Five Reasons Why Laughter is the Best Medicine

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Laughter, Best Medicine-Chispa MagazineStudies have found that laughter has many healing properties, and the best bit; it’s contagious. Whether you’re laughing at a funny movie you are watching or book you’re reading, giggling at your pet’s funny antics, or engaging in some light-hearted conversation with friends or relatives, you’ll know that a good laugh can lift your spirits and make you feel better for the rest of the day. We’ve put together some of the best reasons why laughter truly is the best medicine.

No. 1 Laughter Reduces the Stress Response:
It can be difficult to laugh when you’re feeling tense and stressed out, but surely there’s something funny that you simply won’t be able to help having a giggle at. When you laugh, your muscles contract, which in turn will increase the flow of blood and oxygen in your body and brain. This then stimulates the lungs and heart, triggering the release of essential endorphins that you need to help you feel happier and more relaxed.

No. 2 Laughter is Pain Relief:
Studies have shown that laughing can even help you to forget about any physical pain that you might be feeling right now. Although laughing won’t cause you to physically feel less pain, the fact that it reduces the stress response often means that for many people, their perception of pain is changed and it becomes more manageable and easier to control. Although laughing may not be the solution or cure that you need, it can certainly be a great temporary method of distracting you from discomfort.

No. 3 Laughter Can Improve Your Success:
Did you know that studies have shown that laughter can help you to build and improve on your resilience as a person? And, in turn, more resilient people tend to be more successful and more likely to get what they want out of life. Resilience is the ability to see failures and set-backs as a natural part of success, and one of the key traits of resilient people is that they’re often able to see the funny side and make light of their mistakes as they try harder for next time.

No. 4 Laughter Can Improve Immunity:
If you suffer from coughs, colds, and other viruses a lot then it could be because you’re not getting enough laughter in your life. A study conducted at the Indiana State School of Nursing found that laughing may actually increase the levels of certain natural killer cells, a type of white blood cell that attacks dangerous cells such as cancer. So, why not get down to lolhit.com and get your daily dose of laughter for a stronger mind and body.

No. 5 Laughter Can Protect Your Mental Health:
Lastly, the endorphins that laughter releases into your bloodstream can help to protect your mental health and enable you to avoid going down the downward spiral into a depressive or anxiety disorder. Although it’s always good to see a medical professional if you believe that your mental health is suffering for any reason or at any level, encouraging yourself to laugh as much as you can is a simple natural remedy.

So yes, laughing can literally change your life!

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez

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Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Editor-in-Chief at Chispa Magazine
Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.
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Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.