{"id":12605,"date":"2024-05-10T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:13:39","slug":"laughter-and-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12605","title":{"rendered":"Laughter and Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Remember “Esperanto”? No worries, nobody else does either.<\/p>\n

This was supposed to be a universal 2nd language for planet Earth, created to tie us all together. How do you say “face-plant” in Esperanto?<\/p>\n

Fortunately for us, we already have a universal form of communication that extends across all languages, all time, and all cultures. It’s called laughter.<\/p>\n

Laughter is truly the universal language of joy.<\/p>\n

It has a remarkable power to forge deep connections among people. Just add a genuine smile and a little disarming laughter, and suddenly you’ve broken down linguistic, cultural, and even personal barriers to help bind people together (link: for a little light reading<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cLaughter is the closest distance between two people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~ Victor Borge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

But it also shows a glimpse of authenticity.<\/p>\n

When we laugh, we momentarily let down our guards and reveal a genuine part of ourselves. This vulnerability encourages others to do the same, creating a safe space for emotional connection.<\/p>\n

That’s on the psychology side.<\/p>\n

On the neurochem side, laughter triggers the release of neurochemicals like oxytocin, called the “bonding hormone,” which enhances feelings of trust and empathy. You’re really going to need that to create any kind of connection between individuals.<\/p>\n

In group settings, shared laughter establishes a positive feedback loop. As one person’s laughter resonates, it triggers more laughter from others, creating an infectious cycle of mirth that amplifies the sense of togetherness.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/h3>\n

Basically, laughter reinforces our shared humanity, reminding us that beneath the veneer we display to the world — that thin outer skin of our learned postures and affected stances — we all experience joy and amusement in this universal language, which is so powerful it needs no syntax or grammar … only each other.<\/p>\n

\n

Pls pay this idea forward. Someone may need this message and benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember “Esperanto”? No worries, nobody else does either. This was supposed to be a universal 2nd language for planet Earth, created to tie us all together. How do you say … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[559],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/connections_between_friends.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-3hj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2571,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2571","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":0},"title":"Aping Laughter","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Laughter is a serious subject. Really.In fact, this article shows us that laughter is kind of like language. It is one of the traits uniquely shared by we advanced primates (chimps, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans).And ... I'm just thinking here ... if the ability to let out a good solid\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2589,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2589","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":1},"title":"No Joke … Laughter Loves The Heart","author":"Will Clower","date":"April 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"If you could bottle laughter, and prescribe it to patients, you would make a gazillion dollars.According to this report, laughing (basically) gets rid bad chemicals and encourages good ones.Dr. Lee Berk, at the Oak Crest Health Research Institute in Loma Linda, assigned 20 adults with type 2 diabetes, average age\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12602,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12602","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":2},"title":"The connection between your immune\u2026","author":"Will Clower","date":"November 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The connection between your immune system and laughter is not humerus (that's your arm bone), it's humorous (that's funny). But -- just to be anatomically correct -- a humorous humerus is simply your funny bone. Aaaaand moving on. You know that laughter and good humor create the neurochemical daiquiri in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Brain Health"","block_context":{"text":"Brain Health","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=560"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/man_happy_immune_cells_fighting_illness.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/man_happy_immune_cells_fighting_illness.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/man_happy_immune_cells_fighting_illness.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/man_happy_immune_cells_fighting_illness.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/man_happy_immune_cells_fighting_illness.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12594,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12594","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":3},"title":"Laughter. It’s No Laughing Matter.","author":"Will Clower","date":"October 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Funnily enough, scientists study laughter now. A lot. And one of the key findings is that laughter has a buffering effect on mental and emotional struggles like Burnout and even PTSD! In other words, laughter helps you to distance yourself emotionally from the stressful event(s) that just happened. When you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/laughing_construction_worker.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/laughing_construction_worker.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/laughing_construction_worker.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/laughing_construction_worker.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/laughing_construction_worker.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12021,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12021","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":4},"title":"5 Wellbeing Benefits of Laughter","author":"Will Clower","date":"February 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"If \"laughter is the best medicine\", then what are those symptoms that laughter would be improving? The number of positive benefits in the body may surprise you! 1. The University of Oxford showed that laughing can actually increase pain tolerance. This may be because a good solid belly laugh releases\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adorable baby laughing","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Baby-Laughing.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Baby-Laughing.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Baby-Laughing.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Baby-Laughing.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Baby-Laughing.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12599,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12599","url_meta":{"origin":12605,"position":5},"title":"The #1 Way To Spritz Yourself With Happy Brain Chemicals","author":"Will Clower","date":"November 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In my former life as a neuroscientist, I would stimulate specific areas of the brain to map the behaviors stored within its neuronal networks. Others have more extensively explored regions that control all aspects of behavior: movement, speech (speaking it, and understanding it), feelings, memories, even religious spirituality (link: for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/positive_happy_neurochemicals_of_the_brain.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/positive_happy_neurochemicals_of_the_brain.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/positive_happy_neurochemicals_of_the_brain.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/positive_happy_neurochemicals_of_the_brain.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/positive_happy_neurochemicals_of_the_brain.png?fit=1092%2C612&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12607,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12605\/revisions\/12607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}