I decided to talk about the universal medicine, something that helps us a lot,

but people underestimate it – LAUGHING

1. laughter
Modern life has became increasingly complicated, and it’s believed that stress
is the primary obstacle to laughter.
Laughter is a physical expression of humor and joy that has numerous
protective qualities. It’s one of the best ways to manage perceptions of stress
and develop resilience and improve psychological sturdiness as it strongly
correlates with happiness.

2. happiness
Happiness and humor can improve brain function, there is evidence of
increased connectivity in various parts of the brain in response to laughter.
Humor releases brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which supports existing
neurons and encourages the growth of new neurons and synapses. Given the
brain's neuroplasticity, it’s to our benefit to make our life experiences as
positive and hilarious as possible.

3. laughter therapy
The field of medicine has long recognized the importance of humor. In the
1300s, Henri de Mondeville, a professor of surgery, propagated post-operative
therapy with humor. Norman Cousins, a journalist, and a professor, also
initiated this trend when he developed his own “treatment,” based on mood
elevation through laughter. According to Cousins, ten minutes of laughter
resulted in two hours of pain-free sleep. It’s a type of therapy that uses humor
to help relieve pain and stress and improve a person's sense of well-being. It
may be used to help people cope with a serious disease, such as cancer.
Laughter therapy may include laughter exercises, clowns, comedy movies,
books, games, and puzzles.

4. benefits
Many studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of laughter. Laughing
during a humorous film elevates the pain threshold and can help break the
cycle between pain, sleep loss, depression, and immunosuppression.
Laughter lowers blood pressure, epinephrine, and glucose levels, and increases
glucose tolerance. Laughter also assists in the recovery and prevention of
cancer by increasing natural killer cell activity, the response of gamma
interferon and T cells, and improves the defense against respiratory infections.
Humor and laughter produce a discharge of endorphins with both euphoric and
calming effects.
In particular, those using more humor were better able to keep positive
emotions distinct and separate from their negative emotions, resulting in fewer
depressive symptoms. Humor-related benefits have also been reported by
elderly residents in assisted living facilities.
It has been suggested that humor differs from other cognitive-based emotional
regulation strategies in that it doesn’t deny the negative experience, but helps
to construe it as less threatening. Being able to laugh at traumatic events in our
lives doesn’t cause us to ignore them, but prepares us to endure them through
playfulness and a changed prism of perception of life’s challenges.

5. age you are the happiest

According to a new study, we can expect to be the happiest between ages of 30
and 34. The study came to this conclusion by asking people over 50 from 13
European countries about the periods of their life in which they felt the most
content.

6. happiest countries
The World Happiness Report is a publication that contains articles and rankings
of national happiness, based on respondent ratings of their own lives.
Marking its 10th anniversary, the report looks at happiness around the world --
the happiest nations, those at the very bottom of the happiness scale, and
everything in between, plus the factors that tend to lead to greater happiness.
For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country.
The Nordic country and its neighbors Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland
all score very well on the measures the report uses to explain its findings:
healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support in times of trouble, low
corruption, and high social trust, generosity in a community where people look
after each other and freedom to make key life decisions.
Denmark comes in the second place in this year's rankings, followed by Iceland
at No. 3.

7. the end
Knowing all this information, we can all look at laughing from a whole different
perspective than before.