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Re: laughing

Posted by Jen on June 29, 2001 at 09:34:45:

In Reply to: laughing posted by sleepypreacher on June 29, 2001 at 06:34:02:

I don't have cataplexy, but do have the laughter thing sometimes- it doesn't happen too often but when it does, at first people are amused, then they say something to the effect of, "Are you OK?" Like you said, thinking about it afterward can make me laugh again, even though it wasn't that funny in the first place from a "normal" perspective. One instance was at the movie Robocop. I saw it in the theater with a friend when it opened, and I thought it was one of the most hysterically funny movies I ever saw. I just about fell out of my chair at the end, when they flashed up the title of the movie again. I've seen it since (years after) and it really wasn't all that funny. At one point my mom thought I was on drugs, which I thought was even funnier. :)

At any rate, I'm not sure what causes these inappropriate emotional responses. For me, it's like a switch gets stuck on for a bit. It would be interesting to ask a nerologist about it.

I did a search on Google (www.google.com) for "uncontrollable laughter" and found some interesting things. First, it is thought to have religious ties and is also linked to other causes, such as epilepsy. What's interesting about the religious articles (I'm not particularly religious) is the historical perspective- that throughout time, people have been struck with uncontrollable laughter that made them fall over. This is linked religiously to both Pagan and Christian faiths.

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