What was the last thing that made you laugh?

Posted on Jul 10th, 2007 by

Ian

This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for July 10, 2007:

Yesterday afternoon was the last big laugh (although I find lots of amusement in many situations).

The thing is, we can make ourselves laugh. I was with a client who gets easily depressed and upset. I asked her when she last had a good laugh and she looked at me as though I was mad ...

So I asked her to laugh, force it if necessary. I did the same. Before long even a forced laugh becomes a real one, as the endorphins flood the system. So even a forced laugh is good for you.

You can easily test this right now. Just start laughing. Go on, you know you want to ... BOO!

And if anyone asked what you're laughing at ... just keep going ... see how long it is before they're laughing too.