@ wiederkeh......LMAO....I needed that chuckle. Thanks.

Well, I think that a healthy attitude to have is to be humerous in maybe the lighter side of life and maybe the slightly goofy things that happen-the lighter things that aren't crucial or dangerous, you know-like maybe you put too much coffee creamer in your coffee because your mood stablizer makes you a little sleepy or something-I don't know, but Abraham Lowe says that humor is our best friend.

Obviously, we all need to take our mental health seriously, but an occaisional laugh, just at life in general or something that is goofy but not dangerous-I think is okay.

It's all about balance and management and somehow being mindful enough to find a positive spiritual/psychological space to live in.

Yes I do for sure at times...I think it's good medicine to lighten up at times.. like Shelly though I get so damned analytical at times ha..stuck in it.. Laughter is truly great medicine..x

My illness has made me laugh for as long as I can remember, maybe Because I had to develop the humor, or end up in the emotional dust every afternoon as a child! :P

I remember in college, before an exam I was really stressed about - I was lying in bed, trying to count sheep. They were quietly doing their thing, jumping the fence, when ALL of a sudden I heard this Really loud Baaaa-ing, and all the sheep jumped the fence at the same time!!

I laughed myself silly over it, and never forgot, but I got some sleep that night after all, because I calmed down through humor!

Bipolar, my hind foot. It better watch out for Me. :)

I have a friend who is part Native American who is here in Jackson, and she always uses humor to help herself get through the day. She has diabetes but also has a wee bit of depression, so humor can be used as a good coping skill.
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YOU KNOW WHAT ALL OF US SHOULD DO? We should discuss the proper use of humor with our therapists!! :-D

Nope can't say that I do.

I have to find some humor in living with bipolar. I did it when I worked psych. It was a matter of survival working acute in-patient and out-patient. The same goes for now. I'm serious about getting better and managing the illness but I have to have some humor.

Hey great topic to start lesluck13. I really enjoyed this and reading y'alls post. I try to find humor in the illness and find this to be a good way to feel better about the experiences I've been through. I find it funny how when I am depressed my normal health conscious ways go straight out the window. I give myself permission to make brownie and cake batter and dish it up in a dessert cup, eating it just like that, raw. It does make sense to me, I like the raw stuff the best anyways. I am also able to laugh at how uninhibited my hypomanic episodes have made me. I may always say I would never do this or that, yet at times I have been hypomanic, I don't stick with that and it's funny looking at it from an objective standpoint!!