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    How Humor Heals Public Speaking

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    The author spent time in the hospital suffering from an ear infection and immune system problems, and was feeling depressed. Her friend, known for her sense of humor, visited and spent two hours making the author laugh. After her friend left, the author's pain was gone and her test results the next day were positive. Studies have shown that humor can change one's outlook by making problems seem less severe, and stimulate the brain to release endorphins. Laughter also triggers cardiovascular benefits similar to light exercise. While still being studied, humor appears to provide mental and physical healing benefits.

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    The author spent time in the hospital suffering from an ear infection and immune system problems, and was feeling depressed. Her friend, known for her sense of humor, visited and spent two hours making the author laugh. After her friend left, the author's pain was gone and her test results the next day were positive. Studies have shown that humor can change one's outlook by making problems seem less severe, and stimulate the brain to release endorphins. Laughter also triggers cardiovascular benefits similar to light exercise. While still being studied, humor appears to provide mental and physical healing benefits.

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    The author spent time in the hospital suffering from an ear infection and immune system problems, and was feeling depressed. Her friend, known for her sense of humor, visited and spent two hours making the author laugh. After her friend left, the author's pain was gone and her test results the next day were positive. Studies have shown that humor can change one's outlook by making problems seem less severe, and stimulate the brain to release endorphins. Laughter also triggers cardiovascular benefits similar to light exercise. While still being studied, humor appears to provide mental and physical healing benefits.

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    How Humor Heals Public Speaking

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    The author spent time in the hospital suffering from an ear infection and immune system problems, and was feeling depressed. Her friend, known for her sense of humor, visited and spent two hours making the author laugh. After her friend left, the author's pain was gone and her test results the next day were positive. Studies have shown that humor can change one's outlook by making problems seem less severe, and stimulate the brain to release endorphins. Laughter also triggers cardiovascular benefits similar to light exercise. While still being studied, humor appears to provide mental and physical healing benefits.

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    How Humor Heals

    A very good morning to the honourable judges, teachers, and


    fellow friends. My name is Nur Shahirah bt. Nazari. I’m going
    to share an interesting fact on How Humor Heals...

    I had to spend a week or so in the hospital last year. A minor ear


    infection turned into some major problems for my immune system. I
    was fairly depressed and frustrated one night after my doctor had
    given me the news that still more tests would be needed, which meant
    another few days in an uncomfortable bed with people poking and
    prodding at me.

    As I thought about it, the pain began again, and I was sure that my
    condition might only become more serious. About the time I began to
    wonder if I would ever see my own home again, my best friend from
    high school stopped by. She was, quite literally, our class clown. She
    always had great joke on the tip of her tongue. She was the mascot at
    the football games because her antics were so funny. Even now I can't
    help but smile when I think about her.

    Two hours after she left, I felt great. I had no pain when I woke up the
    next morning, and that evening, all of my test results were positive. A
    miracle? Actually, yes. Study after study has indicated that humor has
    interesting healing powers.

    One way that humor can help to heal is that it literally changes our
    outlook on life. As we laugh, we have trouble seeing life's difficulties
    the same way. Suddenly, our problems don't seem quite as bad.
    Humor allows one to distance him/herself from a painful physical or
    medical situation while also acknowledging that he or she is in such a
    situation.

    This change in perspective is a powerful healing force. Distancing


    yourself from a distressing situation allows you to view certain
    circumstances from a more objective perspective, and this can help
    you extract powerful emotions that focus on your pain or sorrow. In
    doing this, you do not reject the painful circumstances surrounding
    you, but acknowledge the reality of your situation - the good with the
    bad.

    Recent mental health studies have shown that laughter can stimulate
    areas of the brain that release endorphins, helping us to see our
    situation more clearly.
    The benefits of humor, though, aren't all mental. Humor triggers
    laughter. According to physiological studies, the laughter, in turn,
    stimulates our cardiovascular systems by increasing the rate at which
    the heart beats and contracting the muscles. In fact, one study
    suggested that laughing one hundred times per day is the equivalent
    of spending ten minutes on a rowing machine.

    The healing power of humor is wide-ranging in scope and situation.


    Though medically, the interesting healing powers of humor are still
    being studied by many scientists , humor clearly heals the spirit - a
    part of every one of us which is often neglected by medicine and
    science.

    Seeing the humor in our painful or emotional situations can free us


    from the chains we have built around ourselves, helping us to
    recognize that life is more than anger or pain or sorrow, but that it is
    full of humor and the contagious sound of laughter.

    So, in the words of the great Han Solo, "Laugh it up, fuzzball."

    Thanks you very much. Have a nice day.

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