i see things where people die ether as interesting ot funny. is this bad?
2006-10-07 18:10:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
No, no, don't worry. You're perfectly normal. Now go to bed.
2006-10-07 18:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny P 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not normal to see death as funny. No, it's not normal to be drawn to it.
However, it is typical of someone with a great deal of unresolved grief to feel this way. If someone betrayed you or threw away your love, it is very probable that you would laugh at death and feel drawn to it.
What you probably need is a ceremony of grief removal such as the one the Iroquois had. Alternatively, you could experience catharsis (in which you see a movie, TV show or play in which the central character has the same flaw in his character that you have, and therefore you feel drawn onto the stage with what happens to him, and his catastrophe becomes yours and burns out your grief). But I don't know enough about you to recommend the play or movie that might heal you.
I have a very odd suggestion that may sound flaky, but it isn't! First, study Greek mythology --there's a story in there somwhere that you'll be struck by as if it were about you. Second, listen to classical music, especially performances of works written between 1840 and 1920. When one of them really grabs you, find out what books or stories influenced the composer to write that.
Somewhere, out there in the artistic ether, someone has been through what you've been through and gotten over it.
2006-10-08 01:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny? No ... I don't think death is funny, whether someone is joking around about it or not. I have a great sense of humor ... even a bit off the wall, so to speak ... but death is the one thing I don't find humorous. Drawn to it? Somewhat ... I think most are drawn to it. If we see an accident on the road, I think most of us feel compelled to try and see what's happening ... rather than look the other way. A mixture of curiosity and fear of the unknown ... IMO. *shrugs*
2006-10-08 01:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Carol♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not if your young enough not to have experienced the death of a loved one. In some ways death of a close person can never be understood by someone that has not experienced it. Its something I wish no one had to experience. If your lucky enough not to have, don't even think about it, not until you have to.! Life is for the living. Enjoy.
2006-10-08 01:20:20 · answer #4 · answered by mld m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a way of coping with death there is a story called where have gone charming billy and the man in the story laughs at the fact someone else dies so its a way of coping instead of being sad
2006-10-08 01:14:20 · answer #5 · answered by Dave B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just lost my husband, how can you be so insensitive to someone dying, the person is missed so much, and the ones left behind have to live with that loss. I pray you never lose anyone you are really close to, it would not be funny then.you need to see a counselor,there is something wrong with your thinking.when you watch someone die it is very sad.
2006-10-08 05:27:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death is a part of life. To have a healthy sense of humor about it is not abnormal. To be drawn to death in an obsessive manner is not healthy or normal.
2006-10-08 01:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by danaluana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not when you have homicidal tendancies.
I've been reading your Qs and seriously, you need to get help, and soon.
Black humour or dark humour is fine but I have a feeling you are meaning something more than that from the way you've asked the question. You seem to have a guilty conscience or something.
2006-10-08 01:15:40 · answer #8 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My teacher told me that when we laugh at pain/suffering/death, we laugh because it's true and that we're all scared, and the way we shrug off fear is to laugh.
But to stand there and to point and laugh at someone in a casket or something is disrespectful, so my answer kind of teeters on both 'yes' and 'no'.
Sorry if my answer blew chunks =[
2006-10-08 01:15:39 · answer #9 · answered by Brooke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not funny and not normal to think it is.
I am not a psychiatrist but I am sure they would agree and probably have a lot of serious questions for you as to how and why you would think and feel the way you do.
2006-10-08 01:31:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just the way you deal when confronted with human mortality. Perhaps you're young? The fascination is natural then. If you get overly fascinated... seek a shrink.
2006-10-08 01:14:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋