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PeaceWave

(1,712 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:51 PM 18 hrs ago

Do you give yourself permission to laugh during troubled times like these?

I hope so. I sincerely do. Laugh in the face of all the madness, lest you yourself go mad.

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Do you give yourself permission to laugh during troubled times like these? (Original Post) PeaceWave 18 hrs ago OP
Of course. I laugh my ass off every morning reading Orrex's thread... SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #1
Every day Faux pas 18 hrs ago #2
I laugh all the time SickOfTheOnePct 18 hrs ago #3
What's that saying either laugh or cry? Tree Lady 18 hrs ago #4
I have to, as my sanity requires it. I've lost some of my marbles so I'd like to preserve the few alwaysinasnit 18 hrs ago #5
My signature line says it all. Aristus 18 hrs ago #6
I just laugh if I find something amusing, mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #7
Oh, Hell, YES! When we need it most! Left off steam, for pure fun, rebalance! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #8
Yes. Laugh AT. Not With. Ping Tung 18 hrs ago #9
It is involuntary KentuckyWoman 18 hrs ago #10
Not literally, no Oeditpus Rex 18 hrs ago #11
I think you misunderstood the question. Giving yourself permission is an act of kindness to yourself. PeaceWave 14 hrs ago #14
So is laughter Oeditpus Rex 12 hrs ago #15
laughter is absolutely essential right now. SleeplessinSoCal 17 hrs ago #12
If I can be distracted and block out the nonsense EnergizedLib 17 hrs ago #13

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,007 posts)
3. I laugh all the time
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:57 PM
18 hrs ago

With family, with friends, while reading or watching TV…asking myself for permission to do so never crossed my mind.

Tree Lady

(12,548 posts)
4. What's that saying either laugh or cry?
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:57 PM
18 hrs ago

I am on the Oregon coast, having a breather from weeks and weeks of around a 100 inland.

We don't have cable so it was good to see Jon and Stephen last night.

I fnd a good walk on the beach, a hike and a massage more comforting. Laughing not so much, don't find too much funny. Even the cartoons are sad in their truth.

alwaysinasnit

(5,467 posts)
5. I have to, as my sanity requires it. I've lost some of my marbles so I'd like to preserve the few
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:59 PM
18 hrs ago

remaining.

mwmisses4289

(1,564 posts)
7. I just laugh if I find something amusing,
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:17 PM
18 hrs ago

don't need to give myself permission. I also look for people doing acts of kindness or compassion; those always put a smile on my face.

KentuckyWoman

(7,140 posts)
10. It is involuntary
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:36 PM
18 hrs ago

I once laughed right in the face of what was then a good friend who repeated birther shit. There was no stopping it.

I'm not nearly as polished as Dr. Fauci

Oeditpus Rex

(42,116 posts)
11. Not literally, no
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 03:45 PM
18 hrs ago

When something stimulates my brain's laughter synapses, I laugh. It's an autonomous response. "Permission" doesn't come into it any more than at any other time.

I've laughed during funerals and wakes. I suppose most of us have. This isn't a funeral or a wake. It's a battle.

PeaceWave

(1,712 posts)
14. I think you misunderstood the question. Giving yourself permission is an act of kindness to yourself.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:49 PM
14 hrs ago

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,195 posts)
12. laughter is absolutely essential right now.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 04:33 PM
17 hrs ago

I'm buried in bad news. The only way to not want to die is by seeking out laughter.

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