Can laughter kill pain ?
Pain can impair cognition but Laughter does not block pain but what laughter can do is to make you feel happy. Recent studies have shown that the physical aspect of laughing can cause an increase in Endorphins also known as the happy hormones, which are responsible for that feel-good, tingly feeling you get whenever you watch a Chris Rock or a Lil Win movie. Even just smiling seems to have a positive effect on the brain even if you are faking it.
When the brain senses that the muscles around your mouth are in a smiling position, it thinks you must be experiencing something humorous or joyous and kicks in the gears, flooding your body with endorphins. In turn, making you actually happy so laughter isn’t only a result of happiness but it can actually make you happy.
Again, a lot of happiness has to do with our expectations. When you are invited to a party, you have really Hugh expectations and when you are invited to watch let’s say paint dry, you have low expectations but one key to happiness is to keep your expectations low for food, relationships and work to avoid disappointments. But could there be other less depressing ways to get to Happy Town ?
Drop your own thought.