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Laughing At Ourselves
If our own status or position is increased for some unjustifiable reason, we tend to laugh in a self-mocking manner, acting modestly. This is known as ‘Self-lowering laughter’.
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Laughter Is Relative
It is debatable whether laughter is a reflexive response to something, or is a kind of communication.
The responses of certain kinds of humour being extremely diverse suggests that laughter can be:
- A response to a sudden turn, something that surprises us or is against our expe...
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Tickle Laughter
Laughing when tickled is not reflexive and is mainly due to cognitive, emotional or social factors. There is often no tickle laughter when there is a scarcity of bonding, feeling or sensitivity.
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Laughter: A Signal For Mutual Vulnerability
Laughter may relate to our own vulnerability or of other people and could be a way to express this feeling vocally.
- Lifting Laughter: A way of positively signalling someone who made a fool of themselves that everything is okay and we all are susceptible to the same k...
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Laughing At Someone Else
When one assumes that the other person’s status, position or respect is not deserving, or is misused, the expression of mutual vulnerability, that is laughter has a corrective effect.
When we laugh at someone, we signal that the person is not better than us or is not deserving of the statu...
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Laughing At Someone Else
When one assumes that the other person’s status, position or respect is not deserving, or is misused, the expression of mutual vulnerability, that is laughter has a corrective effect.
When we laugh at someone, we signal that the person is not better than us or is not deserving of the statu...
Boosting wellbeing from laughing
More and more research shows us that the benefits of laughter are wide-ranging and easily accessible. Laughter is not just a spontaneous response to something funny and although it is a social activity it can be also self-induced.
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Hating Ourselves
"I hate myself" is a common self-talk. You really are your worst enemy, however painful this may feel.
Feelings of self-hatred and unworthiness are felt by a majority of people. Each of us has a critical inner voice filled with paranoia and suspicion. We tend to accept this self-talk and i...
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