Reduce Stress With A Joke

Naomi West — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:20:03 +0000

For most of us life will get us feeling down and it is challenging to fit in anything – not even a simple smile. We feel so rundown by all the things in our lives that we forget to take time out for ourselves and genuinely enjoy the individuals all around us and how great life can be. Research has shown us that laughter can help to battle against the stress that we contend with everyday.

Hormone Release

When we laugh we are able to reduce the measure of stress hormones that are being expelled. Cortical, epinephrine, dopamine, and growth hormones are the more common of these. It will likewise assist to increase the hormones that assist us to feel good inside like endorphins and neurotransmitters.

Physical Positives

There are many times when we feel the need to have a good cry even if the only thing we are doing is watching our favorite television show or movie. The same is true for laughing. There are some times when we just feel like going mental and laughing at nothing just because our bodies feel like it. This is its way of releasing tension and helping to alleviate our minds emotionally.

Healthy Distraction

When we laugh it assists to distract us from everything that is stuck in our heads and helps us to concentrate more on us. At times it might also serve to clear your mind and assist you to discover a solution to a problem or to see that it is not as horrible as you first believed.

Laugh Each Day

So the next time that you feel stressed out by work and need to find a way to release it all, just laugh! Have somebody tell you a funny knock knock joke or just watch your favorite television show. Have some fun and stay stress free!

Benefits Of Laughter

Naomi West — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:57:25 +0000

Laughter is medicine for the soul! That is what some people say – but how true is this statement? Research actually shows that laughter not just puts us in a good mood – but also helps to increase the defenses of the immune system, increase the ability for someone to handle pain, and has the ability to reduce cravings for food.

But that is not all it can do. When you are having a stressful day and need something that is going to get you back on track all you need are a few funny jokes. The research also showed that it has the ability de-stress someone in many ways.

When we laugh our bodies reduce the level of the hormones cortical, dopamine, and adrenaline. These are the common types of hormones that cause stress. Instead they are replaced with endorphins and neurotransmitters. Laughing also has the ability to increase how well T cells are able to function and number of antibody cells our bodies produce.

Laughter is something that not only makes us smile – but also exercises the diaphragm, allows the abs to contract, and gives the shoulders a good workout. This works out your muscles and allows them to relax when you are finished.

It also provides us with a distraction and a much welcome one at that. It allows you to take the focus from the anger, stress, guilt, and hard emotions that you are going through that the time. Instead it allows you to put things into perspective and to clear your mind. This allows you to start thinking a bit positively and understand how to handle things.