Why
You Should Laugh More
By Deanna Mascle
I
have long been a fan of the Reader's Digest "Laughter, the Best
Medicine" column and often suspected that laughter was good for me.
After all, I was raised on the mantra "the family that laughs together,
stays together" and my family possesses a long list of "in" jokes that
require nothing more than a catch phrase to crack up the whole clan.
However, now my suspicion that laughter is good for
me can actually be backed up by scientific evidence.
Humor can improve memory. This would explain why so
many advertisers spend a great deal of time and money on funny ads and
gimmicks. It might also explain why so many of our favorite teachers
also happened to be funny. We were learning while we laughed and it
didn't hurt a bit!
Humor can also help us be more creative. Often
humor makes us look at ourselves or our world in a slightly different
way which can be both enlightening and challenging to our brains. If
amused we are more likely to open our minds up and think outside the
box.
Laughter is a great way to relieve stress. We know
there are many other ways but laughter is socially acceptable in most
situations. Laughing actually reduces levels of certain stress
hormones. It provides a safe release for the flow of stress hormones
and the fight-or-flight compounds that come into action in times of
trouble or anger.
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Laughter
can also make you healthier by boosting your immune system.
Unbelievably, when you are laughing, natural killer cells that destroy
tumors and viruses increase and brings balance to all the components of
the immune system. In addition, laughing can also provide a pretty good
aerobic workout. Still more healthful benefits of laughter include
lowering your blood pressure, increasing vascular blood flow, and
increasing oxygenation of the blood which enables the body to carry on
healing activities for itself.
Shared laughter promotes bonding and unity between
and among people. Co-workers who laugh together and families that share
a common bond of humor also work more cohesively and overcome
difficulty more effectively. Laughter and humor can also open the door
for the sharing of ideas and emotions. Many people feel more
comfortable communicating thoughts and concerns while the mood of the
group is happy and relaxed.
Finally, there is the simple truth that laughter
can be a great antidote to depression and unhappiness. While laughter
cannot heal chemical imbalances it can help lift your mood and spirits.
Often a good laugh will not only jog you out of your gloomy mood it may
also jog your creative impulse and help you find a solution to the
cause of your unhappiness.
Instead of being gloomy and frustrated because
there is no perceived solution, laughing lifts you up out of your pool
of problems and places you on solid ground where you can gain some new
insights. Under conditions of happiness it is much easier to think
creatively around a problem than when your mind is filled with thoughts
of helplessness or worthlessness.

Did
you know the average person laughs 17 times a day? Are you above or
below average? Perhaps you need to spend more time with funny people or
maybe you just need to open yourself to the humor of life around you.
Bring more laughter into your life and reap the benefits of improved
memory, increased creativity, decreased stress, improved health and
stronger relationships.
About the Author: Deanna Mascle hopes you will find
more reasons to smile at her blog
Smiles By Dawggone
at http://SmilesByDawggone.com
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