Laughter is the Emotional Medicine

Did you know that laughter is contagious? It is. Laughter can be the best thing around. A positive person is more willing to accept a situation or if it needs improving they try to improve. A negative person is not willing to see anything good in the situation. A positive person is more open- minded. Does this mean that a person who laughs and enjoys being around others who are just as happy are more emotionally satisfied and happy. The answer to this is yes.

Humor lets you feel in control of your situations and make them seem manageable. It will allow you to release anger, fear, and stress. As you know any of these can do harm to your body over a period of time. Humor is very important to our mental health. Humor makes us feel good. It will increase our energy and with this we can do things we might not otherwise do. Humor affects our behavior. We may talk more, touch others and even be able to make eye contact with others.
Without humor our minds would become stale and this could lead to depression. Having humor helps us to replace depressing emotions with good feelings. If you practice good humor you will not be feeling depressed, angry, anxious, or resentful. Humor gives us the ability to connect with others. Does my life run smoother when I can laugh easier? Why would I want to be stressed out if it affects my health and happiness? Laughter will keep us younger. We must be able to see the humor in events that other wise might turn into stress.
No matter what adversities we have in our lives we must have room for laughter. If possible we can use our adversities to our advantage in a humorous way. We know that it is easy to laugh when we feel good. It's even easier to feel good when we laugh. Always be considerate of others and their situation but don't stop your laughing. Just know when, where and how much is proper. Laughter has been phrased "laughter is the best medicine". We know that this is true.
Laughter affects your brain and there is where all the messages are sent out to the different areas of your body. Laughter is good for your body inside and out. Sometimes when you can experience good times with family, friends, or your spouse and laughter is involved it is like getting a shot in the arm. Laughter is good for our emotional well being.
Expose yourself to funny things, comedy programs, joke books, etc... Hang around with people that are funny and enjoy humor. Research has shown laughter with numerous positive outcomes. There are no known negative side effects to laughter. A little chuckle each day will keep us laughing a little longer. A good laugh can release anger, fear, and stress. All of these can cause harm to the body over a period of time. We need to use the power of smiles and laughter to help heal as well as prevention. Laughter is a good medicine. No matter what adversities we have in our lives we must have room for laughter.
If possible we can use our adversities to our advantage in a humorous way. We know that it is easy to laugh when we feel good. It's even easier to feel good when we laugh. The problem comes if you are angry or hurting. The more laughter you have in your life the less stress you'll have. If we can laugh at ourselves, that will be a way of accepting and respecting ourselves.
Without this it could lower our self esteem. When we feel good and can laugh it make us feel good and feel more in control of our surroundings and situations. When we are laughing and happy and emotionally happy we feel like we are on top of the world. We see this and feel this, so do the other people around us. I usually here 'you must have got in the bed early last night'. I usually answer 'no I just feel good' And hope my good mood catches on.