation. Laughter does effect the body, mind and spirit.
Besides, humor is a perceptual process while laughter is a behavioral response. This behavior creates predictable physiological changes within the body. As with other exercise, we see two stages of the body's response, the arousal phase when the physiological parameters increase, and the resolution phase when they return to resting rate or lower. With vigorous sustained laughter, the heart rate is stimulated. Conditions such as asthma or bronchitis may be irritated by vigorous laughter. A variety of muscle groups become active during laugh.
Humor and laughter effect how we perceive and respond to change. Humor gives us a change of perspective on our problems and with an attitude of detachment, we feel a sense of self-protection and control in our environment. Freud noted the powerful psychological influence of humor.
The next time you are down - the next time you are feeling blue or just plain old blah - SMILE!! An action as simple as that just may improve your spirits.
Comprehension:
- "stress buster" means:
a. something that stops stress,
b. something that produces stress.
- Laughter reduces:
a. oxygen in the lungs,
b. stress
- According to "facial feedback" hypothesis
a. you can feel happy only by smiling,
b. you can feel happy by looking at other people's faces smiling. - Laughter produces
a. psychlogical changes
b. physiological changes
c. both, physiological and psychlogical changes
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