Humor And Laughter Essay

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Humor and laughter can benefit every person's mental health. According to Melinda Smith and Jeanne Segal, who are the authors in the Help Guide Organization, " Laughter makes us feel good. And the good feeling that we get when we laugh remains with us even after the laughter subsides. Humor helps us keep a positive, optimistic outlook through difficult situations, disappointments, and loss." They are right, laughter make us feel good even when the laughter subsides. The reason why it still feels good even when the laughter is gone is because our minds keep replaying the scenario over and over again so that our mind will be able to relax, reduce the stress and the tension that is in our mind and our body. They also said that humor helps us overlook …show more content…

In addition, Melinda Smith and Jeanne Segal also said that " When we become the problem and take ourselves too seriously, it can be hard to think outside the box and find new solutions. But when we play around with the problem, we can often transform it into an opportunity for creative learning." They believed that when people over think, then they will become the problem. Which is true, because humans tend to over think and wheneverthey over think they only make things worse. This is why humor is important in the daily lives of people, because with the use of humor our minds and our bodies will feel more relax. We need humor in our daily lives to balanced the good and the bad thing that is happening in our daily lives. Another reason why humor is important is because with the use of humor we can keep a positive mind on a tough day and with the use of humor we can play around with the problem. We can even use humor to enhance our imagination to come up with a creative and good solution for our

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