[minefield]

Hello everyone,

The strangest thing happened to me in an assessment for DBT, the p doc asked me if I was trying to make her think I was dissociating. I chuckled like I had been caught out then I proceeded to burst into laughter. She asked me something about the fact I have taken ODs and I said their silly, their funny and I continued to chuckle to myself totally lost control of myself to it.

Why on earth would I do that?

I wasn't trying to pretend I was anything and I certainly don't find my memories of the ODs amusing. What would cause me to burst out of control like that? It was very disconcerting and I'm struggling to understand what would make me do that.

Have any of you suddenly found yourself laughing at the wrong time for a reason you just can't explain?

[rainbow8]

I know that I've read that people laugh when they're nervous. Do you think that might be the cause? I remember when I was a kid and I laughed at a relative's funeral. Maybe there was a lot of tension and I didn't know exactly what was going on, so I laughed. I don't think it's so unusual but if it happens other times, I'd talk to your pdoc or T about it.

for me i laugh sometimes during t where it doesn't seem appropriate but t recognizes it for what it is, a defense mechanism. usually happens when we're working deeply and i can't express otherwise "this is too hard" so I do the stupid nervous laughing that's my defense and it allows me to come up for air enough to change the subject usually. it happened in my session last week in fact. i think t's are pretty good at recognizing stuff like this.

[minefield]

Laughter as a defence mechanism interesting!

I think I will need to do some reading around this. Thank you. Laughing is something I have not done for such a long time and having it burst out of me like a mind control drug or something was disconcerting.

I'm scared to ask my T about it, i feel like I have given something away about myself that the T understands and I don't. I feel like I must have stumbled across a thought that scared me into a huge belly laugh it sounds so unstable im sure, im not sure i wanna know what it is..

Originally Posted by minefield

Laughter as a defence mechanism interesting!

I think I will need to do some reading around this. Thank you. Laughing is something I have not done for such a long time and having it burst out of me like a mind control drug or something was disconcerting.

I'm scared to ask my T about it, i feel like I have given something away about myself that the T understands and I don't. I feel like I must have stumbled across a thought that scared me into a huge belly laugh it sounds so unstable im sure, im not sure i wanna know what it is..

this is exactly how i felt the first time I did it and t told me she understood what it was all about and explained it to me. I felt so naked but the moment passed because I trust her a lot.

[WikidPissah]

I have a nervous giggle, and I have laughed at inappropriate times. It's just nerves, tell your t that.

[MASIMO]

I do it every session. I laugh versus cry. Normal for me. Drives my Therapist nuts, but he waits for me to stop laughing, then we resume our conversations.