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However, since I find myself terribly amusing, ridicule and comments never seemed to bother me.
These days, I find less humor. The mind is filled with dark and terrible questions, with no answers -> or worse, answers that seem logical, but are sickening.
Not going to elaborate, but with so many things in the world affecting family, friends, etc - it gets less funny over time. Humor can't fight the good fight and win, so I find less to laugh at. no, this doesn't have to do with that which is blasted across CNN daily right now
Even my stupid jokes aren't amusing me any more.
The question, then is 1) are you losing your sense of humor? and
2) Any ideas on how to make me laugh again? :)
Helped me remember why it is important to keep your sense of humor, especially when "The mind is filled with dark and terrible questions, with no answers"
2. Haha...
Hang in there for a while yet, and remind yourself that things will get better...
...even if things don't necessarily get better, your outlook will probably improve with time, if it's a cyclical thing. Take care of yourself, and do what it takes to keep your diet balanced and your sleep schedule fairly regular. I've heard excercise helps some people a lot, but I wouldn't know about that... ;)
While I do not intend to disagree with mivox in the slightest, clinical depression has been found to often be due to the brain's inability to produce certain chemicals. Meds can do wonders there. Feeling "good" about oneself will not in many of those cases, as that won't happen to begin with.
Emotional depression is indeed best handled by a qualified counselor. As long as you have a very competent doc or counselor, they can tell you which is best for you.
To put a positive note on this... one can find humor/laughs/fun in all sorts of things. I laughed today like I had not laughed in many months and it has recharged my "batteries". Just something very silly my son did, so it's not a "here's something for you" type of thing/cure.
On the topic of clinical depression (raised by mivox), seeing a counselor certainly should be an option, medication can be a better one (as prescribed by a doc).
While medication can be a seeming miracle cure for some depression sufferers, I'd always personally recommend trying other options before artificially messing with your brain chemistry. :) After all, if counseling and good nutrition doesn't really help, medical intervention is still an option.
My suggestions of paying attention to your diet and sleep habits, as well as excercising, are all natural ways of altering your hormonal and chemical systems, with no known negative side effects (...assuming you have no physical conditions that would preclude traditional excercise!). I've heard some scary stories about some people's reactions to mood-altering medications, which is why I always suggest trying non-prescription options first.
Puts the post in a whole new light - very funny things in this thread, if you think about it.
One post, and I need to be:
If I didn't know better, between that and the jokes, I'd think ya'll were trying to 'give me therapy' yourselves.
If that isn't funny, then I know *exactly* what the problem is: i'm simply insance. :)
today has been quite funny, though NFFC's joke was the best by far.
The triggers can be changes in one's life that one may not have initiated or desired.
Although this may strike some as banal or even trite, one thing to keep in mind is that life does consist of ups AND downs: That the downs have consistently proved to be temporary has always reassured me. The downs are to be expected, but one must be reassured that the cycle will continue and the ups will come again.
Ok, now here is where I act like an idiot and go over the edge; One of my favorite poems (because it has illuminated these periods for me) is the The Tyger, by William Blake [english.eku.edu]. I appreciated it so much I tattooed it to my arm.
(The poem has nothing to do with god, but everything to do with questioning the definition of "good" and "bad" and where one ends and the other starts. Indeed, W.Blake was an Englishman in favor of the American Revolution, and a Free Love pioneer.)
[edited by: martinibuster at 6:45 am (utc) on Mar. 31, 2003]
I am not any kind of expert here, but based on personal experience, this could just be a temporary stage where your understanding of yourself and the world is going through a bit of a change. Once it settles down your sense of humour will return along with a whole new way of seeing things.
Not necessarily 'better' than before, just different. You may just be waiting for a few pieces of your personal jigsaw to fall into place.
You've had a whole load of wierd stuff happen to you in the last year that would test the sense of humour of any of us. Perhaps you are just processing it all now that everything has settled down a little.
If so, everything might look a little 'off' for the time being.
Like I said, not an expert, just someone with a different set of missing jigsaw pieces.
I have a terrible sense of humor, I mean I laugh and find things funny all the time but I'm awful with the jokes. Wish I had a good funny for you. Sending you a big virtual hug, for you and the family.
Maybe you just need a good hobby. Something to take your mind off dark and terrible things.
You're not losing your sense of humour, you're becoming introspective, which invariably means less laughs as it's serious business. It can be a scary business too, like being half way across a lake. The important thing of course is to keep swimming.
Or, as Uncle Jerome would say,
Like the cure for hiccups, if you try to laugh you'll stop. So be serious. After a while you'll be so sick of yourself you'll do anything for a laugh.
T
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me." -Fred Allen
HTH,
Sean
Pick something that you haven't bothered to see in a while, think back to what type of humor you did like, might help.
Cheers,
Shane
Getting out, being around nature helps. Buying new toys to play with online helps, too. :) (I have an incurable affinity for the old "lunchbox" sparcstations of the early 1990's, which are fun to play with and very, very cheap.)
Start a blog. They're a great, reasonably healthy way to "vent", and saying to people "I have a blog" is far less stigmatizing than admitting to being depressed, unfunny, on antidepressants, or a nature-lover. :)
Learn basic spanish, and watch in amazement as the clerk at your local fast-food restaurant *gets your order right*.
My tuppence worth, anyway.
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Life: The ORIGINAL 100% terminal STD.
