Are you having a bad day or is it just that you haven't found a reason to laugh yet ^_^
Well today on #DryJokeWednesday I'll be looking at ten specifically proven reasons why you should be working out those frontal muscles. No I'm not talking in the gym, I'm talking LAUGHTER! +•+
•DID YOU KNOW? Smiling is a form of exercise! It takes 26 muscles to smile – so what's your reason for not being happy today!
•Some studies have reported that laughing for at least fifteen minutes can add around 2 days to your overall lifespan. Live long and… laugh!
•Believe it or not, there really is a science to laughing. In fact, the science of laughing and it’s effects on the body is referred to as Gelotology.
•Humans are not the only beings that laugh. Although less obvious to detect, many animals also experience something similar to laughter. Start watching out for your furry friends – turns out, they might actually be laughing at you after all.
•Laughing is a pretty good workout! When you laugh, you are strengthening muscles in your face, stomach, and diaphragm. It’s no substitute for the gym, but a bit of laughter does do the body good!
•Laughing can create an instant bond between individuals. When you laugh as a group or with someone else, we feel a natural connection to those people and it can alleviate some of the social stress that being around new people might create.
•Just as children laugh more than adults, surveys have shown that women tend to laugh slightly more than their male counterparts. Maybe women are really the ones with the senses of humor!
•Studies show that while individuals usually rank “appearance” as very high on their list when looking for a mate, we tend to find individuals who laugh more attractive.
•Laughter really is contagious. Ever wonder why television shows often play a “laugh track” after a funny moment? Even when we do not see where the source of the laughter is, simply hearing laughter can be contagious.
•Frequent and whole-hearted laughter actually helps your body to fight off harmful diseases. By altering the levels of cortisol in your body, laughing lowers our levels of stress and fights off things that might be harmful to us.
•Although we can force smiles and trick our brains into thinking we are happy, we cannot actually force laughter. You can emit something that sounds a lot like laughter, but you are not tricking your brain whatsoever (and you’re probably not tricking those around you either!)
•Your Brain Can Detect Fake Laughter.Your brain automatically goes to work deciphering why someone is deliberately laughing.
•Laughter functions to create social bonds.Laughing increases our short-term pain tolerance.A small dose of humor can increase immunological functioning.
•Humans can detect smiles from more than 300 feet away, which developed out of a need to be able to distinguish friend from foe.
•Smiling makes you look prettier.Studies have proven that 70% of people find smiling faces to be better-looking than faces with makeup.So keep Smilling always:)
