Why is laughter a good medicine?(I love laughing)?
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Laughter moves lymph fluid around your body simply by the convulsions you experience during the process of laughing; so it boosts immune system function and helps clear out old, dead waste products from organs and tissues. Remember that your lymph system doesn't have a separate pump; your body needs to move around to properly circulate lymph fluid so that your immune system can carry out its natural functions. Laughter is a great way to support that.
Secondly, laughter increases oxygenation of your body at both the cellular and organ level. By laughing, you intake vast amounts of oxygen in huge gulps, and you repeat this process in a sort of temporary hyperventilation session. This is the natural result of laughter, and if you watch someone laugh, you will notice these biophysical effects.
Laughing also boosts circulation, so at the same time that you're distributing oxygen around your body, you're boosting the circulation of your blood; you're exercising abdominal muscles; you're exercising the muscles of your face; and you're enhancing the flexibility of various joints throughout your body. So it's a bit of physical exercise and healthful body movement as well.
The harder you laugh, the greater this effect. If you can find a way to put yourself into a state of rolling, outrageous laughter, you're going to get a fantastic physical workout from it. In fact, the next day, you may even find your stomach muscles are sore. Have you ever laughed so hard that your stomach hurt and your facial muscles were exhausted? That's some serious exercise, and it's the kind of exercise in which we should all engage on a regular basis.
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Because of the hormones it produces in your brain.
First, it relaxes the mind, and inhibits the fight/flight response. Another form pushes out negative thoughts, like seeing someone fall. No one wants to fall, so laughing pushes it out of your mind.
It works as a medicine because it releases endorphins. Endorphins are like natural painkillers. I think it also releases dopamine, which causes pleasure. I hope this helps. For more information, check Wikipedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter
Exactly! It produces endorphines which are basically "happy" hormones. This inhibits the secretion of adrenaline- a stress hormone. Also, it increases blood flow and gas exchange (that is if laugh a lot) and causes new antibodies to be produced. So keep laughing! :)
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