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Humor Health Prescription – Health Tip: Humor As Anti-Depressant

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Posted on Jan 17, 2007 in Healing Power of Humor

Comedy Cure: Use Humor To Fight Depression 

It sounds like this use of humor would be obvious. — If you are down, try to find humor in your life because you feel better if you laugh.  — However, depression can be a much more complex issue than just “feeling down”. So here are a couple deeper explanations as to how humor can help with depression. 

  1. First, having something to laugh at can distract somebody from their feelings of dissappointment, guilt and lack of self-worth. A reprieve from these feelings may lead to an openess to a positive self image.
  2. Second, having a humorous perspective implies having the ability to step back from one’s immediate perception of the world and see the world through a wider lense. By cultivating this humorous outlook, one may be able to see themselves more objectively and outside their normal negative thought patterns.

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