even in the hardest of situation...in the movie Beautiful Mind John Nash says "What's the point in being crazy if you can't have a little fun with it"..I agree with him.
2007-01-24 10:25:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I agree. At my grandmothers funeral years ago, my brothers and myself (ages 30,37 and 40) got a BAD case of the giggles while in line at the mortuary during visitation. Every one was saying the same things over and over, and we got to the point of utter emotional exhaustian, and we lost it. We knew those folks meant well, but we got the giggles, and we just couldn't stop. I learned that night that sometimes, laughter IS appropriate under inappropriate circumstances! There's ALWAYS room to laugh, and the day we lose that is the day we grow old.
2007-01-24 10:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As a mental health practitioner with 20+ years experience, now retired, I can tell you that if you DO find humor in every facet of life, I will diagnose you Hebophrenic Schizophrenic, and send you to the psychiatrist. The American Psychiatric Association may have dropped that diagnosis from their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, but, when they had it in there, one of the characteristics of it was an uncontrollable laughter. We treated a patient with that disorder in my clinic 20-some-odd years ago, with NO success whatsoever, I hate to say. Then, one day, when she was waiting to see the doctor, another of our staff, of the same race and gender, walked out to her and bent over and whispered something in her ear, and she never laughed like that again. We were SHOCKED to say the least, and obviously asked her what she said to her. Since what she said would not be printed here on Answers, let's just leave it that our staff person, of the same race and gender (and that was significant here) "read her the riot act", and warned her of what would happen if she ever laughed like that again. The young patient obviously understood the backwoods jargon that the older staff woman was telling her, and she was instantly cured of Hebophrenic Schizophrenia. So, in conclusion, I would NOT recommend finding humor in every facet of life, lololololol. God Bless you.
2007-01-24 18:46:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no its not so important to take a personal tragedy and make a joke of it.but in most instances if you stand back and look you will find that life's little problems are funny and no matter how bad your life gets if you can keep a since of humor life will seem a little more sane.
2007-01-24 18:43:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i think so.last few weeks ive been pushing my dad around in a wheelchair.and we laugh at the situation together.i may tell him ur getting too fat to push.and we laugh.it takes away some of the built in frustration for both.yes even if your puppy had the accident.u dont laugh at that exactly.but u find the humour in life around you to get u thru that moment of hurt, or sadness or anger.it destresses a tough situation
2007-01-24 19:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A car runs over the head of your puppy. You find the grisley site at the tender age of 6. Do tell me what it is you would laugh at with that.
2007-01-24 18:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sammy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say *every* facet of life. I started watching my mother die when I was 14. She died 4 years later. Trust me, there was nothing funny about any of it.
For the most part though, yeah, I'm with you.
2007-01-24 18:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by Tish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humor is important. Sarcastic humor is the best.
2007-01-24 18:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by P K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there's some situations where humour is wholly inappropriate, such as bereavement, your child being hurt/upset, things like that I suppose.
2007-01-24 18:33:15 · answer #8 · answered by Beth D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you need to find something. Humor, beauty, joy, grace, a lesson.
2007-01-24 18:32:23 · answer #9 · answered by Sabine É 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is good therapy to be able to laugh, at the appropriate time, laughter is the best medicine.
2007-01-24 18:59:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋