Is laughter the best medicine? While Lagoy does not consider laughter a cure-all, he says that laughing's effect on health still makes it worthwhile. Romanoff agrees: "Laughter has been found to have a strong impact on resilience, the tolerance of physical and emotional pain, blood pressure, and illness symptoms," she says. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation.
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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira. Our stories are reviewed by medical professionals to ensure you get the most accurate and useful information about your health and wellness. For more information, visit our medical review board. Laughter can help you combat stress, bond and join with others, and improve health. Some ways to incorporate more laughter into everyday life include hanging out with funny friends, checking out comedy, watching funny cat videos, and laughter yoga.
Visit Insider's Health Reference library for more advice. Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a contributor to Insider. Additional comments. Email optional. Osincup points to a study published in May in Frontiers in Psycholog y that found that people who, at the end of the day, reflected and wrote down three amusing things that happened in the day for one week decreased depression symptoms and increased overall happiness for up to six months.
Humor can foster learning by building an emotional connection that strengthens memory, and therefore can help you understand and retain information. The stress hormone cortisol damages the area in the brain that plays a role in learning and memory the hippocampus. But laughter — a powerful antidote to stress — helps repair that damage and makes it easier to form new memories, according to research published in the Spring issue of Advances in Mind-Body Medicine.
DiCarlo, PhD , who coauthored a July Advances in Physiology Education review on why laughing helps when it comes to learning and health.
Laughing at yourself helps you put mistakes in perspective, deal with hardships, and move past misfortunes, she explains. By subscribing you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Health Topics. Instead of complaining about life's frustrations, try to laugh about them. If something is so frustrating or depressing it's ridiculous, realize that you could 'look back on it and laugh.
With this attitude, you may also find yourself being more lighthearted and silly, giving yourself and those around you more to laugh about. Approach life in a more mirthful way and you'll find you're less stressed about negative events. Just as studies show the positive effects of smiling occur whether the smile is fake or real , faked laughter also provides the benefits mentioned above.
The body can't distinguish between 'fake' laughter that you just start doing on purpose and 'real' laughter that comes from true humor. The physical benefits are exactly the same, and the former usually leads to the latter anyway. So smile more, and fake laughter; you'll still achieve positive effects, and the fake merriment may lead to real smiles and laughter.
There's no shortage of laughter opportunities from entertainment, both at the theater as well as at home with streaming movies and T. While wasting your time watching something marginally funny may actually frustrate you, watching truly hilarious movies and shows is an easy way to get laughter into your life whenever you need it.
You may want to share your recommendations with friends and you'll have something to reference and laugh about together.
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