Laughing and Crying

[Rome Horseman]

One day when I was driving, I just randomly started to cry and for a minute then I was laughing, it was very weird.. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[one4all]

Yep

 

[Thereisnothing]

Yes has happened to me..................think its some nervous reaction to some deep seated things we have gone through/processed or not as the case maybe.............it crazy at the time though isn't it.

 

[Soulless_Angel]

Ive done this, mood switching so fast, no reason, I just see it as another part of my fucked up mind!!

 

[pole]

when you're absolutely heart-broken and in emotional distress and you're now at the point where it's so hard to believe that all you can do is laugh at what's happened and where life's done to you and laugh in disbelief, cause it's hillarious but heartbreaking at the same time.

like a terrible joke gone wrong.

 

[Absurdity]

It's not the same as what you're describing, but sometimes I just have to laugh at the extremely absurd situation I find myself in (for the last 2-3 years).

It's like an experiment is going on, to see how long a person can survive in these bizarre circumstances..
Then my nihilistic part of mind activates and I have to laugh even more.

Still, I think it's better than if I had to cry about it. At least it feels like I'm kind of in control, I can laugh about this absurdity and decide if I want to continue to be a part of it. That's comforting.

 

[CarefulWithThatAxe]

Yes quite often

 

[Deathbydemo]

Not so much laughing or crying in the space of a few minutes but more so.. one day I'll feel okay and have less tendencies to end my life but then the next.. total black out, need out, struggling, can't focus. Today has been a black out day.

 

[Melkus2020]

Psychosis?

 

[Jean4]

Was happening today.

 

[clandestine]

it's called emotional lability
pseudobulbar affect if there's a neurological cause

 

[thouisdead]

I do laugh and cry but it's more of a conscious mockery. I think things have reached such a level of absurdity that i can't do nothing but to laugh. I can't explain a shit to myself anymore.

 

[Sabriel]

Pretty much the same as other people in this thread...I can't help but laugh at the extreme absurdity of it all; how can life have gotten this bad? Is what I'm experiencing even real anymore? How fucking terrible can things get...well I guess wait and see! Sometimes I'll laugh because of the sheer pressure to respond correctly in the situation...and so I'll laugh at inappropriate times, or have a breakdown and cry when everything is going seemingly well. Sometimes I suspect I'm teetering on the brink of sanity! But if (and possibly when) I do go insane, I might just be laughing about it.

 

[the_inbetween]

When under extreme stress, the back of my head twitches while I am crying and laughing at the same time.

 

[veren4h92l]

I aways imagined a trigger first, then cry or laugh. Cannot laugh on resentment.
But reminds me of very small children, their ability to just let flow any emotion and not worry about that happening.
Or giggle-flashes out of nowhere (natural ones, of course)

Did it just came over you? How entertaining.

 

[farid]

it was happened for me yesterday

 

[veren4h92l]

Would you mind being more precise?
I'm just curious what situation that might be in. But you do feel it? Because that's how I know what's up with me, so no surprises.

 

[Lethe]

Yes, I remember driving home one day and this exact thing happened to me; crying turned to laughter. Laughter at the cosmic joke that is this existence, most likely.