Give Your Mood a Boost — With Laughter!
Give Your Mood a Boost — With Laughter!
By: RUNA CHATTERJEE, Chief Life Officer at Cloverleaf Care
I have been encountering a lot more loneliness amongst the elderly in these last few months. Being homebound can cause loneliness and depression. Not surprising that such feelings have become so prevalent since the lockdown started.
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It got me thinking. Surely, there must be a way to uplift our spirits if we were feeling down — even if we are homebound. And guess what I found — there are classes offered for the purpose of laughing! Laughter yoga. Well, it is said that “Laughter is the best medicine!”. Laughing is almost like exercising — we stretch muscles throughout our face and body when we laugh, our pulse and blood pressure both go up. We breathe faster, sending more oxygen throughout our body and give our body an instant boost.
But we don’t need science to tell us that laughter makes us feel better, do we? A good hearty laugh can immediately lift our spirits. Sharing laughter with loved ones and friends can make our lives feel lighter and brighter.
In this spirit, here is a joke to bring you a dose of laughter!
“My memory is gone Mildred, so I changed my password to ‘incorrect’. That way when I log in with the wrong password, the computer will tell me… “Your password is incorrect.”
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