3 Ways Humour Works

Summary

Humour serves as a defence mechanism, promotes happiness and health, and distracts from life's tragedies, providing relief and resilience in difficult times.

Abstract

The article "3 Ways Humour Works" emphasizes the importance of laughter and smiling in coping with life's challenges. It suggests that humour acts as a shield against painful emotions, offering a pleasurable alternative that fosters positive emotions in oneself and others. The author posits that happiness, facilitated by humour, contributes to a healthier and potentially longer life. Furthermore, humour serves as a distraction from the harsh realities of our fragile existence, making life more bearable during hardships. The article encourages readers to engage with humorous content, such as the linked article "How I Once Created A Monster," to alleviate the burdens of daily life, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Opinions

Humour is seen as a valuable defence mechanism to conceal and cope with deep, often painful feelings.
The author believes that happiness, which can be induced by humour, is crucial for physical health and longevity.
Laughter and smiling are considered to have inherently positive effects on both the individual and those around them.
Humour is viewed as a means to distract from the tragic aspects of life, providing a necessary respite from suffering.
The author suggests that engaging with funny articles, like the one recommended, is an effective way to forget troubles and improve one's mental state.

It's all a bit of a laugh!

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Even in the darkest moments of our lives it seems to me that we can always find something to smile about or laugh at. And that is ever so important for a number of reasons, well, three big ones to be precise.

It is a defence mechanism which we use to hide our true deep inner feelings. And why we want so desperately to do that is because sometimes those strong feelings are very raw and painful to confront. Far better to avoid that confrontation and take refuge in something much more pleasurable and beneficial. That's because smiling and laughing always produce positive results, not only within ourselves, but within also in others.

It makes me and others happy and healthy. Like everybody I want to feel happy, for all the reasons mentioned above. However, I firmly believe that happiness also helps us to live healthier, longer lives. It is, I believe, the best medicine you can take, whatever ails you.

It distracts us from the unbearable tragedy of life. If we are not thinking about the tragedies of our fragile, all too fleeting, existence then that can only be a good thing. Happiness makes our lives bearable and supportable. Happiness helps us to get through the days of hard times, times when if we didn't laugh we would cry out in pain. And that is something we all want to avoid at all costs.

So without further ado I suggest you click on the link below, which is not only a very funny article, but it will also, at the end of this very funny piece, take you to other links to yet more funny articles.

Have a smile, have a laugh and forget all your troubles and woes, as well as those of this Covid 19 world in which we live.

3 Ways Humour Works

It's all a bit of a laugh!

How I Once Created A Monster

Forget Frankenstien, this one almost killed me with laughter