Laughter provides numerous health benefits such as relieving stress, boosting the immune system, and easing pain. It helps improve mood by reducing depression and anxiety. While life can be difficult, finding ways to laugh even during serious situations and spending time with others who make you laugh can both benefit your health according to various scientific studies.

1. Laughter IS the Best
Medicine
HOW LAUGHTER IS BENEFICIAL TO
YOUR HEALTH
Written By Lauren Morris
Created for AdLib Theatre

2. At AdLib Theatre we love laughing together and now
science is backing us up!
From Georgia State University, Psychology Today, and
even the Mayo Clinic, studies are showing how laugther
is some of the best medicine out there!
Here are 6 ways laughter is good for your health:

3. Helps to Relieve Stress
Laughter relieves physical tension and stress,
leaving your muscles relaxed for up to 45
minutes after.
http://bit.ly/ForbesandLaugh

4. Improves your immune system
We are learning more every day how negative thoughts
actually trigger chemical reactions and bring more stress
to your body. The result, a weaker immune system. The
flip side is that positive thoughts and laugther release
chemicals that fight stress and it’s believed even more
serious ilnesses. Laughter makes you healthy!

5. Relieves pain
Laughter may ease pain by causing the body to
produce its own natural painkillers.
http://news.gsu.edu/2016/09/15/laughter-based-exercise-program-health-
benefits-georgia-state-researchers-find/

6. Improves your mood
People experience all kinds of mood and we know many
of us experience depression.
Turns out laughter helps ease depression and anxiety
and you feel happier and in a better mood!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200011/the-science-laughter

7. Finding ways to laugh at yourself
Life is difficult. We can find ourselves in very serious
situations. Science is telling us to find ways to laugh at
these situations. Even if we are forcing it, there are
benefits to laughing. It helps ease difficult times.
Going to a comedy show is one sure way to start
laughing. Taking an improv class, well that will definitely
get you laughing at silly life situations. Seriously, try it out
and do your body good!

8. Laughter is better with others
Spending time with others who make you laugh is good
for you. Looking to figure out how to do just that? Improv
classes put people just like you into the same room and
together they share funny stories and jokes and the
laughter follows. Before you know it, you are feeling
better. Hey, it’s science!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-
lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-
relief/art-20044456

9. Join us and together let's have a laugh!
To learn more about improv and how to get started visit
www.adlibcomedy.com.