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Posted by snapper on December 24, 2006, at 2:21:35
...to live in a chronically depressiogenic state and yet laugh to a lesser degree and realize something is missing and wonder at the same time if it is just "me" or it really is the "big d" I think it is. Life to me in my eyes as I view others seems so effortless and "normal" I must have adapted to this sick state .... It is very sad ( no PUN ) when I laugh or crack my own jokes or humorous ideas thoughts etc. I do wonder if I am normal or if I am just different as this illness has somehow changed me. I long to be 'right' or at least half way right.
much more I could say
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comments obviously welcome
snapper
Posted by Declan on December 24, 2006, at 16:59:49
In reply to Is it possible?, posted by snapper on December 24, 2006, at 2:21:35
Most of the best humourists have been depressed. Maybe not all.
Peter Cooke I don't know, although he died alcoholic, John Cleese for sure, Ricky Gervais certainly feels like it. Spike Milligan was BP and had put on his gravestone 'I told you I was ill'. Tony Hancock (not one of my favourites) killed himself in Sydney.
Good humour is how we cope with challenging perceptions?
Posted by dessbee on December 26, 2006, at 12:46:06
In reply to Re: Is it possible? » snapper, posted by Declan on December 24, 2006, at 16:59:49
That is true, humour is a way of distancing your depressive feelings. It's not the comedian who is suppose to laugh, it's the audience.
I would fear trying to entertain a depressive crowd.Perhaps most comedians are bipolars or succesful self medicated depressives (drugs) since an untreated depressive state will not provide much energy to achieve anything.
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