How do you think laughter helps us heal our sadness?

Question

How do you think laughter helps us heal our sadness?

Answer 1

Does it?  I don't think it does.  Just momentarily divert me perhaps but real healing need more than than.  It has to come from within, from getting to terms with whatever it is that has caused ones' sadness.  

But laughter sure is a great medicine.  As one here said, it releases endorphins that gives feelings of happiness - I agree with her.  Physiologically, it happens, emotionally, it is a different thing altogether.

Answer 2

it just happen..

PEACE =D

Answer 3

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

i still feel sad :(

Answer 4

Endorphins - it's all about the endorphins.  All emotion is a chemical release in the brain. By releasing chemicals in the brain that create happiness, it helps neutralize the chemicals in the brain that cause sadness.  If you are going through a personal crisis, you may not be able to get rid of the sad chemicals, but you can help control them a little with exercise, laughter, and other activities that release happy endorphins.

Answer 5

Well, to some extent, yes :)

But a good and strong support network plays a part too :)  Coz they are my pillar of strength...

*Peace*

Answer 6

Just a temporary reprieve.

And not unless the real issue that causes the sadness is resolved.

Healing process takes time and we have to want to heal.

However, any distraction that takes our mind off the problem and gives us some breathing space is still better than none.

Answer 7

No its only for a short period. For me i usally pray, read the bible, listen to some music...that heals my sadness :-)

Answer 8

yup  

Answer 9

It does.... but sometimes only for a while

Answer 10

because laughter is the best medicine... it heals evrything including sadness...

but if hisap ganja.. ppl tend to laugh more.. so ganja is medicine la???

Answer 11

....yes momentarily...it gives space for the brain to think....to deliberate and solve our problems....

Answer 12

It cannot entirely heal our sadness.  It only helps us to forget, for a moment, our sadness.

Laughter may be the best medicine but it cannot lessen the problems we face daily in our lives.  Although it helps us to survive; with a little laughter in our lives, it is like sunshine on a rainy day.  

Answer 13

we laugh if we are feeling happy...when we are happy we are not sad... no one laugh when they are sad...unless they have a weird way of crying. heheh...anywho...I love to laugh...it makes me forget all the sadness around me...

Answer 14

It's no secret that without sadness we could not feel joy.  They are flip sides of the same thing.  When we laugh we bring the joy closer and put the sadness in perspective.  It doesn't go away....but maybe we can look at it from farther away,

Answer 15

because it counteracts the sadness it turns the frown upside down and its healthy to laugh and be  happy. sadness surpresses the immune system so just think what happiness does for the body.

Answer 16

hahaha...laugh with the one u love...

it helps a lot..

but if the one u love is the one who make u sad...how?

he he he....

cholocolate will help me !

Answer 17

nah........i think sleep can make it

Answer 18

yes definitely...

Answer 19

Look at me, hapi hapi hooray, free medicine some more

Answer 20

I laugh when I'm sad. I cry when I'm happy.

Answer 21

Erm... for me, laughter gives us distance; it allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on...

However, i dont laugh when im sad. I pray... like 5 times a day without miss. Plus solat hajat, taubat, baca yassin and et cetera. And what a miracle...it always works.. No need to laugh like crazy...Just say ur prayers.

Answer 22

help us to forget the sadness for some period, just to distract.

Answer 23

I think it just distracts us