[Thoughtbubble]

Maybe ive been a bit hypomanic or mixed today, but I'll go ahead and make one more thread before bed. This is a strange question, and maybe I'm just losing my grip, but has anyone just laughed at their emotions when they get too intense or uncalled for? Like it's just some act and I can't keep a straight face any longer, only it's not an act, I'm sure it would baffle an observer. sometimes when I cry it is followed by laughter, a sort of bandage to mend the inappropriate sadness. Maybe it's from the relief of tension. This happens sometimes when a little thing like a sad movie or song makes me cry or have intense emotion. it's not really helping my case of being a sane traveler in this universe.

I once laughed purely from the sensation of a puff from a cigarette (which my friends found very odd.) and once or twice from the sharp flavor of certain fruits.

Any other weird experiences with random moments of laughter, or theories about the role, if any, it plays in bipolar?

[Big Mama]

Yeah, I do. I think it is such extreeme pissed off aggrivation and frustration that any other emotion would be to real. The answer to too much reality already is not more deep true emotion. Why not laugh. It sure won't hurt and it makes you feel better than dragging around w/ a heavy heart and long face.

When life gives you lemons laugh in its face.

[Confusedinomicon]

I think that laughter is an awesome coping mechanism for anything, really.

I laugh when emotions are too intense or when I'm unsure of what to do.

I cry-laugh when I'm scared.

[Thoughtbubble]

So I'm not alone, then. it really canb e a moment of light in the darkness, or just random giggliness that i've grown to cherish because it isn't easy having all this heavy crap.

Love the topics we can connect on in this forum.

[emgreen]

I don't generally laugh when I'm down...But I cry at the drop of a hat (at commercials on TV, for example). I can, however, laugh for hours, tears streaming down my face, when hypo or manic. While some folks are concerned when I do this, there's no feeling quite like it. Laughter IS the best medicine.

[iluvdukie1]

I agree will everything above, laughing can fit for a lot of different situations and emotions, even ones you wouldn't figure it would work for.

[BipolaRNurse]

Laughter is my default behavior for almost everything: When something is, actually, humorous or silly. When I'm uncomfortable or embarrassed. When it's totally inappropriate, like at a funeral. When I don't know how to express an emotion. When I don't want to cry.