Laughter Therapy And Women: 5 Reasons Why This Technique Empowers Her
Laughter therapy is a type of psychotherapeutic technique which allows improving the physical, psychological and emotional state of people through laughter thanks to its multiple benefits.
Laughter is an innate biological response that we can already experience as babies, spontaneously or through imitation. As a person becomes an adult, their ability to laugh decreases considerably, due to multiple reasons such as daily demands, worries, stress, etc. We allow ourselves less and less to give space to play or fun “due to lack of time” or because “we are no longer old enough for it.”
At the moment in which a person immerses themselves in this system of functioning, different pathological symptoms usually begin to manifest, such as chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, irritability, low self-esteem, among many other factors, and this is when laughter therapy can be considered as a tool to eradicate/reduce all these symptoms.
Nowadays, many people come to therapy with the need to manage these situations, but in this article we are going to talk specifically about the female gender and Why laughter therapy can especially benefit women
Women are more vulnerable to suffering from emotional disorders due to biological or social reasons; They experience numerous hormonal changes, they experience experiences such as motherhood, work-life balance, menopause, and in general they tend to be more prone to worries, stress, etc.
In consultation we meet many women who feel that they “must” be effective in every possible aspect: be a good mother and balance work, grow professionally, have a good physical appearance, please others and have numerous concerns under control as a result of social pressures, insecurities, the education one has received, the beliefs one a person has on himself or on life, etc.
A lot of women They demand more from themselves than they can take on, without allowing themselves to make mistakes constantly comparing themselves, clinging to the past or the future, without a space of time for themselves, and therefore neglecting something extremely important, enjoying the present, living life.
What does a laughter therapy workshop consist of?
The fundamental objective is connect with our inner child through play, body expression dynamics and techniques that evoke laughter to leave aside our demanding part, the one that worries, the one that doesn’t have fun and represses itself.
A laughter therapy session It is done at a group level and usually lasts between one and two hours ; During this time, relaxation and stretching techniques are applied at the same time, since we exercise numerous muscles throughout the body.
Some benefits of laughter
Here you will find several examples of how laughing is good for our well-being
Reasons why laughter therapy empowers women
These are some of the ways in which laughter therapy provides autonomy and empowerment to women
On the one hand, allows you to get in touch with your most genuine part your inner child, to allow yourself to laugh, play, sing, dance… In this way tensions and worries are released.
In addition, it helps to heal self-esteem by overcoming fears such as the fear of meeting new people, of making a fool of yourself, or of being yourself, thus allowing you to improve your self-concept (the image you have of yourself). In the process, improve social and communication skills.
Laughter too helps induce positive moods, in this way it makes it possible to improve the course of depressive and anxious emotional disorders. By reducing the side effects of stress, creative capacity improves, and this allows us to find more effective solutions to daily conflicts.
On the other hand, through laughter therapy good humor and optimism are trained and you learn to relativize and take another perspective on life.
Finally, emotional bonds are generated through the therapeutic group feeling that you are not alone and that many women find themselves in similar situations.
Conclusion
Choosing laughter therapy as a therapeutic tool is giving change an opportunity, to open the doors to optimism, positivity, and fun. It is the path to happiness and longevity, without neglecting that happiness is not the absence of problems; We do not have the control to change what happens to us, but we do have the perspective and attitude with which we face them.
Author: Alba Cabello Rodríguez, psychologist, head of the Coaching, NLP and emotional intelligence area at Psicotools.
