NuevaVida -> RE: seperation of the emotions (8/7/2010 7:33:57 AM)
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ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance Laughter is a weird thing. It sometimes sneaks up on us, in the most inappropriate times, as a response to deep emotions. Once, when I was young, a man started drowning in front of me. I was scared and overwhelmed, but guess what? I laughed. Of course I also dove down and got him and pulled him outof the pool, but I only say that so people don't think I'm a sociopath or something! Point is, laughter isn't always an expression of things we find funny. It could be that she just felt this surge of emotion that bubbled up and out in the form of laughter. Or, she could be an insensitive twit. I don't know. But, I thought I'd share one possible option. This is such a good point. I laugh when I'm nervous. Used to get me in a hell of a lot of trouble as a kid - Parents would ask why I did something I shouldn't have, and I'd break out into this huge smile, followed with a laugh. Much as I tried, I could not control it. My childhood best friend came by to visit, years later. I had the unpleasant task of telling her a mutual friend of ours was killed in an accident. She was shocked - not only from the new but by my smiling and laughing as I told her. I learned to communicate this to people, that I laugh when I'm nervous. It doesn't put them off so much.
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