Did you know that the oldest known joke is dated from 1900 BC?
Why does laughter make us feel better?
The jury is still out on exactly how it works but we know that laughter
increases our breathing and speeds up our heart rate - some have even compared
a good bout of laughing to a good physical workout! It seems it even burns calories!
In 1976 Norman Cousins published his famous book, "Anatomy of an
Illness" documenting his laughter cure from illness by watching hours of
Marx brothers comedies! check it out
What happens to us emotionally when we find the giggle - the tickle in
an otherwise dark situation?
One possibility is that we are shifting the focus on how we perceive
something.
Comedians often describe their art as turning perception upside down -
getting the laugh by exaggerating reality and throwing in the unexpected.
DANCE WITH IT! EXPERIENTIAL APPS
An opportunity to
experiment with some fun ideas...
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Can you allow yourself to see the ridiculous,
the ludicrous, to step back and find the laugh?
Take a recent situation
that stressed you and that you reacted to with heaviness, feeling down and
overwhelmed.
Now imagine that you
are a Hollywood screen writer and rewrite the script as a comedy…
Make sure to include
lots of exaggeration, and role reversals and even a few bad jokes!
Take a deep breath
and watch your new movie.
How does it make you
feel? Better?
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