Laugh: 10 reasons why we should all do it more often

When was the last time you laughed heartily? Don’t you know? Then it will be high time! Because laughter not only makes us happier instantly and brings us back into the here and now, but can, but can regularly exercise, also extend our lives, for example by significant the risk of cardiovascular diseases and low and sustainably reduces our stress level.

But these are by no means the only advantages of laughter. When we laugh, we are fully at the moment, forget about worries and fears and pour so much of the happiness hormone serotonin that we even feel less pain. Apart from that, we put other people with our hearty laugh and at the same time seem more likeable to strangers and friends.

So it is worth laughing. Even if you don’t feel like laughing at the moment. This does not mean that you should simply laugh away all problems and worries. But: If you want to get a small cocktail happiness hormones at short notice, you can force yourself to laugh.

And by laughing artificially – because the brain cannot distinguish between real and faked. The result: the fake grin quickly becomes a real laugh. This is because our brain releases happiness hormones as soon as we start laughing.

Sometimes, if we have a bond with our counterpart, it is enough if someone in our surroundings laughs. This is twice helpful – because we can get infected or bring a little more joy into our surroundings by laughing. Try more than desired.

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