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Health Benefits of Humor and Laughter
by
Michele W.
Posted
Tue 07 Oct 2008 7:15pm
Humor, Laughter and Health
BRINGING MORE HUMOR AND LAUGHTER INTO OUR LIVES
The sound of roaring laughter is far more contagious than any cough, sniffle, or sneeze. Humor and laughter can cause a domino effect of joy and amusement, as well as set off a number of positive physical effects. Humor and laughter strengthen our immune systems
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Use humor and laughter to diffuse anger
by
Tony F.
Posted
Thu 30 Oct 2008 1:21pm
Humor is a powerful strategy to lower your stress level, dissolve anger and give you new ways to view situations and thus new ways to respond. Often mood is elevated just in the process of striving to find humor in difficult and frustrating situations. Laughing at ourselves and the situation helps reveal that small things are not the earth-shaking events
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Prostate Cancer Humor - Laughter through Tears
by
Rabbi Ed .
Posted
Thu 11 Nov 2010 12:00am
and depression through humor
• Using laughter to face surgery
• Humor to rise above self-pity
• The capacity of humor to alter your perspective
• Laughing when you don’t feel like... will explore prostate cancer through the lens of humor and laughter.
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time
(8:00 p.m. Central, 7:00 p.m. Mountain, 6:00 p.m. Pacific
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Spiritual Aspect of Laughter
by
agapelife
Posted
Thu 22 Jan 2009 6:54pm
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Religion on Laughter and Humor
Buddhists
When Buddha was enlightened, the first thing He did was Smile. You may have also seen statues of the Laughing Buddha.
Islam
Qur'an or Koran
"They deserve paradise who make their companions laugh".
Judaism
The Old Testament has 57 references to laughter and 27 to humor.
Many incidents in the Old Testament
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Humor Is Anger Management Technique
by
Tony F.
Posted
Sat 25 Jul 2009 10:38pm
completely changed the atmosphere for both of them as they replaced negative feelings toward each other with laughter.
Humor is a powerful strategy to lower your stress levels...
Humor is a positive emotion than help counter-balance anger and other negative emotions in a conflict situation.
Think of a teeter-totter. On one end sit anger, resentment
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Is humor a remedy for anger?
by
Tony F.
Posted
Tue 09 Mar 2010 3:09pm
laughter. If you can find humor in anything – even poverty – you can survive it. “
Comic Bob Newhart (who played a television psychologist) said: “Laughter gives us distance... Ward Beecher (clergyman and activist) observed: “A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.”
Laughter can also
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Gallos Humor
by
Dr. Country Doctor ..
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 10:52pm
as a "psychic survival instinct." Apparently Freud wrote a book on laughter and humor and likened them to dreams. Humor is a way to channel and try to make sense of shame, repression... would be horrified to be the mother of a patient whose tragedy was turned into laughter, if she was that next patient to be seen, she would want the doctor to use humor as a means
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The Magic of Humor Humor helps u...
by
passion4living
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:22pm
to laugh about. But have you ever heard someone say, “I don’t know how I would have made it if it wasn’t for my sense of humor?” Maybe you’ve even said something similar yourself.... These challenges may be diabetes-related or not, including problems at work or home. Humor feels good, too. And it’s good for you. Laughing has even been called “internal jogging.” In fact
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