While laughter may not be the cure it certainly can reduce symptoms of burnout. If you’re experiencing a lack of enthusiasm and interest, have some cynical thoughts regarding patients and feel ineffective with what you’re doing, Take A Laughter Break. Check out this video of four laughing babies. There are many more ways to access laughter through the internet.
You know that there are many medicines which aren’t cures and don’t work alone.
Laughter provides you with an opportunity to connect with joy and amusement, increasing your positivity. Also, laughter is pro-social. Did you ever start giggling with others even if you weren’t sure what the funny part was? There is a contagion effect with laughter. If doctors and nurses are going to be accused of spreading anything, laughter in the right contexts might not be so bad.
The momentary relief of burnout symptoms which occurs with laughter can spread within you too; the physical act of laughing impacts your brain and neurochemistry, providing you with a more positive attitude. This shift helps you to see more aspects of a situation and allows you to connect with others more easily. From an evolutionary view, this has an adaptive value raising the potential of a collective group, and decreasing problems associated with isolation.* What will the impact of your laughter be?
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By the way, laughter is my favorite form of chest PT. So in case you, your family or others are experiencing the common winter URI symptoms, here’s another recommendation you can make for them. Those deep long laughing spells really get the congestion in the lungs moving.
*Fredrickson, Barbara, Positive Psychology researcher at UNC
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