The Benefits – Humor
Did you know that the sound of someone laughing is more contagious than a cough? Research has shown us that there are many benefits of laughing. Laughing triggers the chemistry of the will to live and it will increase your capacity to fight disease. Having a good laugh will relax your body and reduce issues associated with high blood pressure. It will also help with problems associated with arthritis, ulcers and strokes. There even has been research showing that it may also reduce the risk of heart disease.
It makes sense because emotions that are distressful, such as anger, depression, stress and anxiety, are related to heart disease. You can’t be angry or anxious if you are having a really good laugh. The University Of Maryland Medical Center did a study that showed that having a good sense of humor during a stressful situation could help the damaging physical effects of distressing emotions. Here are a few things that having a good mirthful laugh will do for you: it will reduce your stress; boost your mood and your immune system. It will lower your blood pressure, improve your brain function, help you become relaxed and make you feel good and protect your heart.
So what makes good humor writing?
Gentle Self-depreciation
Most people feel uncomfortable when authors cut themselves down, however in humor writing you can gently point out your own failings and humorous moments for the amusement of the reader. Humor writing will always find a strong root in the foibles of real life.
I became a philosopher at age twelve, after a scant six years of fishing. One evening at supper I looked up from my plate and announced, “I fish; therefore, I am.” Perhaps awed by this evidence of precocity in a young boy, my stepfather turned to my mother and asked, “Is there any more gravy?” Thus encouraged, I forgot about philosophy until I went off to college. – Patrick McManus
Life’s Amusements
A humor writer can take the normal events in life and enhance their ‘normalcy’ to make the common uncommonly funny.
The smoke from the campfire always blew directly in the eyes of the campers, regardless of wind direction. No one minded much, since it prevented you from seeing what you were eating. If a bite of food showed no signs of struggle, you considered this a reasonable indication that it came from the cook pot and was not something just passing through. – Patrick McManus
Doctors have pointed out that having a sense of humor can teach perspective by helping people see the reality of the situations rather than distort it to support their distress. Humor can shift the way we think and distress can alter the way we think. It really isn’t the situation that causes stress; it is the meaning we put behind the situation. Humor can adjust the meaning of the situation so that it is not so overwhelming.
Try these few ideas to help improve your mood and have a sense of humor on life. Try to laugh at events rather than be distressed by them. It will improve your disposition. Try laughing to help release any pent up anger or frustration by visualizing a humorous event to replace the anxiety-producing situation
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