Humor and Psychology


Humor is very healthy thing for human minds. According to various studies conducted during the 19th century, it was determined that mental disorders and illnesses, particularly depression can be treated effectively with the help of humor and laughter. When a person laughs, his body secretes hormones that trigger responses that make you optimistic and boost your morale.
The father of psychology, Freud stated in his researches regarding human psychology that humor, which does not reduce or degrade the self-esteem of a person, is the one which has some magical power of healing the mental wounds inward and making the person happy and free from stress. This ensures that the person feels satisfied from within and gets the energy and required optimism to fight against all odds.
In the recent years, it is proved through studies that laughter has been a very effective remedy in treating psychological illness. According to a recent research, the children who are brought up is a happy and funny environment by humorous parents are better suited for all kinds of leadership positions and better partners than the ones than the ones who are brought up in a mundane and strict environment.
Humorous people are a joy to be around. They make their colleagues and friends feel at ease and make them laugh. According to many psychologists and mind sciences experts, people who read and tell jokes or watch stand-up comedy performances are relatively less prone to physiological disorders than those who don’t.  Many doctors, suggest their patients to read jokes online or from books or to watch stand-up comedy in order to treat the illnesses, particularly for depression and anxiety patients.
If you have a friend or colleague who feels depressed at times, tell him good jokes and make him watch funny stand-up comedy videos.  A depressed person becomes normal and forgets his worries by seeing some funny comedy videos. According to a study, when a person watches a funny video, two types of hormones are secreted from his/her body:
a. Beta-endorphins (which relieves depression) increased by 27 percent
b. Human growth hormone (HGH, which helps with immunity) increased by 87 percent.


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