Laughter, the best medicine

A good phrase to tinker about lately, all thanks to the continuous laughing disease that GL contracted, as well as the huge and thunderous laughter from Colin that can be heard from Thailand over on Friday night. Laugh for all you can, because it really helps to one to relax. But the tearing is just too much la. Lol.

Well, I can really say that I don’t laugh that much. Precisely that’s why I worry too much in life. But in this society, one couldn’t help but worry no matter how much you manage to hilariously blurt it out. Well, laughter is a mechanism in everyone, and laughter is a universal human vocabulary that everyone speaks laughter in pretty much the same way.

After going through some interesting facts about laughter, I realised that laughter can also help to relieve stress. It’s like a therapy. In description, humor therapy is the use of humor for the relief of physical or emotional pain and stress. It is used as a complementary method to promote health and cope with illness. Good? I guess so. Perhaps hanging out with friends might be as good as it gets.

Our phrases might include “laugh till I die” or “die laughing”. What if it is for real? Literally speaking, if one dies of laughter, it means that he must have suffered something like asphyxiation that is caused by the inability of the thoracic diaphragm to expand or contract fully. One of the main processes of laughter involves the continuous expansion and contraction of the thoracic diaphragm, bringing in and releasing air into and from lungs. It is possible to overexert and strain this muscle to where it becomes too weak to perform normally.

Funny right? Try laughing and see whether you die. Literally.

Of course there are other side effects like maybe a heart attack or something, but this is by all means, the most natural way to die – die by the nature of laughing. Woo hoo.

And I still wonder how Colin manage to laugh so freaking loud. Even a lion’s roar is softer la. LOL.

Pic of the Day: Go ahead and Laugh. LOL. =)