The ”A Better Me” section of My Heart Beats NM is primarily to talk about my mental health journey and ways I am overcoming my PTSD and Depression. However, I know that a lot of people struggle when it comes to their mental health, and I hope that my posts can help others as well. Studying Psychology for my Undergrad years at UNM I learned a lot of ways to stay positive and suppress negative feelings and thoughts. Even now in my therapy sessions, I am still learning ways to suppress these feelings. One big thing to do to suppress negative thoughts is simply, laugh. In my sophomore year of college, I took a medical Spanish class. For one of our assignments, we had to attend something called Risaterapia which translates to laugh therapy. The whole point of laugh therapy is to laugh to make yourself feel better. If you think this sounds crazy, you are right, but at the same time this therapy session really helped. My classmates and I walked into this session confused and skeptical about it. We saw Curanderas in the middle of the room chanting and praying, then suddenly one of the Curandera’s started to laugh hysterically. At first, we all looked at each other in shock, but after some time her laughter became contagious and we all started laughing. We laughed for 10 minutes and it was amazing! After the session, all of us felt some much better than when we walked in. I am not suggesting that you go to laugh therapy session, however, I do think whenever you are feeling down, I think you should take a second and just laugh. Laughter is truly the best medicine.
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