Laugh your way out of a bad mood! They say laughter is a good form of stress relief and it is true!

It not only feels great to let out a hardy laugh, there are chemicals that are released during a laughing session. Stress reducing hormones/chemicals like endorphins are released. They also act as the body’s natural pain killer.

When we are stressed out, in physical discomfort, or emotionally hurting, our body tends to tense up. Laughing gives our body a quick work out. The muscles contract and blood flow increases to various parts of the body. Once the oxygenated blood is received by every cell, it leaves us with an over all feeling of relaxation. Sometimes laughing could leave us with a feeling of being “high”.

If you look at children and how much they laugh, you will notice how life rolls off their shoulders. It is not just about the lack of knowledge regarding this stressful adult life, it is their carefree imagination, playful minds, and laughing little souls! We should take refresher courses from them, we were once a child too!

Here are some suggestions that may help lighten your mood:
1. Find a funny movie, if there is none on the T.V, go out and rent one; it will be worth it.

2. Call a friend and go out to a Comedy Club. Most comedians are funny and getting out of the house alone may help.

3. Read a funny book.

4. If you are ticklish, have someone tickle you.

5. Reach into your memory and tell a funny story. If you do not have one, ask someone around you if they have a good one to share.

6. Have a party and make the theme around funny humorous things.

Lucid‘s Thoughts:
It is imperative to find humor in the bloops and blunders life has to offer. We can not be serious about everything, it will make us nothing more then an empty shell of boring seriousness.

Go out, have fun, socialize. Laugh and make others laugh with you. It is always fun to laugh amongst friends!

*What are some of the things that make you laugh or get you out of a bad mood?