Ever seen babies laugh? loud, fearless, adorable, unfiltered, pure, straight from the heart. And they don’t even need a reason. Sometimes they just drop a toy and it’s funny to them. We love that right??
But when I do it, suddenly it’s a problem and I am immature!
I know mine is not a normal laugh… It’s a hysterical fit of laughter. When I sense it coming I sit somewhere to avoid falling. My face turns red, there’s a lot of clapping slapping involved and my sinuses get emotional. In the end somebody needs to get me a glass of water and help me get up.
I always get “you laugh too much”, “you laugh all the time”, “stop laughing” and my favorite “stop! everybody is looking at you”, so what? I am a celebrity!! We won’t be taxed for laughing.
The weirdest situation arises when my stress level shoots up and my giggling sense activates. And I hear people say, “oh she is coping well”, “she got over it quickly”, and “just look at the positivity”.
Guys, I swear I am really trying to stop laughing and I am actually depressed and clueless.
And then there are times, actually every time, when the moment I come up with a joke I start ruining it even before telling. I should be the first person to be entertained by my jokes, right??
But then it gets worse, I can’t stop laughing and the audience loses interest.
Everyone in my family is incredibly skilled at telling jokes. They can be hilarious with a straight face. I think I got their share of giggles.
One of the most embarrassing scenarios; I couldn’t stop laughing in the conference room at work. Yup! That has happened. I excused myself before it would go out of control.
I recently googled “how to stop laughing”. Apparently easy solution are biting your lower lip or concentrating on your breathing, but i don’t know why this doesn’t sound quite right.
Maximum I myself manage to do is tone down the tornado to a Chuckle, when I am lucky.
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Lol!Your posts never fail to put a smile on my face:D
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Aww. Thank u 🙂
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When I was manic (part of bipolar disorder), I would have extreme laughing fits. They got so bad that I was given Haldol injections, held down, or dragged to the psych hospital. I remember continuing to laugh even through these things up until the reality and/or medication kicked in.
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There’s a bizarre connection between laughter fits and stress. And people think we are happy when we r dying inside.
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That’s so true. Looking back, I was dying inside.
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Then in a way we are spreading awareness through these posts 🙂
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I react exactly the same, knee slapping, heartpounding laughter. When I find something funny, I’m all in! Chuckle? Nah, that’s for whimps I say! Enjoyed this so much, thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for reading and liking it.
Chuckles are boring.
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I so agree, I have chuckled on occasion, but usually, if I find it funny, it’s the knee slapping, rock and roll in my chair response hehe
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Chuckle is a backup when i cant stop at all
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I know, right!
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😀
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Kids laugh 400 times a day and then rate of laugh is reduced to 40 or 4 as we age. This should be the case but unfortunately it is…let’s smile if not more but the same. What do you say?
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I already laugh alot..i mean ALOT!
Scares people around me 😀
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