It is said that jokes are proven to lessen the pain. In a study in Switzerland and the U.S. 37 people looked at photographs of sad images (i.e. corpses, car accidents, dangerous animals) and were instructed to either say nothing at all, or a good humored joke.
In both countries, those who made benevolent jokes about the images had more positive emotions and fewer negative emotions afterward than those who laughed mockingly at the pictures, although both groups who used humor fared better than those who simply looked silently.
It has been proven that when someone uses whole hearted humor when you're upset, you will feel better.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=good-natured-jokes-ease-pain
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