Yes Yes Yes I do that all the time. Not only does it keep me from vomiting all my problems on other people but it helps me deal with them.

yes, I joke about me being "crazy" and how short I am (I'm only 5"1') and I joke about my "roman" nose. These are all things I'm self conscious about, but would rather joke about them to people in order to make myself feel more comfortable with them when in the presence of others.

I joke about the amount of meds I take and refer to myself as a walking pharmacy...lol

I laugh at myself all the time about how damn crazy I am. I make others laugh with me too.

Very much do and sometimes I need to just talk to people about me. But most of the time I carry other's and keep on laughing and smiling..

I'll go as far as to make a spectacle of myself just to make light of a situation.

Example: I'm a heavy girl. My sis is heavy also. We've made judgements in the past about "fat people". So if we go out to eat and we catch someone staring, I'll go out of my way to make myself look like a complete fat slob.

I guess it's just the "you can't hurt me any more than I hurt myself" thing.

Huh? Today someone gave me a compliment about what a good cook I must be...unfortnately I didn't like the guy so I said "yeah and these hips don't lie" and started doing a bunch of belly dance moves sens Shakira....I'm 5'6 and 210lbs. so I figure I must have made quite the scene.

Yesterday at credit counselling course the presenter asked who has a credit card...all the hands went up. Then he asked who has 2 some hands went down. He went through 3,4,,5 and 6. Eventurally I was the only left wiith my hand still up. He then directed the next question at me by saying "what is your biggest problem with credit cards?". "My husband" I replied...the room broke out into hilarious laughter

I do that. I figure if everyone is laughing, it's all good.

I have and I think many do.. it is a safe guard for our feelings..x

About what a nut I am. Today I was almost late for my shrink appointment. When I got there I told him, "I drove like a maniac to get here on time. No pun intended." He thought it was funny.

What I still think is hilarious is that my 4 year old niece always always says, "I don't like Jesus." when you happen to mention him or church. She's not indoctrinated so she knows nothing about the man. She just had a bad experience at a Lutheran preschool and that's why she feels that way. I laugh my ass off every time she says it.

I do it too. Just yesterday I went home to sleep. Told everyone I was sick, sick in the head.

I make very light of my problems and challenges and at the same time take those of others very seriously.

Me too. I make alot of jokes about my illness and weight

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do it ALL the time, so nice to know that im not the only one.

I think I was the Class Clown or the Group Clown for years to cover my insecurities. But these days, I think my laughter and my humour are a lot more authentic - really coming from deep inside instead of laughing along with people when I don't really feel it.

I have no-one left in my life except one friend who lives a long way away and we have phone calls here and there - but we do have a good laugh together. I have two psychologists (because I need that much support but also because they have different styles which I like). With both of them, we spend half the consult in hysterical laughter at the silliness of life, Policital Correctness gone mad, the silly side of mental illness and our own word plays. I get along so well with these gals and I'll miss them BIG when I move towns in a couple of weeks because of their profressionalism and care but also the mutual laughter which is just as effective as the formal therapy we do.

Geez I wish I could find some non-mental health friends with the same sense of humour and the ridiculous.