19+ Humor In Times Of Crisis

Humor in times of crisis 03 20 2020 12 22 pm so it s been a pretty terrible week and i was feeling pretty down about the spot we are all in.

Humor in times of crisis. Support provided by srl connected educator bernadine johnson. This story was produced by zhenwei gao chloe mccarron trevor smith hannah kiyan hannad daley sanzid shamim kayla magana and marisa johnson at etiwanda high school in california. For a great example of using humor to instruct during this crisis check out. Humor has a way of cutting through people s defenses so they can hear something they might otherwise be closed off to. But humor can also help us keep things in perspective. In modern times humor offers us a third alternative. One surefire way to reduce stress is laughing which reduces stress hormones stimulates the immune system and helps stabilize blood pressure.

We have established that our current health crisis is no laughing matter and that humor can help people release feel good neurochemicals and create social bonds which are vital during these tough. In fact one medical expert says laughing 100 times. Smith says humor is a great tool to use in a crisis that helps us look at that situation in a positive way that will us deal with the crisis. In fact one medical expert says laughing 100 times a day has the same cardio benefits as a 20 minute aerobic workout. People are coping with humour in times of crisis from lampooned lyrics to entertaining eats humour joins the covid 19 fight. Just need to make sure you balance it out with other things. In prehistoric times mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations.

A surgeon friend sent me a picture meme of our surgeon general with the line first anesthesiologist surgeon general cancels all elective cases. Laughter at the time of novel coronavirus. Why do we turn to humor in times of crisis. Absolutely humor is an important coping skill. But i doubt really anyone anywhere is struggling to access other emotions like fear sadness anxiety etc. Humor lightens one s burdens inspires hopes and.