Laughter Medicine

How to complete Laughter Medicine

A deliberate dose of real, out-loud laughter, not a polite smile at your feed. Ten unbroken minutes of something genuinely funny breaks a stress loop and physically loosens you up faster than most calming techniques.

1. Choose something with a track record of making YOU laugh, a specific standup special, sitcom, or comedian, not a random scroll
2. Commit to one continuous block of at least 10 minutes instead of clip-hopping
3. Watch or listen without a second screen so the jokes actually land
4. Let yourself laugh audibly, alone is fine, don't suppress it to stay quiet
5. If it isn't landing in two minutes, switch to a different known-funny source rather than forcing it

Tips

• Keep a saved list of go-to clips or specials so you're never hunting when you need this
• Sharing it with someone, even sending and watching together, tends to amplify the laughter
• Avoid doom-scrolling comedy feeds; the dopamine churn isn't the same as a real laugh

What counts as done

You actually laughed out loud, more than once, during a 10-minute stretch of something funny.