I had some really good therapy yesterday evening – laughter therapy.
My son Tom arrived home from Uni last weekend and I introduced him to a sitcom I have been watching over the past few weeks starring Miranda Hart. I had really enjoyed this crazy escapism when first seen but in fact found myself laughing out loud and enjoying more as we sat and devoured episode after episode courtesy of iPlayer.
I think Miranda is a kind of female version of John Cleese and much of the comedy relies on side comments and pulled faces direct to camera in a true Frankie Howard style. Anyway add to that the silly comments Tom and I were making to each other as we watched and my sides were aching.
The point is that this all occurred at the end of a frantic tense sort of day and yet I felt completely relaxed and refreshed as my head hit the pillow and drifted to sleep listening to my favourite music. ( my secret weapon for guaranteed sleep within minutes )
So I was really interested to read a blog today by Karen Brown a Hypnotherapist locally here in Bournemouth / Poole area.
Here is an excerpt from Karens Blog
The Link Between Laughter and Mental Health
Laughter can dissolve distressing situations:
Physiologically, you cannot feel anxious, angry or sad when you’re laughing.
Laughter helps you relax and re-charge your systems:
It reduces stress and increases energy, enabling you to stay focused and potentially accomplich more.
Humour Shifts Perspective:
This allows us to take a step back from the situation and helps us to see or view things in a more realistic light or less threatening light. Psychological distance is created when we can adopt a humorous perspective, which can help us avoid feeling overwhelmed.
Go see the full article at:
http://www.karen-brown.co.uk/2009/12/raising-smiles-in-therapy/
About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
