laughter is the best medicine

Philippines
August 12, 2012 8:58am CST
Stress, migraines, pain, emotional breakdown, yes I could feel them all in my senses, but I still manage to laugh. Whether we are in different moods, be in angry mood or in a happy mood, it should not matter at all, what matters most is we should allot time to laugh. It will surely heals our self. Anyway, I always do believe that laughter is the best medicine. I've read in an article that Laughter will surely triggers physical changes in our body as it strengthens our immune system, boost our energy, diminishes pain and will surely protects from the damaging effects of stress. Laughter lightens our burdens, inspires hopes and it promotes physical and emotional health. So take time to laugh. Have your daily dose of it a day and it will surely lightens your life. Have a happy mylotting.
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@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
12 Aug 12
Yes, I believe it. Therefore, don't let anyone hinder/ deter you to laugh.
• Italy
12 Aug 12
Yes, you are right mate! You must never give up in life or things will go worser and if you laugh your "enemy" will burn inside.
@ulanhad (24)
• Chifeng, China
13 Aug 12
Hi,ginspearl. I'm interested in your topic about 'laughter'. I think laughter is best medicine absolutely. In modern society, everybody have huge stress from job, family, career, marriage, house, car, healthy, environment and so on. We have to face these stress because we need live. A lot of people have got cancer cause of huge stress, especilly in developing country. These poeple's life is disaster. They need a lot of medicines to cure theirs body, especially chemicals. Chemicals can to treat theirs body, but also harm theirs body too. In a developed country , if someone have got cancer, he maybe live a long time, but in devoloping he maybe die quickly. The important reason is that the deleloped country have better medical conditions than developing country. In my opioion, another reason is the people in devoped country are more humor than devloping country. For example American is more humor than Chinese. That's why average life span of American longer than Chinese. We know, humor makes laughter. So I think laugter is the best medicine too. Thanks ginspearl share this interesting topic. Ulanhad, from China.
• Philippines
16 Aug 12
Hi Ulanhad! You've got a great views and thanks much for the thoughts. Happy mylotting.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
30 Aug 12
If it wasn't for the fact that I do have a pretty good sense of humor and also try to always find something to laugh about, then I don't think that I would have been able to make it through the last year of my life. You see, in the last year and a half of my life, I have found myself to be the wife of a cancer patient and that has been something that has taken a lot out of me. However, I have good friends and family that have helped me to keep my sense of humor through it all.
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
26 Aug 12
You are absolutely right laughing is the best medicine but now very difficult to laugh because everything is going wrong in life. Whole family members are feeling not well one by one and hospital bill is increasing daily. In this situation I forget to laugh.
@riyauro (6421)
• India
12 Aug 12
Hi ginspearl, Yeah you are so right when you said those things concerning laughter. I like people who laugh and make a place lively with their laughter. I don't like to take stress so I laugh alot and trust me it takes away the pain and the heart ache from hurt. It is truly the medicine for good health. I have my mom who used to take lot of tension because of my elder brother who used to trouble us and not listen. My mum had become so weak and all sorts of diseases came to her. I have told her not to take tension but she used to say, 'you don't understand now but when you become mother then you will know what I am going through" Today when my brother has changed and become a good human being, my mum is become better and she feel good now. So stress is very dangerous and it is better to keep away from stress no matter what the situation in life is. good day to everyone.
• Philippines
16 Aug 12
We have the same situation about our mom's problem to our brother. I also have a brother who causes so much worries and trouble to my mom that triggers some sickness to my mom, though I always tell to my mom to take things easy and let my brother stand on his own, Well, we got the same response. A positive outlook in life and having much faith will surely keep our life better, I always tell my mom to take time to laugh whatever problem she might encounter, it wll surely heals some wounds she might get to her life's journey, anyway laughter is really the best medicine.
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
yes that is true. When we are always positive in our outlook in life we are healthier. Laughter makes us also prettier and the lines in our faces are avoided.
• Philippines
16 Aug 12
Hello jellsiguenza. Yes it is true, Laughter will make us beautiful. The more laugh that we could give the little wrinkles we could get. Happy mylotting.
@arvintot (401)
• Philippines
22 Aug 12
I do agree with you that that laughter is the best medicine. I do feel good after laughing a lot, it makes me happy. The feeling is like I don't have any problem even just for a minute.
@RobtheRock (2433)
• United States
14 Aug 12
I have some wild kittens and cats that come up the steps to bed fed. There are three kittens that make me laugh. I have high blood pressure and so in the morning I measure my blood pressure with the machine. Whenever I think of the funny things the kittens do, it makes me laugh. When I laugh, my blood pressure is low. So yes, laughter is the best medicine.
• Indonesia
14 Aug 12
Charlie Chaplin once said “a day without laughter is a day wasted.” People have long said that laughter is the best medicine, and we know now of its many positive physiological effects. Laughter is known to reduce pain, reduce stress, increase our body’s resistance to disease and improve the function of blood vessels and increase blood flow, which can help protect us against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems. Laughter can also help us burn calories. There is plenty of evidence on why we should laugh, so why don’t we?
• China
16 Aug 12
Yes, time is passing no matter you are happy. To be happy and positive to face life does make life easy. Laugher, smile, are good to health.
14 Aug 12
you are right, is the best we can do to face the world, even if we arent in a good day.
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
laughter is the best medicine? yes bec. its the only medicine which is free. bec. there are expensive medicine now a days. and it helps us to release our stress. and help us. and making people laugh is also a medicine. thank you
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
14 Aug 12
I agree that laughter is a good medicine. Another good medicine is a hum (take a look at http://nut.bz/uz8lk3v0/) because humming is associated with humour, good feelings and laughter.
@nashria (31)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
Good day! Yes your right all we have to do is to laugh.Even we are experiencing with all the trials and afflictions in this life we really still have to laugh.On my experience if Im too stress with this life the only thing i can do is just to reminisce the memory that make me laugh. life is too stressful all we have to do is to smile.God bless
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
12 Aug 12
yes, it laughter really does help me a great deal.
@namiya (1713)
• Philippines
12 Aug 12
laughter is the best way to lift up one's mood. it relaxes the body, lessens stress and according to medical reports a good laugh enables the body to release endorphin a "fell good" chemical that helps reduce pain. what more, laughter strengthens relationships so why not take advantage of its benefits.
@aejey322 (1004)
• Philippines
13 Aug 12
I do also believe in that. I always love having light moments. I even also have the tendency to make serious atmosphere to mix with some laughter even if inappropriate. I am not sure if the people around are okay with it. But I still can see some are annoyed, but some are also laughing. That's just the problem with me, I tend to do things impulsively just to lighten up the moment. When I was in labor pain, the nurses praised me because I still managed to smile and joke with them.
@bm1b4by (82)
12 Aug 12
Whenever I'm feeling down or stressed or whatever just being round my best friends is great, they just make me laugh so much and automatically bring my mood up.
• Italy
12 Aug 12
Did you know that laughing will make you live more time and remove the stress you have? And if you laugh people will see you as a laughing person and not a problematic one! And the best medicine is laughing also because you can make new friends and things will go better than when you are always angry with the world.
• United States
13 Aug 12
laughter is the best anti-depressant without the side effects outside of herbal remedies