Laughter is the best medicine

By: Chris Jewell

What is Medicine?

a substance or preparation used in treating disease

something that affects well-being

Physical Health Benefits

• Boosts immunity • Lowers stress hormones • Decreases pain • Relaxes your muscles • Prevents heart disease • Burns small amounts of calories

Mental Health Benefits

• Adds joy life/ Improves mood • Eases anxiety and fear • Relieves stress • Enhances resilience

Social Benefits

• Strengthens relationships • Attracts others to us • Enhances teamwork • Helps defuse conflict

Can you describe a depressed person?

• Hunched shoulders• Eyes looking down• Slouched back• Gloomy• Doesn’t smile• Apathetic• Lack of energy

Now can you desribe a joyful person?

• Happy• Smiles and laughs a lot• Good posture• Eyes alert• Full of energy• Loving and caring• Humorous

Correlation

Everyone shows how they feel through their actions how you feel is wired through out your body and affect

physicaly, mentally, and socially you.It is obvious that Laughter is important to the human body

Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams, M.D.

• born May 28, 1945 in Washington, D.C. • American physician, social activist, and clown• He founded the Gesundheit institute in 1971. Each year he

organizes a group of volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns in an effort to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.

• His life inspired the film Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams.

Patch Adams

Gesundheit! Institute• Care is free.• Patients are treated as friends.• Ample time is given to the care interaction (e.g. initial

interviews with patients are 3 hours long).• All complementary medicine is welcomed.• The health of the staff is as important as the health of the

patients.• Care is infused with fun and play.

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erson/

I can relate to Patch

I feel as if I am misunderstood and under-estimated at times I have an “out of the box” thinking mind setI want to treat people.I love to make people laugh.

Why I Chose this subject • I have a strong passion to help every one I come in contact

with• I love to make people happy ( I cant stand when someone is

upset)• I have a strong connection with people and with kids• I care!

Ways to be happier• Laugh as much as possible • Stay positive• Count your blessings• Ask yourself is it worth getting upset over• Bring humor into converstaions• Spend time with playful people• Pay attention to children, take notes

Clowning Around!!!!

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