Emotional Events Can Be Very Difficult On The Mind And How Someone May Make It Go Away

1-Aside from improving our moods, laughter can reduce stress, help fight infection, and reduce pain.

"Successively, Selekman explains that fostering therapist-client cooperation is purposive use of self-disclosure, the use of humor, normalizing, demonstrating cultural and gender sensitivity, and therapeutic compliments. Mark Twain once said, 'Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.' Humor can help generate a relaxed atmosphere, influence the client from his or her concerns, and heal those in pain. Madanes (1984) contend that what makes change possible is the therapist's ability to be confident and to see what is funny or desirable in a dire situation'. Laughter releases hormones from the

Norman Cousins said, “Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions" (Moss 1). Humor is studied by many researchers in sociology, psychology, art, literature, and medicine. When people wonder whether humor aids in areas other than health, a treasure trove of possible benefits to the learning or educational community is opened up. Humor can be used as a tool to promote learning.Research speaks to the many benefits of humor in healing, to its benefits in the classroom or boardroom, from reducing stress of students or employees, to boosting self-esteem and feelings of camaraderie. Additionally, studies show that those who use humor to convey a message are often more favorably perceived. Humor helps deliver the presenter's message to

Laughter relates to positive thinking. The positive thinking helps us to improve our immune system and become healthier. It helps in removing the negative thoughts from our mind and not letting our immune system become worse further.

     Laughter relates a lot to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It is a representation of the ability to decide for your self. Billy Bibbit was always being bossed around by the nurse and his mother. Once he knew he could laugh and stop listening to what everyone demanded of him he started to loosen up. . "It's natural to all human beings to laugh. It's society which restricts us and tells us that we must settle down.'' (Murphy) The society that Billy was in, was putting to much pressure on him to settle down when he was just trying to be himself. That was the part that was making him crazy. The pressure the ward and his mother put on him to be restricted led him to his suicide. When Billy started laughing he actually started to seem normal. He actually slept with a prostitute, knowing that if his mother found out she would never see him the same way. ."It affects our psychoneuro-immunology.'' (Murphy) “In other words, medical research has established a link between emotions, the nervous system and endocrine

Laughing in itself is therapeutic. People laugh for many different reasons. Some people even laugh when something horrible occurs, it is a method of escape from what horrors or mishaps are going on around you. "Many psychotherapists find humor a valuable tool in helping their patients to solve their social and emotional problems." (G. Samuel) Chief bromden was

Maintaining a sense of humour – the job that we do within school is obviously very important, however sometimes it helps to see the funny side of some situations as laughter can be a good way to break the ice and is also a great way of relaxing and relieving stress.

People always say that laughter alleviates tension. If this is the case, then it makes sense that the use of humor when discussing uncomfortable topics can make the conversation easier and more light-hearted. One of Mark Twain’s most frequently used devices in works such as “Advice to Youth”, “To the Person Sitting in Darkness”, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is satire, which can provide society a method to bond over uncomfortable topics, and facilitate the ability to sustain that bond through an easier way to create discussion.

When the curtain has fallen on their stage, people need to know that there will still be others in the audience who will support their values and ideas and encourage them when they want to give up. My mom often gives advice to my older siblings as they forge their way through countless relationships sometimes like tissues in a box, she reminds them, first she loves them and second “The sun will come out tomorrow”. This is a classic example of showing empathy and support to those who are hurting. Humor can add sparks to relationships and humor can heal the parts that hurt when life becomes difficult.

To laugh is defined as: “to express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements” (Dictionary, 2013). This simple act has been suggested to boost immunity, lower stress hormone, decrease pain, relax muscles, and prevent heart disease (Smith & Segal, 2012), and those are just the physical health benefits. Other studies have suggested that laughter is a great way to ease anxiety and fear, relieve stress, improve mood, and even enhance resilience (Bennett et al., 2003). Not to mention that sharing a good laugh with friends and family can bring these relationships closer (Bennett et al., 2003).

There are some studies which show biological role of coping humor in health status. In one such study conducted by Lai et al. (2010), coping humor was found to exert effects on health. Coping humor was found to have a significant effect on the overall cortisol level in the awakening period of participants. Participants scoring high on coping humor exhibited lower levels of cortisol in the awakening period as compared to those scoring low on coping humor. The loss of hormone, cortisol, has been found to result in progressive decline in the ability to fight with diseases. Therefore, these findings suggest coping humor to have significant effects on

Now when I think of the question “Does self deprecating humor help individuals cope with the feeling of depression, I still am unsure of the answer. After the research I have conducted and the fieldwork I did I have only been pointed in a direction. What I have taken away from my research and field work is that there is a more than likely possibility that self deprecating humor is an affective coping mechanism. After reading about various studies where the use of humor made a positive impact on those who were suffering from mental health conditions, I became firmer in my own beliefs about self deprecation.

Wayne Coyne, a famous guitar player, believes that everyone laughs; everyone has a sense of humor. No matter what your class is, what race you are, or what age you are, there is always a part of our brain that makes us laugh. Coyne was driving in a car once on a cold and windy day. He was comfortable in the place where he was, until he saw two people huddled looking frozen with ragged coats. He pitied them, until he saw that they were laughing. He did not care why, but he saw that they had a sense of humor. Even though they may have been in poor condition, they had a moment of happiness. Coyne remembers when he worked at Long John Silvers for eleven years, when his salary was low. Even when he was not a rock star, he still had his moments of happiness. His class did not prevent him from laughing every now and then. I think you have everyone should laugh as well. I do not think that all have the opportunity of laughing; some are depressed or in terrible conditions, but I believe that everyone deserves to laugh and that they should have the joyful moments in

In this study, research is conducted to evaluate numerous activities to implement humor in pediatric clinical settings as well as determining the appropriate and inappropriate use of humor in the various stages of childhood development. However, little scientific research is done about using humor as a coping strategy and it is impressively supported

Sharing humor is half the fun—in fact, most laughter doesn’t come from hearing jokes, but rather simply from spending time with friends and family. And it’s this social aspect that plays such an important role in the health benefits of laughter. You can’t enjoy a laugh with other people unless you take the time to really engage with them. When you care about someone enough to switch off your phone and really connect face to face, you’re engaging in a process that rebalances the nervous