鈥淟aughter is the best medicine!鈥 That鈥檚 an old adage, maybe even dating back to the biblical era. The book of Proverbs in the Old Testament proposes that 鈥渁聽 merry heart doeth good like a medicine:...
Gelotophobia can best be defined as the 鈥減otentially debilitating fear of being laughed at.鈥 A person suffering from gelotophobia may hear a stranger鈥檚 laugh and believe it is aimed at him or her....