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The Benefits of Laughter by MS

Introduction:

When is the last time you truly laugh out loud till you feel like your stomach might burst out or your cheeks are about to fall out of place or your tears might just roll out like a fountain?

Today is the third of March in the year of 2016. Time flies as we are breathing now and in the blink of an eye, we are in the third month of the year, already!

I still remember clearly, last Tuesday evening, me and my closest friend went to disturb people inside the quiet room at the library; who are doing works simply because we have nothing to do at that moment. I know, we are never nice anyway. We met with one of our friend and till then, the whole conversation which lasted for about 4 hours were just full of laughter. That was the most recent time when I truly laugh out loud, I felt like I almost rolling on the floor to laugh even comfortably. Oh yes, that room was almost ours!

What about you? When is the last time you laugh? I mean, not ha or heheh but LOL?

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My name is Mieza Shafieza Mohd Fuad and I am delighted to be here today to talk about The Benefits of Laughter.

Moving on to the facts now, boring I know but bear with me for awhile yeah. So the benefits of laughter, according to helpguide.org website (A trusted non-profit guide to mental health and well-being), are divided into three different categories which are physical health benefits, mental health benefits and social benefits.

For the first category, physical health benefits as we all know, it involves us physically. There are five benefits of laughter for our physical health. Laughter boosts immunity, lowers stress hormones, decreases pain, relaxes your muscles and prevents heart diseases.

Laughter is a powerful antidote to stress, pain and conflict. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh.

Next, laughter can also benefits you mentally. Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hopes and keeps you grounded, focused and alert.

There are also five benefits of laughter for our mental health. Laughter adds joy and zest to life, eases anxiety and fear, relieves stress, improves mood and enhances resilience.

Laughter makes you feel good. And the good feeling that you get when you laugh remains with you even after the laughter subsides. Humor helps you keep a positive, optimistic outlook through difficult situations, disappointments and loss.

Last but not the least important, laughter is socially beneficial. Laughter really is contagious. Just hearing laughter primes your brain and readies you to smile and join in the fun. The sound of roaring laughter is far more infectious than any cough, sniffle or sneeze.

There are five tops benefits of laughter in social context. Laughter strengthens relationships, attracts others to us, enhances teamwork, helps defuse conflict and promotes group bonding.

When laughter is shared, it binds people together and increases happiness and intimacy. This might sound hypocrite but who cares. Have you ever just join your friends or crowd, laugh along but truth is you don’t even know what they’re talking about or you might just don’t get their jokes? But you laugh anyway? Have you been in such situation?

Now that applies just right for social benefits. We probably never thought of the ability to laugh easily and frequently, have so much power to heal and renew ourselves right? Well it does.

Conclusion:

Now, I have talked for about 10 minutes more or less and I believe I should stop here before I babble a lot more. Trust me, I am beyond talkative and it’s getting harder since I’m quite comfortable in my position now, speaking and laughing in front of you.

Before I excuse myself, allow me to recap everything about my speech today. I talked about when was the last time I laughed hard. I talked about the benefits of laughter which falls into three categories. Can someone tell me what are they?

Right, they are physical health, mental health and also social benefits. And inside these three main categories, there are examples I have given to you guys too.

I hope everyone of you now, realize that laughing so hard is actually good. People might label us crazy, loud, weird teenagers (I’m still a teen okay so me too!) but who cares? We are living in the environment where being loud is almost rude as an individual but we still do anyway. The most important thing is, as long as we know, the benefits of laughter win over any judgmental comments. Then ignorance is a bliss!

With that, I thank you for your time and attention. Remember to laugh more often! Next time when you see me, laugh at me alright? But don’t get offensive if I just ignore you LOL!

My name is Mieza Shafieza Mohd Fuad. Assalamualaikum and have a good day ahead! Thank you. J