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Laughter and Tears

They say laughter is the best medicine and I would agree that it can do you the world of good.
Only recently I had one of those moments where something happens that cracks you up so much that you just cannot stop laughing and it hurts so much but feels so good afterwards.

Please see this link for what triggered it. You can hear the start of my sister’s laughing, it was only when I saw the video that I got why, I thought both eyes were doing it.

Maybe you had to be there and have my sister making it worse by also being in hysterics. Mind you her boyfriend was there, couldn’t see what was so funny and left us to it, backing away hastily.

What is it that makes things funny for you?

I think, however, that the power of tears is severely underestimated. Seriously girls and guys, it is ok to cry. I’m the first to admit that maybe I do it a little too often and, for me, it appears to be my stock approach to feeling sad, feeling angry, feeling overtired and I also cry with laughter. But crying is surely not worse than bottling your emotions up (before you say it guys who know me, yes there have been a number of occasions when I wish I could have waited to cry in a more private . When I was in practice I began to see an increasing number of clients with somatization. This is where psychological symptoms can manifest as physical problems and pains (see link for fuller explanation). This is an area that really interests me and I hope to look into it more in future.

I know myself that there are times when I’ve thought, ‘I’ve not had a good cry in a while’ and I will resort to a good weepy movie otherwise I will feel in a funk until I’ve had that emotional release.

Do you feel the need to cry or are you a stiff upper lipper?