Uncontrollable/inappropriate laughter

Does anybody else laugh uncontrollably or inappropriately when hypo/manic? If yes, has it ever caused any problems for you?

yes, and I'm ashamed to admit this actually.

once, at a friend's funeral, they were playing her last song as they were letting people see her for the final time, and I was sitting in my seat laughing softly

the person next to me was like.... psst, that's sophie your best friend. you shouldn't be laughing, today is a sad day for her family and friends- and though I tried to control my voice when I said yes... yes I know, tears of laughter were just falling down my cheeks

I was known as insensitive for like a week after that, but I did make it up to her

I let off some baloons in the garden (the baloons being the flight to heaven), and read a poem that I personally wrote for her about what a great life she led.

the other thing that always springs to mind was laughing during math class while the teacher was trying to teach us simple adition.

he's like... please, can you stop laughing, their is nothing funny about 1 plus 1, let's be quiet so we can consontrate on the lesson

me: let's go to hawaii!

and before the teacher could blink, I was on the floor, with all the math supplies on the floor trying to build a bridge to hawaii laughing and laughing, and laughing

then he got to me... emily can you tell me 10 plus 1?

with the biggist smile and my face, and not even attempting to hide my laughter, I'm like... it's 11!.

him: wwhat's so funny about the number 11?

me: it's just funny!

from then on everyone (even now) thinks 11 is something that always makes me laugh- it doesn't, but they still try it when I'm feeling down... 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, like they will get some really high reaction to it

pisses me off!. actually I hate the number 11, because it seems to follow me everywhere and it's scary

I always laugh at the word penis

I remember one time at school we were watching a programme about our boddies and they were describing a serious process, and they were mentioned the word penis and I just burst out laughing.... proper hysterics, and the teacher was like grow up- this is serious stuff. serious stuff

Yup. I did this at my grandmothers funeral. I was in my 20’s. I was mortified and couldn’t stop. Done it many times since. As I get older it’s generally been easier to control, but not always.

Yeah, and I lost my high school sweetheart because of it.

Yes. Once it was so bad in the hospital that they gave me a shot of Haldol.

I laughed when I was in a serious car accident. The paramedics kept asking me if I had hit my head, which made me laugh harder. I laughed at a funeral. I laughed when I found out my grand father died. When I day laugh I mean to the point of tears rolling down my face. For me it's a coping mechanism.

I do it all the time. In wakes, funerals and burials, is when I remember my best jokes.
You could hear the people's and my laughs wherever you live.
People even cry, not out of sorrow, but laughing.

I dropped a piece of lumber on my brother and burst out laughing. I think it was hysterical laughter though.

Yes. It makes people think I am an insensitive jerk when they are telling me their troubles and I am smirking. I have actually worked on being able to go deadpan. It's really hard when I am hypo; I get "the grins" as one of my first symptoms.

I'm laughing just reading this thread!