Fibro Files: humor

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Saturday

Fibromyalgia humor

I love sharing #FunnyFibro humor on twitter each and every day and often on facebook.

For those of you who are not on those platforms I am sharing some of the Funny Fibro's I shared on them last month here and hope you enjoy them.

Fibromyalgia humor about fatigue

18 jokes about fibromyalgia and fatigue.

I hope you enjoy these jokes about fibromyalgia and fatigue. The benefit of humor has been proven over and over.

A review of literature indicates that humor could be related to pain tolerance through three possible mechanisms:

cognitive emotional processes,
changes in the neuroendocrine and immunological systems,
and muscle relaxation. HUMOR AND PAIN TOLERANCE. OFRA NEVO / GIORA KEINAN / MINA TESHIMOVSKY-ARDITI

I love finding amusing quips that relate to having fibromyalgia and sometimes I even create them.

This week I am sharing these, what I call "funny fibro's", around the topic of fatigue. This is a topic that many people with fibromyalgia, or indeed any chronic pain condition can relate to as fatigue is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia for many of us.

I hope you get a smile when you read them. Maybe you won't be slapping your thighs with laughter but hopefully you will relate...

If you are interested in more fibromyalgia humor you can check out my pinterest board on that topic or search #funnyfibro on twitter to get the latest jokes and memes.

If you are interested in finding out more about research into humor and pain here are some related articles:

IF you are looking for more humor go here:

Jokes about pain in Fibromyalgia
13 more jokes about Fibromyalgia at Fibromyalgia and humor
Fibromyalgia humor with cats (largest collection all in one place)
Fibromyalgia monsters - meet the fibro monsters
Fibromyalgia humor - 11 memes

Saturday

Humor and pain

This post is about humor and if it helps to dispel pain. Also does it only work while you are laughing or does it have longer lasting effects?

Humor or humour, however you spell it, can be a powerful anecdote to pain according to the research.

A 1995 study demonstrated that a significant increase in pain tolerance was seen in the groups being shown a humorous film compared to the other groups that were not.

In 2011 research led by Oxford University’s Robin Dunbar conducted experiments in the lab and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to discover laughter's effect on pain. They found that genuine laughter releases endorphins in the brain - chemicals that activate pain-killing effects. There was also a "dose-related" response to laughter, meaning that people who laughed more felt less pain later on.

In 2013 it was reported, at The European Pain Federation Congress, that humor can increase pain tolerance and improve quality of life. According to Thomas Benz (RehaClinic Zurzach, Switzerland), targeted humor interventions should be part of pain therapy.

So humor activates the release of endorphins and it also helps lessen muscular tension, meaning its effect on pain is both mental and physical.

"As a result, humor helps to reflect pain, thus helping both the patients as well as their carers to deal better with stress," said Professor Willibald Ruch, Zurich University. "Humor can be used specifically as a cognitive technique, for example in terms of a distraction to control the pain and increase pain tolerance."

Also the helpful effects can last longer than just the time you are laughing due to the endorphins.

For your laughing pleasure we have included a collection of jokes relating to chronic illness.