Submitted by Patricia S on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 4:52pm.
Lauren you brought up one of the most important elements of my life – humor.Thank you for mentioning “watching funny videos”.I think when we take ourselves too seriously for too long we risk our health; mental and physical.I recently saw this website, which I found very interesting:www.happiness.co.uk.It features Dr. Robert Holden and the “Happiness Project”.He says that instead of anti-depressants doctors should be prescribing laughter.Laughter also brings about positive physiological changes, such as releasing endorphins and lowering blood pressure.
One other thing you brought up that is something I also struggle with - negative “self-talk”.The more strategies you have in place, like you do, the more likely you are to be successful in stopping the self-talk. It has always amazed and shocked me that I would say things to myself that I would never tolerate someone else saying.Actually, that realization helped me to change the habit of negative self-talk.
After reading quite a few of the class postings, it seems a fair number of us are dancing around in our kitchens and living-rooms.(We’re talking to ourselves and dancing by ourselves – good candidates for therapists…..)
Lauren you brought up one of the most important elements of my life – humor. Thank you for mentioning “watching funny videos”. I think when we take ourselves too seriously for too long we risk our health; mental and physical. I recently saw this website, which I found very interesting: www.happiness.co.uk. It features Dr. Robert Holden and the “Happiness Project”. He says that instead of anti-depressants doctors should be prescribing laughter. Laughter also brings about positive physiological changes, such as releasing endorphins and lowering blood pressure.
One other thing you brought up that is something I also struggle with - negative “self-talk”. The more strategies you have in place, like you do, the more likely you are to be successful in stopping the self-talk. It has always amazed and shocked me that I would say things to myself that I would never tolerate someone else saying. Actually, that realization helped me to change the habit of negative self-talk.
After reading quite a few of the class postings, it seems a fair number of us are dancing around in our kitchens and living-rooms. (We’re talking to ourselves and dancing by ourselves – good candidates for therapists…..)