HI LEONARD;
"There are three ways humor and laughter help us when life gets bumpy," says Steve Sultanoff, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and president of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor. "The first is that humor gives us perspective and changes the way we see the world," allowing us to positively change our attitudes when the going gets rough. Secondly, humor changes our cognitive state, which is directly related to our physical well-being. You can't experience humor and be distressed at the same time, Sultanoff says. Finally, humor triggers laughter, which gives us that internal workout Cousins spoke about
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