There are various ways you can do to combat depression and negative thoughts, one of which is through humor or jokes. But it turns out there are many health benefits derived from humor.

Humor is known to be a panacea to relieve stress, depression or bad mood. There are several benefits of humor for one’s health, namely;

1. Humor can make relaxed
As exercises in general, humor that makes people laugh will be working to combat chronic stress that makes a person feel relaxed or relaxed. When people get the humor, it will decrease the autonomic nervous system that makes the heart more relaxed.

2. Humor can relieve pain
Dr. Elias Shaya, head of psychiatry from Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore revealed by watching a comedy or involved something akin to a joke can reduce the pain experienced by someone.

Also known someone who got stimulus humor after surgery can reduce pain and reduce the potential for drug delivery.

3. Humor can enhance the immune system
The study, led by Lee Berk and Stanley A Tan of Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Califormia in 2006 discovered two hormones, namely beta-endorphin (reduces depression) increased by 27 percent and human growth hormone / hGH (which help the immune system) increased 87 percent when watch a funny video.

This shows that humor or jokes fun can increase the body’s ability to fight viruses, foreign cells and harmful chemicals.

4. Humor reduces stress
Researchers from Loma Linda University also find humor and jokes could help reduce levels of three hormones associated with stress are cortisol (stress hormone), epinephrine (adrenaline) and also hormone dopac. Thus researchers suggest positive ways such as humor to reduce harmful stress hormones.

5. Humor reduce fear
Humor is the most fundamental happiness tool. Physiologically humor to mask her fear experienced by a person at the same time. So, humor can change one’s perspective about the painful memory of the past and replace it with happiness.