"You must laugh before you are happy, lest you die without laughing." This is what the famous Frenchman Jean de la Bruyere wrote in his book "The Natures", and it was also expressed by Schneider Aman, a member of the Federal Council, who became famous thanks to his A remarkable sense of humor when he said, "Laughter is good for your health."

With these words, the writer Veronique Dreyfus Pagano began his report in the Swiss newspaper "Letemps", calling on his readers to take a look at this wonderful existential physiological experience through the ages and different authors.

Francois Rabelais - one of the French writers of the Renaissance and also a physician - used to make his patients laugh in order to relieve them, and for this purpose he composed two novels of his most famous novels.

Medical science strongly emphasizes the therapeutic functions of laughter, both for sick children and for treating illnesses in adults (Getty Images)

Laughter therapeutic functions

The author asserts that the various medical sciences strongly emphasize the therapeutic functions of laughter, both for sick children and for the treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases.

Norman Cousins, an American journalist with a relapsing disease that was causing him excruciating pain and tried laughter therapy on himself in 1964, wrote a reference article in this regard in 1979 entitled "Anatomy of the disease from the perspective of the patient."

Cousins ​​treated himself by watching comedies that made him laugh a lot, and he noticed the physiological effects that followed as the frequency and intensity of pain decreased, and he was able to sleep.

Since then, neuroscientists have taken this issue into consideration, and have continued this serious and promising research.

The physical activity of laughter is self-liberating, stimulates the secretion of endorphins, massages the ribs and diaphragm, provides blood with oxygen, reduces stress, increases immunity, strengthens the abdominal muscles, increases optimism and promotes social integration.

For his part, Malcolm de Chazal, French thinker and artist (1902-1981), said that "Laughter is the best liver cleanser," stressing that laughter spares us a lot of bitterness.

Switching from seriousness to having a lightness of spirit is not an easy matter, as laughter sometimes requires a lot of courage (pixels)

Existential help

The author quotes the philosopher of the 18th century Nicolas Chamfour, "The days when we do not laugh are days we have wasted."

His phrase sounds a little extreme.

But it's realistic, we've all had sad or horrific days when laughing was impossible.

But the writer continues, saying that it is ironically that laughing in certain circumstances requires a lot of courage, the shift from seriousness to the lightness of spirit is not an easy matter.

But it is worth it, if you are strong enough to transcend the tragedy of the reality that surrounds us and read it otherwise.

Unfortunately, this is not always possible.

But we can always try, like Norman Cousins, and turn to others to make us laugh again, hunting for more hope.

The presence of comedians in our society is essential, they draw, speak, photograph and write in order to achieve maximum happiness (pixels)

Humor and humor

Moliere, the French poet and playwright (1622-1673), says, “It is strange for respectable people to laugh,” and Jules Renard (1864-1910) notes that “the humorist is a man in a good mood”.

At the present time, as in the past, comedians in our society are necessary, they go away from us, they draw, speak, photograph and write in order to achieve maximum happiness, and they are called "fools of kings", those who dare to speak out loud about what we think Sometimes secretly, they are the ones who open our eyes to the hard facts, and they often assert that "the truth lies in laughter."

Laughter is often necessary to refine criticism, and to pass a message between the lines.

In the United States, for example, comedians have more room to speak out than many journalists.

According to Raymond Quino, sometimes "humor is an attempt to strip big emotions from their nonsense."

We have to keep our feet on the ground, and find whenever possible a way to laugh .. There is nothing wrong with a little relaxation, let us laugh.