How Laughter Is The Best Medicine?

A healthy sense of humor can help us in dealing with difficult situations. Humor is far more effective than anything that simply soothes or relaxes us.

These are the benefits of laughter.

1. Laughter relieves physical pain and provides comfort.

2. Natural painkillers are produced by your body, increasing your tolerance to pain.

3. Increases amounts of happy brain chemicals, which reduces stress and anxiety.

4. Memory retention improves. You are more likely to remember information with humor.

5. Heart rate, respiratory rate, and oxygen consumption all rise.

6. It dilates blood arteries and enhances stroke volume and cardiac output.

7. Laughter lowers cortisol levels, a stress hormone.

8. It stimulates human growth hormone and enhances feel-good hormones in the body.

9. Laughter is beneficial to your heart and circulatory system.

10. Humor boosts one's energy levels.

11. You get more interested in the humor rather than negative feelings.