2007-09-05 06:17:30 · 17 answers · asked by Kermit 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I agree with the defense mechanism part. When I'm depressed I try my best to create a happy atmosphere around me. I laugh a lot, but a part of me cries inside. Works for a while, but not for too long the sadness starts creeping back again.
mg: we don't crave for attention. that's a horrible misunderstanding on your part about depressed people. we just want to have fun with everyone for a while. it's part of an escape from the sadness and turmoil we experience within.
this is really sad people don't understand what it's like to be depressed until they experience it themselves. those who haven't been there, consider yourselves lucky.
2007-09-05 06:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i would actually agree, i'm a psych grad and we have talked about the sad clown thing back in school. most comedians and entertainers are actually suffering from depression. think of all the most famous comedians you know, most of them have had stages in their life wherein they were very down. being funny is one of the masks we wear to hide our true selves, so yes, it is a defense mechanism. i too am quite a funny person, i could make people laugh until their stomachs hurt, but i too am a very melancholic individual. odd huh? well, we try to make up for the emptiness in our lives by making things funny.
oh, and it's not the other way around. it's not that most depressed people are funny. it's that most funny people are depressed
2007-09-05 06:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by ducklingboi 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, funny people run to depression, and wisdom. Pain is the coin with which mortals by wisdom and humor is the way we cope with the pain.
But the most depressed people aren't funny. They're so beaten down they stop communicating altogether.
2007-09-05 06:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes a prime example the Late Red Slelton
2007-09-05 06:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Grand pa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the other way around: when people are depressed they tend to overcompensate in attempting to hide it from their family and friends by being a happy and funny person on the outside.
2007-09-05 06:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by without.question 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think "you are how you act".... nobody can truly be always happy and no one can always be depressed.......
If someone is laughing because they are in pain, they do it cause they may not want to cry or yell...... there is nothing wrong with that....
If someone broke up with thier mate, they can cry a little, but ultimatley laughter is the best remedy....
if the person keeps laughing that is a good thing, "you are how you act"..... get it?
2007-09-05 09:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think so. "Funny" is often a coping mechanism for being depressed, socially awkward, and a number of other things. I do not think that everyone who is funny is depressed but I also think that truly depressed people need the extra attention. They crave it. I especially find this is true when people make fun of themselves.
2007-09-05 06:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by mg 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, I don't think that is true at all.
Most 'depressed' people I know are rarely 'funny', and rarely have a sense of humor. The depression, true depression, enters every part of their lives and will not allow them to enjoy much of anything.
However, people who laugh and enjoy life are able to see the positive, even when faced with the bad.
2007-09-05 06:22:58 · answer #8 · answered by Wundt 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Humor is often a defense mechanism. A friend of mine knew Chris Farley very intimately and said that the man hated himself and was horribly depressed all the time.
2007-09-05 06:25:35 · answer #9 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm depressed because nothing is funny anywmore
2007-09-05 06:53:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋