Why You Should Use Laughter to Your Advantage
Laughter is one of the best things accessible to everyone in the world.
The question is who does not have the ability to laugh?
The answer to that, it's basically everyone. Everyone knows it, and have that natural ability to do so.
However, the main issue is, not everybody is laughing.
The sad thing is, there are many people who judge it. Some people may judge laughing as rude, awkward, and un-glamorous because they may be uncomfortable.
In this post, there will be some information about Laughter that will make you consider laughing more frequently.
Fact 1: Laughing elevates your mood even when you are feeling down
Laughter changes your mood by releasing chemicals from your brain cells widely known as endorphin.
Just by laughing alone it can support you to be cheerful and in a good mood.
Fact 2: Your Physical Body can affect you Psychologically, and Vice Versa
Our body links to our mind and what we think can affect our body too. When you laugh or smile, your body gets to convince your brain that you are feeling joyful or happy, and the brain will do its wonders by releasing endorphin to make you feel good.
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It works, and there are proven methods out there that shows such examples, such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) that actually hacks other people's mind and behavior.
Thus, even if you do not laugh, by smiling alone, you too get to create endorphin to feel good.
Fact 3: Laughing Helps You Build Rapport with Others
Laughter is a universal language recognized all around the world. By laughing together with someone in a conversation, you are actually building rapport with that person.
This theory relates back to NLP in rapport building because when you are doing something together with someone else, it is easier to build a better connection that way.
To further explain one such example is soccer fans hanging out with other fellow soccer fans to watch soccer matches.
Fact 4: Laughter is Also a Form of Exercise
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Laughter can be treated as an exercise. Because when we laugh, we actually stretch our facial muscles and using our core muscles (The Abs), we breathe faster sending more oxygen to the body, and our body temperature goes up.
This way laughter can be considered as a mild exercise.
Fact 5: It is Absolutely Free to Laugh!
You do not need to pay anyone money to laugh. Unless you are paying to buy comedy shows to make yourself laugh.
Nobody is going to charge you money to laugh, and there is no fine imposed on anyone who laughs.
So just laugh and get the benefits anyway!
Ultimately, you have the ability to laugh and it is free. You do not need any reason to laugh and smile. Even if your day may not be that smooth, you still have the control over your life to choose.
Make that choice today to have that smile on your face and laugh out loud to elevate your mood, it's totally free and good for your health.
So what are you waiting for? Just laugh! =)
哈哈哈哈。不错
best thing in the world are sometimes free.. laughter and happiness are 2 of them