The ObservatoryHumor log
Notice the humor in your everyday life, try a lighter reappraisal of something small that has chafed, and seek shared laughter.
How it works
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There are moments when laughter bubbles up as a pure reflex, not because the situation is funny but because it is too hard to take in. I have experienced it several times: I tell about a painful experience and hear mysel …
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Why does it work?
Humor can dampen negative emotions, among other ways through distraction and reappraisal (Strick et al., 2009), and shared laughter is linked to a higher pain threshold (Dunbar et al., 2012). The support comes mostly from short laboratory studies and not from treatment studies, and humor does not replace working through what hurts.
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