In addition to having a different way of laughing, each person's laugh can change depending on what makes him laugh. Some people deliberately adjust how to laugh based on the situation, while there are also those who don't care. If you don't like the way you laugh at yourself, there are ways to change that.
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Method 1 of 3: Figuring Out How You Want to Laugh
Step 1. Consider a “sigh” laugh
This laughter usually comes from people who cannot laugh out loud because they are at work or at home. This type of laughter is also usually done by people with a good sense of humor. They will laugh until they feel suffocated, even to the point of crying because it is too loud.
- This laugh can be made by holding your laugh as long as possible, then releasing it suddenly until you are out of breath. The key is to tighten your vocal cords so that your laugh sounds like someone who is having a hard time breathing.
- This type of laughter usually makes you cover your face when you do it out of embarrassment. This type of laughter usually also makes your eyes water.
Step 2. Create infectious laughter
Infectious laughter is often so funny that other people laugh at the ridiculous sound of laughter – no matter what joke provoked the laugh. Most people with this laugh will probably try to contain it, but when it's not strong enough, the laughter will explode.
- This laugh puts forward your voice more than your facial expressions. The key is to make the craziest laughing sound. The sound makes your laugh contagious because other people will start laughing when you laugh.
- This laughter can also be started by trying to hold back laughter so that there is an "explosion" of crazy laughter.
- This laugh should sound and look natural. You also need to endure the embarrassment of the sound you hear. This is the kind of laugh for people who aren't shy about making silly noises.
Step 3. Practice artificial laughter
You may have practiced this type of laughter before. This laugh may sound a little fake, but it's useful if you want to be polite to the person making the joke. This type of laughter usually emphasizes the expression in the mouth, not in the eyes.
- This laugh is very easy to do because it is essentially a fake laugh. You must be able to distinguish the expression in the eyes and mouth. Your mouth should laugh softly, but your eyes don't.
- The laughter should sound natural, but not excessive, and polite, but not loud.
Step 4. Try a slightly nervous laugh
This type of laughter is very natural to some people, but there are people who make this laugh when they realize they made a mistake. This laughter sounded similar to a baby's cry and his facial expression was not always happy even when he was laughing.
- To produce this laugh, you need to pretend to be ashamed of the thing being laughed at. Imagine someone slipping on a slippery road or hitting a glass door. You shouldn't laugh at the incident, but it's funny.
- This laugh requires you to keep your facial expression neutral, but you can't help but laugh. However, instead of looking happy, you should look shy or/and nervous.
Step 5. Practice laughing like a child
This type of laughter usually comes from people acting childish. The laughter usually comes suddenly and sounds impulsive, while people who laugh will appear embarrassed even though they are not. He's just in jail!
- When you try this style of laughing, pretend you want to hide your laugh, but you really aren't. You have to be able to make the people around you think it's funny whatever you're laughing at.
- This laughter is very cheerful like a child. People who laugh this way usually don't care that their voice sounds like a child.
Step 6. Stick with the old laugh – giggle
Giggling is usually not accompanied by the use of facial expressions or body movements. In fact, people who giggle are a little embarrassed and feel silly for laughing at something – perhaps because the thing that makes them laugh is something that shouldn't be laughed at.
- You may need to watch a movie to see how a "normal" woman giggles when she hears a joke.
- The giggling person must appear embarrassed or try to hold back a laugh, but is unable to because of the humor he is witnessing. Giggling shouldn't sound too loud or forced, but it can be done in a way that's contagious and makes other people laugh too.
Method 2 of 3: Practice New Laughing Ways
Step 1. Learn how to laugh the way you want
Before changing your laugh style, you need to study the options available. You can do this by watching a movie or tv show, sitting in a coffee shop watching people, or watching a video on Youtube.
Observe how other people laugh and find out what you like and don't like about a style of laughter
Step 2. Try different tones of laughter
Just because someone sounds good when they laugh doesn't mean the laugh is right for you. You may need to change the way you laugh based on your voice type. Try laughing at a variety of different pitches (and volumes) to find out which sound works for you, then decide which one works best.
Sometimes the sound we make sounds different to other people's ears. You may need to record voices in various tones and play them to get an image of your voice in other people's ears
Step 3. Practice laughing again and again
At this point, you probably already know what kind of laugh you want to develop and what tone to use for that laugh. Now, you just have to practice – again, again, and again.
- Practice can help you achieve two things: it makes your laugh sound natural and it helps you turn it into an instinct.
- You may need to watch yourself laugh in the mirror to notice facial muscle movements and change facial expressions.
- This is an alternative to recording your voice and playing it back to give an idea of how the other person heard the laughter.
Step 4. Share your new laugh with friends
Start wearing your laughter in front of family and friends. Measure their reaction to the laughter. Match the laughter to their reactions. For example, if they make a funny expression when you laugh, your laugh may not sound natural or appropriate.
Step 5. Use your new laugh as often as possible
Keep practicing until you don't have to think about it anymore. Use your new laugh in any social situation you find yourself in. Over time, the laughter will become a habit like your old laugh.
Method 3 of 3: Understanding Laughter and How to Laugh
Step 1. Convey your emotions
Laughter is not just a response to a joke or funny thing. Laughter is an important part of human emotional communication. This is so important that we create lots of emoticons and texts to describe laughter in order to express different types of laughter.
Humans tend to laugh more often when there are people around them who also laugh. However, the laughter is not always a response to something funny that is heard or seen (reaction). Laughter is more often used in social contexts to show how we feel and think
Step 2. Translate fake laughter
The human brain is able to determine the difference between real and fake laughter. We do this to understand why someone fakes their laugh. In other words, we try to understand what the fake laughter means.
Step 3. Spread laughter
Laughter is very contagious. Scientists believe that people who are easily "infected" by other people's laughter are better at distinguishing between genuine and fake laughter.
Step 4. Laugh to relieve pain
Laughter has been shown to reduce several stress hormones in the body, such as cortisol, epinephrine, and dopamine. Laughter also increases some healthy hormones, such as endorphins. Laughter can improve blood circulation so you feel more relaxed. Laugh and you will not only feel better, but you will also be able to reduce pain and swelling, and sleep better.
Step 5. Improve the quality of the relationship with laughter
Laughter is a social behavior. Laughter can bring people together and make others feel comfortable around you. Laughter can also create or improve the quality of a person's relationship with other people because they feel comfortable around them. Plus, laughter can reduce or eliminate anger and anxiety, resulting in moments of intimacy.
- Research shows that women laugh more often than men, even up to 126%. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to try to make women laugh by saying something funny or silly – or stupid, which can have the same effect!
- As people get older, people will laugh less often. Parents are also less likely to respond to tickling.
