Why is Laughter the Best Medicine?

Question

One day I brought in funny dvds to my office (because I could just feel there was stress around the office) and I told my employees to sit in a room where the tv set was. I put in funny dvds and let my employees watch for about 2 hours. After those 2 hours, most of the employees said their stress reduced a lot, someone else said they didn't need to take their medication because they felt better.
That day, I could feel positive energy around the office and my employees were more productive. I could even feel that some employees got along better than before.

Answer 1

It releases those feel good endorphins in your brain which gives you a feeling of well being....so laugh it up.....

Answer 2

Laughter just makes a person feel better. Physiallogically we actually release more endorphins when we laugh. I think we also breath deeper when we laugh and get more oxygen into our brains. We also feel like a kid again for the few moments that we are laughing. Newsweek once did a study and found that the average kid laughs about 500 times a day and that the average adult laughes about 20 times a day. When we can laugh it lets us know that things are not as bad as we thought.

Answer 3

Since ancient times, laughter has been touted as a tonic. It certainly seems to have many beneficial attributes such as releasing tension and therefore relaxing people. It also seems to dull pain, perhaps by changing the chemical make up of the brain. All the evidence isn't in yet though. There are many articles on laughter as a medicine on the net. Below is one of them.

Answer 4

Laughter circulates blood better. It expands cells to allow this to happen. It also lowers blood pressure & has a lot of other benefits of medical nature.

Answer 5

Prozac is!