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T
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posted April 17, 2012 05:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
by smiling

Do you want a guaranteed, easy way to improve your mood and your health? Try smiling.

Dr. William Fry, a physician and researcher, has studied humor for 20 years and found that it is good for us -- not only for our mood -- but for our health as well.

Laughter relieves stress and improves our immune system. Laughing has been described as an internal jog; massaging our inner organs and giving them a workout. Smiling exercises 14 facial muscles. When we laugh our blood pressure goes up and then comes down. We also stretch our lungs, relax our chests, and breathe easier. Laughter causes our bodies to release neurochemical compounds associated with an improved mood. When we can laugh at something, we change our perspective and our attitude.

It is hard to have a grumpy outlook when laughing. As we laugh, we momentarily distract ourselves from our problems and, perhaps, even from our physical discomfort. Life just seems to get better when we can laugh. How frequently do you laugh?

How often do you smile?

Research has found that four-year-old children smile and laugh about 400 times a day while for adults smiles and laughter decrease to only 14 times a day. Four-year-olds are often joyous, and adults are not.

What happens between childhood and adulthood? What is the difference?

Maybe, as we become serious, hard-working adults, we lose our sense of humor along with the freedom to laugh. Such a loss is unfortunate because humor can be healing.

Now you may say that you don't have much to laugh about, and this may be true. It is hard to force yourself to laugh, especially when you don't feel like it. You can, however, make yourself smile.

Forcing yourself to smile may work almost as well as laughing, at least, for changing your mood. Putting a big smile on your face sends a message to your brain that things are -- okay. If you are smiling, your brain thinks, "I must be happy!" You can fool yourself into feeling good by smiling. As your mood improves, you open yourself to new possibilities. Other people, noticing the change, respond differently to you, and soon you may be laughing as well as smiling.

Life is getting better because you smiled.

Be sure you smile today.

Smile on purpose, even if you don't feel like it. See if you can fool yourself into a good mood. --As the saying goes, "Fake it until you make it".

Intentionally smile. Laugh, if you can. It improves your mood and health.

So start smiling and see if your life doesn't begin to go better.
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Ami Anne
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posted April 17, 2012 06:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
When I am really down, I will force myself to be a crazy nut which is not hard

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Alma Sun
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posted April 17, 2012 06:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Alma Sun     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." — Friedrich Nietzsche

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Lexxigramer
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posted April 17, 2012 06:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lexxigramer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
T
Very true!

Forced/fake smiling, especially whilst looking in a mirror,
can definitely turn to real smiling!
When very very very down;
Fake laughing will lead to feeling better.
At first it seems crazy, but the more you just let yourself go nutters with it,
the more it will purge.
Laughter is very close to crying.
The fake laughing may go from that to real laughing, hysterically so, to sobbing uncontrollably.
Then a wave of peace and calm comes.
You can smile gently, and sigh, and get on with life or have a nice healing nap.


PS.
Smiling is like yawning.
One can often evoke smiles from others, anywhere,
home, or in public anywhere there are people.
I collect smiles almost everyday, always have done so.
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ariesdragon
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posted April 17, 2012 07:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ariesdragon     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for sharing T great stuff! Smiling all the time over here lol

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Desiring Shadows
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posted April 17, 2012 07:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Desiring Shadows     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you for sharing this, T!

Lets not forget that seeing happy people creates more happy people in the world!
Humor is the best medicine.
Another idea we can all try is talking to ourselves. Whenever I do this, I make myself laugh. So who knows? Haha!

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posted April 18, 2012 02:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Glad you all liked it. & yeah, it really does work!

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charmainec
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posted April 18, 2012 07:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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Aquacheeka
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posted April 18, 2012 10:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Aquacheeka     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Excellent advice!

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Ami Anne
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posted April 18, 2012 11:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ami Anne     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Last night, a guy told me a story that had me roaring. He won 3rd prize in an on line essay for the most embarrassing moments.

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posted April 18, 2012 11:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SunChild     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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posted April 19, 2012 01:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sunchild, MUST YOU HAVE??? !!!

Geezzz.....I almost fell over backwards in my chair.....thought i was going to get bitten!

Those are some choppers there!

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