8 Serious Reasons To Develop A Sense Of Humor

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Be a better man – Have a good sense of humor. If you’re interested in enhancing your health, you brain, your social life, and your mood, try laughing more. And, if you are not sure, you should be interested! Having a good sense of humor is amazingly beneficial for multiple aspects of your life.

A well-developed sense of humor has incredible benefit for both our physical and mental health. Laughing and smiling aren’t just the frivolous activities that we once may have thought them to be. So, let go of being so serious all of the time and learn why humor is so important. Seriously!

Yes, of course, there are times to be serious, but at the right time, a good laugh or a heartfelt smile shared with other people can go a long way to make everyone involved day be that much better.

At the right time, in the right moment, laugh and laugh out loud with other people!

Having A Sense Of Humor Provides You Many Advantages:

1. Strengthens Your Health.

The more you laugh, the less frequently you’ll be sick. Studies have shown that laughing strengthens the immune system. It also lowers your blood pressure, which is great for your heart and brain. Think about it! It is possible that laughter can lower your medical expenses.

2. A Sense Of Humor Is Attractive.

Who doesn’t like to laugh? We’re instinctively drawn to people that laugh easily. Everyone likes to have a good time and release their stress.

 If you’re fun to be with and you know how to make others laugh, you’ll find yourself surrounded by others who also have a good sense of humor.

3. Reduces Stress.

Daily life is stressful. We all already know that stress is bad for our mental and physical well-being. There are many ways to relieve stress, but few of them are so easy to do and feel as good as laughing does. Even fewer stress releasing activities can have as immediate and as long-lasting of a positive impact as laughing can.

With a good sense of humor, it’s easy to find reasons to laugh about life. A good laugh will allow you to forget about your challenges for a little while. A good laugh can immediately, in that very moment, reduce your stress levels.

4. Uplifts Your Mood.

It feels good to laugh, and the good feelings can last for hours afterwards. Humor can redirect your focus from the negative happenings in your life to something more enjoyable.

5. Enhances Your Social Life.

Whether you’re trying to find new friends or trying to find the man or woman of your dreams, a sense of humor is critical. Consider most popular people that you know. Are they upbeat and do they smile easily? Or do they lack a sense of humor? No one likes a stick-in-the-mud. Keep it light and fun when interacting with others. You will find that others will act the same way towards you and then everyone benefits!

And if someone is being the stick-in-the-mud, then do your very best to avoid them or at least, minimize the amount of time that you need to spend with them. Down people will bring you down as well.

6. Benefits Others Too!

It goes the other way, too. You had better not be the one that is the stick-in-the-mud. Your mood, words, and actions also affect those around you. When you’re in a bad mood, it negatively impacts others. Your smiling, happy face and mood are uplifting and brighten the moods of those around you.

When you are interacting with people and you are in a good mood and laughing and smiling, the effect can be contagious. You offer people the reason to laugh and smile along with you. Why do you think so many sitcoms use laugh tracks? It is so much easier to smile and laugh when you are with a group of other people laughing and getting along together.

7. Strengthens Your Relationships.

Is it possible to have a relationship that wouldn’t benefit from your sense of humor? Laughing together brings people closer together. A shared moment of laughter forms a connection between people.

By sharing a laugh with someone that sense of having something in common between people is created. We all need to have connections with people in our lives. You’ll find that your relationships with your neighbors, friends, family, and coworkers benefit from your ability to laugh and appreciate the lighter side of life.

8. Increases Your Intelligence.

At the very least, you’ll learn more easily. A study demonstrated that laughing stimulates the learning centers of the brain. Stimulating those areas on a regular basis is believed to enhance the ability to learn new information. With new information, the ability for you to be more creative increases.

And, who knows? Laughing more just might help you get a scholarship to Harvard.

Conclusion

There is no doubt about it, laughing is good for you. Having a sense of humor impacts your health, mood, social life, and those around you. They say that, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Now you have a better idea why that statement is true.

Of course, there are the right times for a sense of humor to be best used and applied. But even in the most serious of circumstances, see for yourself if there is some levity to be had. And then if appropriate, perhaps share it with those that are with you in that serious moment. It just may be what the doctor has ordered.

Find the humor in life and keep your mood light. There really are are no benefits to expecting the worst from life all of the time and as a result, experiencing negative moods. Like exercising your body, find the way to have a good laugh each and every day!

Spend time with others who enjoy laughing. Make it a point to enjoy funny movies or watch your favorite comedians. Your laughter not only helps you it also helps those around you. Feel free to laugh more.