Do you ever find yourself laughing out loud at some funny thoughts that flash into your head? Do not worry it happens to everybody. You can be on a bus, or at a store and watch people"s faces and every now and again catch someone smiling to themselves. For the most part all of us enjoy humor and it makes life worth living. More often than not you will find yourself grinning like a madman (or
. madwoman) due to playing out a scene in your head. Most people will not understand what is it exactly you are smiling about, but it does not really matter too much as long as you can bring yourself some joy with those thoughts.From a psychological standpoint, replaying these funny scenes in your head and expanding on them has a lot of potential benefits. For one, it allows you to temporarily escape whatever monotony you might be experiencing at any given moment. Like all things in psychology this must be done in a careful balance. Escaping mentally too much can make an individual not able to cope with reality on its own terms. The other benefit is for your creativity and imagination. Most of the time when one plays out these scenes in their head they tend to elaborate and expand on the situation. It almost becomes a mental exercise in creativity which is extremely beneficial. Some researchers even think that developing this type of thinking will prevent certain diseases like Alzheimer's. One of the reasons they believe this is that many individuals with jobs that require a lot of creativity and/or reading have a lower rate of Alzheimer's than those who do not.Regardless of the reasons for doing it, if you are able to mentally relive a humorous situation in your head then you should go for it. A smile on your face might put a smile on someone else's. More reference links: http://michael-moniz.com/45-funny-thoughts-on-life/ http://www.ahajokes.com/funny_thoughts.html
