The Major Benefits Of Senior Citizen Comedian

By Rebecca Morris


Comedy is one type of entertainment consists of a satire and a joke, intended in making the people or the audiences laugh. In history, the Greeks and the Romans are making use of this through stage plays in which the ending is happy. In Middle Ages, comedy has being expanded not only to stage plays but also to narrative poems, consisting also of a happy ending and a lighter tone.

Laughing is considered as universal in the United States, which means that whatever your age is, whatever language you speak, or whatever physical abilities or mental abilities that you have, you can be able to laugh. Even those people who are known of not having any sense of humor may sometimes be caught laughing when hearing or watching some funny stories. As stated that whatever the age is, this article will discuss on the advantages of senior citizen comedian.

In physiological aspects of person, it has many types of benefits. These are minimizing the pain and inflammation a person may feel, reduces blood pressure, stimulate immune system, have body relaxation, and releases endorphins. According to researches, an electricity will be sweeping through the humans brain or cerebral cortex before they laugh and it proves in helping the improvement of cognitive functions through activating the different parts of a brain simultaneously.

Laughter has a lot of benefits. According to the discipline of the science of humor, the benefits can demonstrate a connection in between longevity and laughing. Laughing can lower blood pressure and also increases the the flow of blood and the intake of oxygen. All of the positive effects for the physiological aspect are being linked for decreasing the risks of having a heart attack or stroke.

And due to its ability to trigger neuro chemical endorphin release that is drug like, simply, it can help in making a person feel a lot better. It also has an anesthetic effect to the body of a person. It suppresses physical pain and causes discomfort within 2 hours only, followed by a hearty chuckle.

The ability of a person to laugh is considered to have very close ties to a positive outlook towards life. This is one very important thing when trying to protect someone on having mental health issues like depression and anxiety. So this may be a good way to help them have a positive perspective and have a stable mood throughout the day.

Being optimistic can help in improving resiliency which means having the ability on coping up with any stressful situations. Telling a joke about the changes of age may help on easing anxiety and may also help in normalizing the experiences of senior citizens. Some researchers stated that if a person has a sense of humor, he or she will more likely to live longer.

Aside from the stated benefits above about preventing mental and physical illnesses, it is also said to be a powerful medicine for chronic conditions such as Parkinson, dementia, cancer, and Alzheimer. Some topics, in general, like ethnics, religions, and minority groups are not accepted as jokes. One must always remember that it is okay to joke about yourself but not about other people.

One last tip is to know on adding humor to your day. Browse on the internet for your online resources. Through this, you may know more on some differences between humor and health.




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