How many times in your life you have heard the phrase »Laughterprolongs life »? Somehow we always blindly believe and believe the truth in the High Court all the proverbs and phrases commonly used. Our mother was a child said that this folk wisdom, backed by the experience of people. But the current state of things shows that not all people can be trusted, even if they are in the majority. Is there any truth in these words?

Referring to yet another unpretentious proverb: »Trust, but verify.» In fact, a detailed analysis of the effect of laughter on life expectancy and engage in this article.

In my opinion, if such an effect exists,it can be expressed in two components: improvement / deterioration of the physical and psychological state of the person. Reviewing a decent amount of literature, including medical subject, I concluded that my question has puzzled many minds, even written scholarly works on the subject. But serious scholars of British and Californian universities conducting research in the field of Laughter (so called this direction). So, what conclusions I have made on the basis of the data obtained.

Indeed, the physical condition of the personmay improve with the help of laughter. During laughter (I'm talking about full-fledged good laugh, not cute smile), involves the abdominal muscles (the press), the shoulder region, the cervical spine. There is a reduction of the whole muscle mass, which is equivalent to exercise. With laughter and facial muscles are involved, who are constantly working - a good prevention of wrinkles. Furthermore, when a person laughs, it breathes more deeply and that contributes to improving the oxygen saturation of the internal organs. When blood oxygen saturation of the blood vessels dilate, blood pressure comes back to normal. If you are tormented by headaches, something from it so you can get rid of with the help of laughter. Of course, laughter - not a panacea for all ills and to pump myself cubes press or hypertension need to laugh to win the day and night, always and everywhere. And as stated in another famous saying »laugh for no reason - sign fool», you should consider, whether it is to choose this method of therapy. But daily laughter prevention, definitely will not be superfluous.

Now touch on more serious and plausiblepart of our mini-study - a psychological component. Laughter - it is also a mental process. During laughter, as the action of increased emotional arousal, secretes endorphins, and it helps to balance the human psychological condition, not in vain it is called »the hormone of happiness.»

Referring to one of the studies conductedon the basis of the aforementioned University of California. Gaining a group of 100 people, professional psychologists have tested people before the start of the experiment, after they were given to show some fun video, that is, people were forced to laugh, and then tested again. According to the results of the initial test in 50% of people (51 people) psychologists diagnosed with depression, 42 people were in a state of extreme confusion, 79 people, psychologists have revealed extreme fatigue. The tests also carried out after watching the videos showed that 98 people left signs of depression, 89 were completely relaxed and liberated, and only four people were tired after watching the videos. These results lead to the conclusion that laughter actually improves mental health and creates an optimistic view of the future.

On my own I would have reshaped this conclusion and said,It would not only laugh, but in general, positive emotions help people cope with the psychological problems. Turning to the question posed at the outset, I want to agree with the fact that laughter prolongs life. Perhaps this is a bit exaggerated statement, but the general sense of the phrase, which we mean when she voiced, really seems to be true.