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Rozanne

01/07/2021 at 14:57

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I was chatting to a friend about depression and how to manage it. He said that laughter releases a happy hormone so we should make more effort to laugh. I laugh quite a bit, my sense of humour has carried me through a lot. The thing is, if it releases the happy hormone why do I get this intense need to sob my heart out after having a good laugh? It feels like I have been dropped into a deeper pit. Instead of making me feel happy it leaves me feeling very sad.

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01/07/2021 at 16:27

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Hello @Rozanne‍, thank you for starting this new discussion! That's very true, humour and laughter have been shown to help with depression, there was even a study published a few years ago examining the use of laughter yoga as an alternative treatment for depression that showed promising results!

Laughing and crying are also closely related - often one may stimulate the other. The both also help to release stress, so you can look at them both as the body's reaction to what you're going through.

Has anyone else experienced this? Do you ever feel like your emotions swing from one extreme to another? How do you manage this? What helps you to feel better?
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Rozanne

01/07/2021 at 17:50

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Thank you for clearing that up. I thought there was something out of kilter with my reaction 🙄 I feel better about it now :-)

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20/07/2021 at 11:14

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@Courtney_J This is interesting, I guess it may also explain why sometimes we cry when we're happy, like at weddings or births and thinks of the like. I'm not sure that this is the same thing, but often times I find myself trying to cope with how I feel through laughter. When I'm in a bad place I try to get myself out of it by recognising the comedy in my situation. Sometimes it's hard to find, but I can usually find something to laugh about. It can be good to laugh at ourselves sometimes.

Do you ever experience mood swings with your depression? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/depression/living-with-depression/laughter-4219 2021-07-20 11:14:11

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jenlei14

16/07/2019 at 12:02

I take each day as it comes, try to have a focus for that day. Today is pretty good, but it gives me a nudge every now and again. H

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mr chipps

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23/08/2023 at 15:47

Lizzie when we loss loved ones some people are expecting to grieve in the same way with each bereavement, and are even more upset because they dont. this can be for many reasons, for example it could be the age of the loved one, how close you were to a certain person, how well they physically or emotionally knew a loved one. or lastly some of us may never have met a loved one for many reasons. or if physical events had taken place ,and a loved one could not be viewed by family and friends

this happened me was because, my son and i parted with bad blood between us, and when his baby daughter was born , and died age 50 minutes i was banned from attending her service or internment, her name was Rebecca Jade, but i called her Becky, and i bought her a small headstone and i go to her grave at least once a month with fresh flowers. i will always love my grandaughter, but possibly not as much as my Angel wife or son, who took his own life.?

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jenlei14

16/07/2019 at 12:02

I take each day as it comes, try to have a focus for that day. Today is pretty good, but it gives me a nudge every now and again. H

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