Your immune system is ready for anything you can throw at it. But it can only handle so much.
Stress has a significant effect on your immune system. During stress, a series of events release cortisol, adrenaline, and other stress hormones from the adrenal gland. Together they help your body cope with stress. Normally, cortisol is helpful because it decreases the inflammation in the body that results from the immune responses caused by stress.
But if a person is chronically stressed, stress hormones can affect the way the body functions over time. This increases your risk of health problems, including:
It’s important to find healthy ways to deal with your stress. This will decrease your risk of long-term stress and its related health problems. Some good ways to reduce stress include:
Laughter helps your immune system
The saying goes that laughter is the best medicine, and there’s truth to that. Laughter releases dopamine and other feel-good chemicals in the brain, all of which can help decrease stress.
Twenty minutes of laughter a day may not keep the doctor away, but it may help keep your immune system working properly.
Create a sense of humour, be funny and laugh.