Enhanced Ability » People http://www.enhancedability.co.uk ... building on excellence Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Laughing Therapy http://www.enhancedability.co.uk/2009/07/laughing-therapy/ http://www.enhancedability.co.uk/2009/07/laughing-therapy/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:49:56 +0000 admin http://www.enhancedability.co.uk/?p=133 One of the earliest forms of therapy is getting a patient to laugh is. There are many parts to laughter, but one of the main aspects has something to do with surprise. The punchline of a joke has some sort of a twist, which surprises you. Because of this unpredicted twist, it is funny. The contrary is a person who is so serious has been worked on so hard by life that the become surprised by nothing, therefore they do not laugh. The surprise aspect occurs because of predictability. The person who does not laugh has no intentions at predicting anything. A person who laughs, does.

How can this be fixed?

Have yourself imagine yourself laughing. You probably laughed out loud if you did. Good. Now imagine lots of people around you laughing. Contagious isn’t it? If it isn’t, alternate imagining yourself laughing and others laughing around you.

Now just start laughing. Good! Keep laughing. Great!

Now repeat laughing until you are satisfied that you can enjoy a good laugh without any reason whatsoever!

Laugh and laugh heartily everyday. Heard a good joke? Tell your friends or family about it. As they say, laughter is the best medicine.

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