Stress

Humour

Learning to enjoy our lives is one of the greatest challenges we face as adults. Humour can be a powerful antidote to stress. As George Burns says,
“You can’t help growing older, but you can help growing old”. By using humour we can prevent a “hardening of our attitudes.”

“A smile is the shortest distance between two people”, according to Victor Borge. Thus, humour is an effective way to build positive relationships at work and at home.

Laughter

Boosts the Immune System

When in a state of mirth, natural killer cells that destroy tumors and viruses increase, as do Gamma-interferon (a disease fighting protein), t-cells, which are a vital part of the immune response, and B-cells, which make disease-destroying antibodies. It also increases the concentration of salivary immunoglobulin A, which defends against the entry of infectious organisms through the respiratory tract. Laughter basically brings balance to all the components of the immune system.

Laughing in your conversations could help you feel more relaxed and laid back over the whole situation; it makes your stress seem less daunting and easier to handle and you ultimately feel in control of your situation. Blood Pressure is lowered, and there is an increase in vascular blood flow, and an increase in oxygenation of the blood, which further assists healing.

There also has been some belief that laughter may help prevent some life-threatening diseases such as heart disease. Anger and fear, are two common emotions, which are frequently responsible for the cause of heart attacks. Do you often feel exhausted after a bout of contagious giggling? This is because you have just had an aerobic workout.

Positive Attitude

Turn negative thoughts into positive ones.

Stop seeing everything as dark and gloomy. Communication is important because it also externalizes what is going through your head. Talking out loud (to yourself or a friend) gets it out in the open. Sharing will help you put things in perspective because you are forced to verbalize your thoughts, and this means getting it in an orderly fashion so it makes sense to the listener.

Laughing in your conversations could help you feel more relaxed and laid back over the whole situation; it makes your stress seem less daunting and easier to handle and you ultimately feel in control of your situation.