Sivakumar Thiyagarajan on comedy

Sivakumar Thiyagarajan has heard people talk about alternative medicine and they mostly talk about plants, crystals, needles, maybe some bugs and leeches, but few realize that jokes, humor and comedy are truly medicines, in their own right. It has long been established that optimists live longer than pessimists, but now there is some hard evidence that people with a better sense of humor also have longer and healthier lives.

Sivakumar Thiyagarajan believes your stay healthy plan should include a joke and a 20-minute comedy show, to go with the broccoli and carrots. Sivakumar Thiyagarajan is aware of almost all cities having various associations and physicians specializing in the so-called therapeutic humor, who are still investigating the roles of laughter in our lives.

Sivakumar Thiyagarajan believes the most obvious of these roles is that related to the social life - jokes often allow people to connect and to bond, and sharing a good laughter is a good method to integrate in a team, to get along with the coworkers, neighbors and so on. This function is vital from the point of view of mental health, since it reduces loneliness and, with it, depression and other problems associated with it.

Sivakumar Thiyagarajan considers that you don't have to be trained in stand-up comedy in order to say something funny, sometimes all you need is a change of perspective or the courage to make fun at your own expense. Sivakumar Thiyagarajan finds humor an invaluable asset in crisis situations, when it helps us calm down and reduce the levels of stress.

Sivakumar Thiyagarajan is aware of recent research suggesting that laughter influences more than our mental framework, it actually has a positive effect on the physical aspect as well. Sivakumar Thiyagarajan suggests that if you decide to use laughter as a therapeutic method, the first obvious thing is that there are no harmful side effects, and you've got nothing to lose. Sivakumar Thiyagarajan believes that you can actually improve your sense of humor in time, same as any other skill or ability, by constant training and exposure to jokes and comedy.