Laughter is a powerful (and free!) medicine that you’re not taking enough of. Sharing a genuine laugh with a friend or co-worker can be enough to brighten our day, no matter how down-and-out we feel. Laughter is a stress-reducer, immunity-booster, heart-helper, and confidence-builder. Read on to learn more about the surprising benefits of humor.
笑是療效最好的藥（且免費(fèi)），怎么用也不會(huì)夠。無(wú)論我們感覺(jué)自己的情緒有多么低落，和朋友或同事分享一下快樂(lè)的笑聲足以讓我們開(kāi)心一整天。笑是減壓器，笑是免疫助推器，笑是心臟輔助器，笑是自信生成器。閱讀下文來(lái)多了解一下幽默帶給我們的驚人好處。

1. Laughter stimulates your full body.
笑刺激全身肌肉

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.” — Audrey Hepburn
“我喜歡別人逗我笑，老實(shí)說(shuō)我最喜歡笑，笑能治百病，對(duì)于我們每個(gè)人，笑可謂是最重要的。”—奧黛麗·赫本

Feeling exhausted? A laugh can provide you with a full-body wake-up call that will help you feel energized and refreshed. Laughing will boost your oxygen intake and release endorphins, the feel-good hormones that make you happy.
感覺(jué)疲憊不堪？笑可以叫醒全身肌肉的活力讓你感覺(jué)精力充沛、神清氣爽。笑會(huì)增加氧的攝入量并釋放多巴胺，這是一種讓人感覺(jué)良好的荷爾蒙，讓人感覺(jué)開(kāi)心快樂(lè)。

2. Laughter makes you feel better.
笑讓人感覺(jué)心情舒暢

“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” — Charlie Chaplin
“笑是補(bǔ)藥，是緩解和終止痛苦的靈藥。”—查理·卓別林

Have you ever been super stressed at work or school, maybe because everyone is being mean today or you have an exam coming up that you’re not even close to ready for, but then a friend told you a hilarious joke or story that made you laugh so hard you almost wet yourself? It is amazing how much better an explosive laugh can make us feel, especially if it’s totally out of the blue!
你曾有過(guò)這種情況吧？當(dāng)你在工作或?qū)W習(xí)上超有壓力時(shí)，或許因?yàn)榻裉齑蠹胰巳硕继貏e刻薄，或是你馬上就要考試了卻還沒(méi)有開(kāi)始備考，但朋友給你講了個(gè)超搞笑的笑話或故事卻讓你笑得不行。爆笑會(huì)讓我們感覺(jué)超棒，尤其是在爆笑后，低落情緒煙消云散的感覺(jué)。

3. Laughter increases your immunity.
笑可以增強(qiáng)免疫力

“Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine.” — George Gordon Byron
“當(dāng)笑則笑，笑是廉價(jià)的良藥?！薄獑讨巍じ甑恰ぐ輦?

Negative stress causes chemical reactions in your body that decrease your immunity, making it more likely you will get sick. A hearty laugh fuels your immune system with disease-fighting powers that will help you stay healthy and energetic.
負(fù)面壓力會(huì)引起身體發(fā)生化學(xué)反應(yīng)，免疫力下降，更有可能會(huì)生病。大笑能增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng)抵抗疾病的免疫力，有助于保持身體健康精力充沛。

4. Laughter promotes heart health.
笑促進(jìn)心臟健康

“A sense of humor … is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” — Hugh Sidey
“幽默感需要武裝。內(nèi)心快樂(lè)笑掛嘴邊是一個(gè)人深度領(lǐng)悟生活真諦的標(biāo)志?！薄荨の鞯履?

Laughter reduces blood pressure and improves blood flow, which will in turn reduce your odds of suffering a stroke or heart attack.
笑能降血壓并改善血液循環(huán)，進(jìn)而降低中風(fēng)或心臟病發(fā)作的幾率。

5. Laughter helps you stress less.
笑可以減壓

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut
“應(yīng)對(duì)挫折和疲憊有哭有笑反應(yīng)各異，我喜歡笑，因?yàn)樾^(guò)后至少不用清理自己?！薄獛?kù)爾特·馮內(nèi)古特

Have you ever been so frustrated with your day that you wanted to curl up in a ball and cry? I doubt anyone can honestly say, “No,” to that question because we’ve all been there, but why not laugh instead? How happy you are in life has less to do with how you act than it does how you react (and your reaction is always a choice, so keep it positive).
你曾在失望至極的那一天很想哭作一團(tuán)吧？我相信大家都會(huì)誠(chéng)實(shí)地回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題“是”，因?yàn)槲覀兌加羞^(guò)這樣的遭遇，可是為何不以笑來(lái)取而代之呢？在生活中你有多快樂(lè)與你的行為關(guān)系不大，卻與你的反應(yīng)有很大關(guān)系（而且你的反應(yīng)始終是個(gè)選擇，所以可以選擇保持積極的態(tài)度）。

6. Laughter increases connection with others.
笑會(huì)增加與別人多交流的機(jī)會(huì)

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” — Victor Borge
“笑最能拉近兩個(gè)人的距離。”—維托·埔柱

Going on a first date with a guy or girl you have a maximum crush on? Relieve your nerves and increase the odds that you bond by doing something that will make you laugh. That could be a funny movie, comedy night, ski-ball, roller-coasters, or whatever your idea of “fun” might be.
和你最有感覺(jué)的男生或女生第一次約會(huì)？多找樂(lè)兒來(lái)緩解緊張氣氛，可以拉近你們之間的聯(lián)系?？锤阈﹄娪啊⒖聪矂⊙莩?、滑雪球、過(guò)山車，總之做讓人感覺(jué)“快樂(lè)輕松”的娛樂(lè)性活動(dòng)。

7. Laughter burns calories.
笑能減肥燃燒熱量

“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.” — Robert Frost
“如果我們不笑我們都會(huì)瘋掉?！薄_伯特·弗羅斯特

Don’t go skipping your workouts because of this, but laughter could offer a small assist to your fitness plan. Laughing raises your heart rate and caloric expenditure, resulting in about 10-40 calories burned over 15 minutes of laughter according to a study by the International Journal of Obesity.
不要因?yàn)檫@樣就不健身鍛煉了，但笑聲對(duì)你的健身計(jì)劃可以幫個(gè)小忙。據(jù)《國(guó)際肥胖期刊》上的一項(xiàng)研究報(bào)告，大笑能提高心率并消耗熱量，笑超過(guò)15分鐘的時(shí)間約消耗10-40卡路里熱量。

8. Laughter boosts mood and confidence.
笑可以提高情緒增加自信

“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.” — Bob Newhart
“笑給我們留下空間。我們得以退一步進(jìn)行處理再繼續(xù)前進(jìn)?！薄U勃·紐哈特

Confident people have an interesting ability: no matter how badly they mess up, they are able to laugh at themselves, handling any mistake in their stride as if it’s no big deal. Learning to laugh at yourself will help you develop an ability to improvise through any bone-headed decision you might make (thus minimizing stress, wasted time, and damage done).
自信的人具備這樣一種能力讓人感覺(jué)很有意思：無(wú)論身陷困境有多嚴(yán)重，他們會(huì)以自嘲的態(tài)度，對(duì)棘手問(wèn)題處理起來(lái)好像沒(méi)什么大不了的。學(xué)會(huì)自嘲會(huì)幫你培養(yǎng)一種能力，在可能做出一些低級(jí)決定時(shí)會(huì)即興發(fā)揮（從而將壓力、浪費(fèi)的時(shí)間和傷害減少到最低）。

9. Laughter can help you get through difficult times.
笑能助你度過(guò)難關(guān)

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” — Bill Cosby
“幽默可以軟化生活上所遭遇到的最嚴(yán)重的打擊。無(wú)論多么痛苦的遭遇，一旦訴諸于笑的神奇力量，你就可以堅(jiān)持下來(lái)?！薄葼枴た妓贡?

All of life’s junk — break-ups, bad days, car accidents, family drama, relationship problems, you name it — seem worse while we’re dealing with them in real-time. Keep the events of every day in perspective by asking yourself the question, “Is this really a big deal in the grand scheme of things?” If the source of stress isn’t something you’ll remember next week/month/year, lighten up. Search for the humor or irony in the situation and laugh it off. Smile (because you deserve to be happy)!
生活中的所有不順心的事——情侶分手、心情不好、遭遇車禍、家庭問(wèn)題、情感問(wèn)題，這些我們生活中總要處理的不幸遭遇。堅(jiān)持每天問(wèn)自己對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題的態(tài)度和看法：“真的就是一件非常了不得的大事嗎？” 如果這份壓力在下周、下個(gè)月、明年你就不記得了，那就讓自己輕松起來(lái)。以幽默或諷刺的方式一笑了之。笑！你值得擁有！?