Laughter is the best medicine
In the fast-paced world we live in, finding ways to relax and enjoy ourselves can be a mystery worth solving. Enter the world of murder mystery dinner parties, where laughter isn’t just a delightful side effect— it’s an essential ingredient for good health. Here’s why hosting or attending one of these intriguing events can optimise the health benefits of laughter and be a boon for your well-being.
1. Stress Relief with a Twist of Mystery
Modern life often feels like a relentless “fight or flight” scenario, where stress lurks around every corner. Murder mystery dinner parties offer a playful escape from this reality.
As you immerse yourself in the mystery and the absurdity of the plot and the whacky characters, laughter naturally follows, helping your body switch gears from stress to relaxation.
Sharing a hearty laugh over a cleverly crafted plot twist can make all your worries feel as inconsequential as a red herring.
2. Breathing Life into Your Lungs
When you let out a genuine, belly-shaking laugh, you take in more oxygen, invigorating your body and mind. Murder mystery dinners provide countless opportunities for such laughter, be it through comedic characters or unexpected plot developments. One of the other obvious, but little thought of, health benefits of laughter includes an extra intake of oxygen can clear away mental fog, leaving you sharp and ready to piece together the clues.
Choose a Print and Play game to download and play at home, or order a bespoke murder mystery dinner party experience and get laughing ASAP.
3. Heartfelt Enjoyment for a Healthier Heart
Research suggests laughter reduces stress hormones and improves heart health. Participating in a murder mystery dinner allows your heart to enjoy both the physical benefits of laughter and the emotional thrill of the mystery. With each clue uncovered, your heart not only races with excitement but also benefits from the laughter-induced reduction in stress. Another one of the health benefits of laughter is not just your physical heart health, but your emotional heart health.
4. Strengthen social bonds
Having a great sense of humour is often at the top of the list when people describe what they look for in a partner – or a friend. The reason is simple: we are inherently social beings. Enjoying fun moments together helps us foster community and connection.
Humour is a natural way to strengthen these bonds. When you share a laugh with someone new, it’s like a little signal of mutual understanding, making it easier to be your true self around them. Strong social bonds are also correlated with longevity and health, while lonely, socially disconnected people die sooner and have more health problems. That’s a pretty good reason to prioritise and understand the health benefits of laughter.
So, why not make a murder mystery dinner your next health investment? It’s more than just an evening of fun — it’s a chance to improve your health while indulging in intrigue and laughter. Whether you’re hosting or attending, these events are sure to leave you with a smile that lasts long after the final curtain call.
Here are some other researched health benefits of laughter:
- Laughter increases pain tolerance.
- Watching a comedy show decreased overall rise in glucose levels after eating.
- Humour therapy (watching a 20-minute humorous movie) led to improvements in cognitive function, including learning ability, delayed recall, and visual recognition in study that included 30 older adults.
- Comedy improv training led to subjective improvements in symptoms for people with Parkinsons disease.
- A study of 30 people with schizophrenia found that 10 hours of humour skill training can improve rehabilitative outcomes and sense of humour (including change in negative symptoms).
- Laughter decreased inflammation (as measured by pro-inflammatory cytokine levels) in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Laughter and humour reduce wheal (skin swelling) reactions.
Ready to get started on your health journey with a twist? Dive into the world of murder mystery dinners and let the health benefits of laughter begin to kick in!
Choose a Print and Play game to download and play at home, or order a bespoke murder mystery dinner party custom-designed to suit each of your guests’ personalities – and even your venue – and get laughing ASAP.
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