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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: farahdina on November 10, 2014, 10:40:24 PM

Title: Laughter is The Best Medicine
Post by: farahdina on November 10, 2014, 10:40:24 PM
Many years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as “terminally ill”. He was given six months to live. His chance for recovery was 1 in 500. He could see the worry, depression and anger in his life contributed to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease. He wondered, “If illness can be caused by negativity, can wellness be created by positivity?”

He decided to make an experiment of himself. Laughter was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented all the funny movies he could find – Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, the Marx Brothers. (This was before VCRs, so he had to rent the actual films.) He read funny stories. He asked his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did something funny.

His pain was so great he could not sleep. Laughing for 10 solid minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several hours so he could sleep. He fully recovered from his illness and lived another 20 happy, healthy and productive years. (His journey is detailed in his book, Anatomy of an Illness.) He credits visualization, the love of his family and friends, and laughter for his recovery.

Some people think laughter is a waste of time. It is a luxury, they say, a frivolity, something to indulge in only every so often. Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we’re not well, laughter helps us get well; if we are well, laughter helps us stay that way. :) :) :)
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Post by: fatema_diu on November 26, 2014, 06:19:12 PM
nice!
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Post by: ayasha.hamid12 on December 01, 2014, 06:11:05 PM
Yes Indeed!!!!! No doubt!!! :D
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Post by: drrizona on December 06, 2014, 10:08:17 AM
Really ! so we must keep doing laughing.
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Post by: Shampa Iftakhar on December 08, 2014, 10:34:57 AM
Dear madam

This post reminds me the movie "Life is beautiful". We should
love and laugh because we are blessed with a beautiful life which
is too short.So love life and laugh as much as can.
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Post by: ummekulsum on December 08, 2014, 10:39:02 AM
There's no doubt only a smile can combat any adverse situation..only a little smiling face.. :)
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Post by: farahdina on December 10, 2014, 04:30:24 PM
Smile with innocence can win the world.......:)  :D
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Post by: Antara11 on December 14, 2014, 11:32:27 PM
Sometimes one person's smile can make others smile happily.
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Post by: hassan on December 30, 2014, 10:44:29 AM
Agree with all
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Post by: Mir Sadia Siddequa on January 09, 2015, 06:45:30 PM
What a beautiful post......  :)
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Post by: R B Habib on January 12, 2015, 10:39:38 AM
 Could not agree more :D
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Post by: abduarif on January 16, 2015, 11:46:55 AM
Great stuff! The famous magazine "Reader's Digest" runs a section with the same name and whenever I find some time to spare, I read that section. It relieves my stress.
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Post by: Afroza Akhter Tina on February 07, 2015, 01:20:42 PM
Really interesting to know  :)