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Attitude of Joy - Improve your Health with Laughter
by Kerri A. Hanebrink GoodrichPerformance Initiatives, Inc
www.performanceinitiatives.org
In “Anatomy of an Illness” Norman Cousin tells of how he healed himself from serious illness with laughter. He watched Laurel and Hardy movies every day as his medicine. William Frye, Jr. Md. says “..laughter is like an internal jogging.”
Laughter causes natural killer cells, which destroy tumors and viruses to increase, along with Gamma-interferon (a disease-fighting protein), T-cells (important for our immune system) and B-cells (which make disease-fighting antibodies). It also contributes to lowering our blood pressure and increasing oxygen in our blood to encourage healing.
It is true! Some medical research shows that a good hearty laugh can help:
* Reduce stress
* Lower blood pressure
* Elevate mood
* Boost immune system
* Improve brain functioning
* Protect the heart
* Connect you to others
* Foster instant relaxation
* Make you feel good.
A few simple ways you can improve your mood to enjoy improved physical and mental health are:
* Attempt to laugh at situations rather than bemoan them – this helps improve our disposition and the disposition of those around us.
* Use cathartic laughter to release pent-up feelings of anger and frustration in socially acceptable ways.
* Laugh as a means of reducing tension because laughter is often followed by a state of relaxation.
* Lower anxiety by visualizing a humorous situation to replace the view of an anxiety-producing situation.
* Enjoy movies and activities that make you laugh!
