Laughing (almost Hysterically) And Then Sobbing..?

[Deleted member 37343]

(Sorry, I know I wrote another thread.. I didn't want to put the same things in the same thread if they weren't connected in some way.. )

So I've been having a very stressful week(or a few..) and I'm hoping I'll be able to get out and go on a forest trail alone with my dog this weekend.. Forests always boost my mood.

I've been needing and wanting to cry for a very long time, but I'm so used to stopping/controlling myself that it's been I don't know how long since I've had a GOOD cry. Well finally, I got home and I took a few sleeping pills so I can fall asleep before I have a meltdown and started watching funny videos. There was one part of the video that made me laugh so much, I kept replaying the part. After the third or fourth time of replaying it, laughing even harder each time and it was like an immediate switch. I was laughing so hard one second, and a split second later I was sobbing so hard. I made sure to gain control again and shushed myself.. I don't know why, but I did. I remember this happening before except not in such an extreme way. I was just wondering if other people have experienced this and if it's maybe related to my anxiety and stress..? Or just holding it in and eventually I sort of.. crack?

 

[heyheyhey]

Hello, I haven't experience this exactly but I've also laughed and cried before. Normally I laugh after crying, because something inside of me seems to say "this is so ridiculous that this happened to me I almost can't believe it" lol! My sister also said she has had this. I feel like for me it is a shock thing... I'm quite into Somatic Experiencing and the theory behind it, and I'm interested in how our nervous system is regulated through the body, and I personally feel like it's just the nervous system trying to regulate itself. I know it can make you feel crazy the combo, but I always feel better after letting my body do it's thing :).

 

[ladee]

I have done this many times. I've often wondered if it's because there is such a great relief in laughing that it opens a part of me that I keep a tight rein on.
I am not a cryer either.
So when that switch flips I can barely contain the unbearable pain I feel when crying.
I have just learned to go with it. Who knows why it happens. I just know that giving myself permission to feel that pain and cry until I can't is very healing.
Its damned akward when I am around others. But I give myself permission to heal.
And I do feel so much better afterward.
So you are not alone and that means neither am I. Thank you for sharing.

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

Omg yes I do this all the time. Sometimes I'm laughing at something funny then it turns into crying. sometimes I'm laughing at something that's not funny at all (something where crying would be more appropriate) and it turns into crying. Or crying that turns into laughter.

I struggle with showing negative emotions in front of people and I live with my partner. So I feel like it's a build up then a release.