Prank Your Way To A Happier Life

Depression is a foul mixture of emotions -- sadness, disinterest, and anger. Any weapon you can use against it is good. I suggest you try laughter. Do you think anyone would be depressed if they spent just a few minutes each day laughing? It is a proven fact that laughter lowers your blood pressure and raises the levels of seratonin and dopamine in the brain. Simple laughter may be nature's most potent anti-depressant.

The problem is that it is difficult to laugh when you are depressed. Jokes are almost never funny to a depressed person. That's because jokes are just stories, mere words. If you really want to laugh, you have to find something in the real world to kick start it. The best way to do this is to prank someone.

Unlike jokes, pranks involve taking action. You have to trick someone and turn them into a bit of a fool. Never harm anyone with a prank, just fool them. At the end of the day, you will both be laughing. Pranks are also longer lasting than jokes. You can repeat them. You can talk about them years later. Sometimes you can even record them for posterity.

The most important thing about a good prank is that person being pranked does not see it coming. You have to take an everyday, humdrum event and make it unusual. You could attach a $10 bill to a piece of fishing line and put it on the ground outside a convenience store. When someone goes to pick it up, you pull it away. Video this, and you may just have YouTube gold. Prank ideas are everywhere if you just look at everyday happenings and look for ways to throw a wrench in the works.

A good prank can ease all the negative emotions associated with depression. It forces you to "get out of bed" mentally as you devise the pranks. If you're angry, it can give you a sense of satisfaction to prank someone (just don't be mean or hurt anyone). If you're sad, it can make you happy when your prank victim laughs when they realize that they have been duped.

Here are the rules:

* Prank in the spirit of fun for all
* Don't be afraid to make a bit of a fool of yourself -- this is good medicine because it forces you not to take yourself so seriously.
* Never hurt anyone.

That's it. Now get pranking! It will do wonders for your depression.

By: Chuck Lin

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Here are some fun prank ideas, and here is another article about pranks for depression.