One of the best tools for healing from mold illness is to use crying and laughter as medicine. It sounds too simple, but did you know that laughing and crying have a profound impact on your immune system?
Laughter as Medicine for Mold Illness
Laughing stimulates your body to release opioids, which is why you feel so good after you have such a good laugh. Your body’s opioids very powerfully prime and activate T-cells, natural killer cells, and regulatory T cells – which are key cells in your body. These cells help balance your immune system so it can more effectively and efficiently deal with pathogens such as mold.
Also, when you have mold illness, it’s important to reduce stress so your body can attain that parasympathetic state enough to heal. Yet, as explained in this blog, mold illness tends to exacerbate your emotions and cause more stress, creating a vicious cycle. Laughter helps break up this cycle and give your body that chance to repair and restore – probably more so than any supplement you can take.
So if you suffer from mold illness and a significantly compromised immune system, make it a priority to laugh as much as you can. Even fake laughter has shown to help both mental and physical stress.
- Tell jokes.
- Watch funny movies.
- Watch funny YouTube clips or bloopers.
- Dance like you did when you were a kid.
- Read cartoons or content that sparks that belly laugh.
- Subscribe to a daily dose of laughter. There’s an app for that too!
You have my permission and prescription to laugh!
Crying as Medicine for Mold Illness
Because crying can imply stress, it may seem counterintuitive that it can actually help you heal, too. But crying also triggers your body to release opioids that support your immune system.
Think about when you look at a crisis situation. You often start to cry, and this is a mechanism that protects you when dealing with that powerful stressor.
You’ve probably felt better after a good cry at times too. That’s because of the opioids your body releases which help your body heal. Also, it releases pent up emotions that can otherwise be left festering inside. This isn’t just a quirky concept. Your worry and guilt and other negative emotions reside in your guts and can inhibit your ability to heal!
It’s true you want to keep your stress level down when healing from mold illness. But a good stress-relieving cry could be just what you need at the moment.
Go ahead.
- Think about those really hard times in your life.
- Journal your frustrations out.
- Read some Psalms and share your deepest emotions with God.
Then have a good cry over them.
So embrace crying and laughter as medicine for your immune function as you heal from mold illness. Seek or create comedy. Deal with your underlying emotions. Release those emotions and let the opioids loose to fine-tune your immune system so your body and whole being can heal.
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