laughing at inappropriate times
Does anyone else do this?? I have my whole life. I remember being in assemblies as a kid and they're be on serious topics and I'd get the giggles, or on school trips to sad places and stuff and it's gotten worse as I've aged 😅
Anyone else??
To clarify, I don't find the actual event or whatever funny, I think it's the seriousness of things that gets me laughing - I definitely laugh far more than I cry 🤣
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Haha I laugh at everything it's actually a medical condition made worse since my strokes but I cope with it very well 😅
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I did as a child because I didn't understand the gravity of those situations. I'm beginning to understand why I irritated my sister SO much - I thought she hated me but it was probably frustration with my immaturity.
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I think a psychologist would tell you it could be your way of dealing with 'serious' topics, situations etc, like you just can't accept that it's maybe something you have to deal with, that's not very pleasant or enjoyable, if of course it was personal to you, a coping mechanism maybe? As a child i was similar, if i was watching something on tv, which is obviously not personal to me, but if it was say, a funeral maybe, or something downbeat or serious, i would giggle, the same as you at school also. 🤨
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I do this too, I remember whenever I would be in trouble as a kid and things from the teacher, I would smile while the teacher shouted at me. Its like an uncontrollable smile/laugh and I still do this at times.
I don't know if it helps or not but I also suffer from Alexithymia and really struggle to understand hows someones feeling or how i'm feeling, and couldn't describe emotions.
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You're not alone there @Biblioklept! I'm terrible for this. I think it's a nervous reaction, not really knowing how best to react to something.
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Is it actually a medical condition?? I didn't know that??? I wonder if my stroke made mine worse rather than just getting worse with age?
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I didn't know you had a sister @WhatThe!! One of my sister's is just like me, she attended a funeral recently and had to step outside because she got the giggles so bad. I think it's our way of coping with things!! We either shut down or end up laughing!!! Our eldest sister used to get so frustrated with us both too!
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That's a good point, I think it is how I process strong emotions, because it happens with soppy things too or things that should be moving in a good way!
I got the giggles in an MRI once and they did not see the funny side because I was properly shaking with laughter!!
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This is so relatable!! If I was in trouble I'd either laugh or SOB, there was no inbetween! I haven't heard the term Alexithymia before, I'd love to know more??
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So true @Holly_Scope!!! I'm glad it isn't just me 🤣
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Witzelsucht have a diagnosis for it
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I have found myself fighting laughter during the most inappropriate times..
My thought is that.. somewhere between either crying or laughing.. the brain can be overwhelmed and one is coming out. Usually, it is in a very quiet situation.. so, pleased to hear others have the same.
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My partner does very similar and it's always worse at times she's meant to be silent! She almost always gets the giggles at our son's hearing tests, which then sets him off as well. I have to end up avoiding eye contact with her because I'll set her off too! 😁
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I have a really dark sense of humour, I don't tend burst out laughing but I'll sometimes make jokes at times/places which for most people are inappropriate
I'm not sure if it rubs off of my dad who was in the police for 35 years and was a detective for the vast majority of that time. Aside from the run-of-the-mill dead bodies (see I did it there and it wasn't intentional) he did a lot of work in child protection and sex offences and would come across things that aren't really publishable. He'd say things which'd almost make you think he found it funny but it's really a way of coping as a lot quite literally go mad
My mum was also a nurse but tried to become a SOCO when she met my dad (she got through to the last stage but didn't get the job) so between them I think to death and morbidity was so normalised that it's rubbed off of me
I never thought about it till writing this now but I wonder if it's contributed to my PTSD?? Not in the sense of anything they did, but maybe I put myself in situations that I thought I could tolerate because my parents never pointed out (because they didn't realise?) that it might be disturbing?
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Michael, you can't blame everything on your strokes!
I reckon you had a wickedly healthy good sense of humour long before your strokes and it's too late now to change the habit of a lifetime 😉
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I didn't know you had two, Biblioklept! Were you a middle child?
My little brother was the same as me and neither of us came up to scratch. Our mum had 3 children in 4 years which sounds bananas now - we were all fighting for attention 😫
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Haha I not blaming them they just enhanced it 🤣
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Laughter is the best medicine 😉
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