There’s a reason I keep stupid, funny clips on my website and saved on my phone within easy reach.
Laughter is one of the fastest ways I know to reset the nervous system.
Not metaphorically. Literally.
When you laugh, your whole system shifts out of stress and into coherence.
Brain, heart, body.
Chemistry, electricity, mood.
All at once.
Most people think laughter is just emotional relief. A break.
It’s way more than that.
In seconds, it:
- calms the stress response
- switches on the vagus nerve
- changes how the brain interprets threat
- releases feel-good chemistry
- improves cellular energy
- brings the system back into rhythm
No effort. No technique. No apps. Free.
It’s a full-body alignment event.
Sound, breath, emotion, brainwaves, chemistry, all snapping into sync.
That’s why a real laugh changes how you feel immediately.
That’s why joy moves faster than fear.
That’s why one kid giggling can shift an entire room.
A smile isn’t mature indulging in cosmetics. It’s a biological switch.
The brain reads safety. Stress hormones drop. The system softens.
And the best part about it?
Laughter works best when there’s no performance. No identity to protect. No trying to be anything.
Just like kids.
They don’t laugh to heal.
They laugh because they’re not busy holding themselves together.
So yeah.
Sometimes the most serious thing you can do is laugh at something dumb for thirty seconds. Like one of these clips.
It might be the smartest nervous system upgrade you get all day.