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When the whole world decides it’s a perfectly sunny day to turn against you (and trust me, it happens way more often than you think!), there's little you can do about it. You can sit in denial, go into a full breakdown without a return ticket, or you can laugh your ass off through staring straight into the depths of your pain.
In fact, there’s a whole online community dedicated to this coping mechanism where people share examples of self-deprecating humor. No wonder it’s such a huge success! Created in 2016, the r/2meirl4meirl subreddit has a whopping 1.3M members who come here for a daily fix.
I mean, if we cannot fight that pain, at least we can sit right next to it and have a good laugh at each other. So scroll down and upvote your favorite posts!
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Raven Sheridan 3 years ago
Their DIY skills are pathetic because the Boomers DIDN'T teach them!
A growing body of research has suggested that laughing during difficult situations may help to ease our pain and distress. In order to find out how that works, we reached out to Jennifer Williams, the founder of Heartmanity, which provides people with support and vital skills needed to create a healthy and thriving life with relationships that enrich and uplift us. Heartmanity provides groundbreaking skills and programs based on brain science and 30 years of experience.
Jennifer explained that an ability to laugh during painful or difficult situations requires resilience, which is an emotional intelligence ability. “Humor and laughter during tough times don’t mean that we are not taking our lives seriously, but rather, laughing acts like a release valve on a pressure cooker.”
Moreover, “This resilient mindset stems from innate confidence in ourselves to handle life’s curveballs and challenges successfully. The quality of our life is not about what happens to us; it’s about how we interpret and respond to our experiences,” she explained.
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Hard work, persistence, and never giving up... The things that arrogant toxic-positivity personal development life coaches tell you to do so you feel more miserable and buy more of their books.
Moreover, growing your inner optimist and practicing mindful optimism trains our brains to see the good even when things go awry. Jennifer said that in this way, we start seeing the world through a new lens. “Laughter and humor are wonderful ways to release stress and reset our perspective.”
When asked whether self-deprecating humor can be seen as a useful coping mechanism, Jennifer said that since she believes that we need self-compassion to be at our best, she’s not a fan of self-deprecating humor as a coping mechanism. “In my experience, when a person uses this kind of humor, they tend to be avoiding the reality of what is happening (evading tough emotions like grief or anger) and can be neglecting to take responsible action.”
Even though poking fun at ourselves is a healthy part of humility, the founder of Heartmanity believes that since deprecating means “to belittle or cheapen,” this type of humor can backfire, so you have to be careful. It may cause us to “feel more overwhelmed and less equipped to handle what we are facing in life,” Jennifer warned.
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Me : "I'm depressed." Therapist : "Well, don't be." Me : "I don't pay you to sound like my parents!" Therapist : "You don't pay me, you are French."
“On the other hand, science shows that gratitude helps to alleviate stress, offsets psychological disorientation caused by unexpected suffering, and increases positive emotions and a sense of well-being. Therefore, regularly practicing gratitude is a far more effective strategy for stress.”
Jennifer concluded that “through appreciation, we keep what is most important to us top of mind, and then we can better stay encouraged in difficult or painful situations.”
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
How to get a restraining order, how to find the worst retirement house in the world...
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I just like the way it makes my skin tingle on a cold morning. The fact that I live alone has nothing to do with it. Probably.
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
Making things into a competition just harms everybody.
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Jean Nielsen 3 years ago
I used to read a lot. Then my husband died and I went into grief/depression. Couldn't manage to read more than 3 words. It's been 5 years and I just finished a book yesterday. It was a struggle. I will read again, but not for a while.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Good for you to keep picking it up again and again. I'm glad you said you'll read again and it's perfectly ok that it may not be for a while. Take your OWN time with it.
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turtledove 3 years ago
yeahhhhhh i used to read so much now all the books are just boring. and if I find one I like I read it in an hour and then have nothing
Sammie 19 2 years ago
As a young child who started reading age 3 I was reading around 200 page books in under 2 hours by the time I was 8. Full text pages not picture books. Now at almost 50 I look at the books I used to read and even though I know I've read them repeatedly I can pick up one and it can take me forever just to read the first page and then I go to turn the page and I've already forgotten what it said. I hate it
Lynn Morello 3 years ago
When I was younger, I used to be reading 3 or 4 books at any given time, in different places, one in the Bedroom, one in the lounge, one at the table and one in my bag for work.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
I used to be able to read a 1,000 page book in a day, whilst watching tv and having meals. Had years of not being able to read for pleasure (just occasional form filling). Now I can occasionally read for a couple of hours (with earplugs for noise) then sleep for 12 to 20 hours to recover. Happy I can read at all
RandomBeing 3 years ago
my brain honed its "make up our own stories" skills far to well and stopped me from paying attention to the books >:(
Sky Render 3 years ago
750 pages in 3 days? Ah, a lightweight! (Seriously, teenage-me was such a bookworm. I read the entirety of Sword of Shannara in a single day back then... Never again!)
lailyfnoor 3 years ago
Can't believe I finished the 5th book of Harry Potter less thas a week. Took me almost 2 years to understand how algebra works
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Lovin' Life 3 years ago
Same... I hate being a people pleaser only to forget to take care of myself
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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Looking at little screen, reads this, looks up at big screen...aw snap
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Isabel Care 3 years ago
Signed off work. Now have lots of weird and witchy hats that make people smile. And clothing colours that resemble an explosion in a paint factory.
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Coping mechanisms are the only things that keep you alive. My favorite ones are denial and rationalization.
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Dina Simoné 3 years ago
Comparing yourself to others is the best way to become unhappy. Thats why people love Instagram so much. It brings a lot of easy accessible misery in your life.
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Looking at the way things are going in the world today, this might be the wisest thing to do.
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
That's just the doctrine that all governments use. "Your personal interests are not important to our society." also "Climate change happens because YOU drive a car."
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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Still better than "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and count your blessings".
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DarkLumiya 3 years ago
and for each 7 year old doing that, there is probably a few thousand 7 year olds working in dangerous mines and jobs in unspeakable conditions ,
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Vicky Z 3 years ago
As i understand from the comments we are many little sad bored pandas around here :(
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I feel that many if not the majority of people have mental illneses. But since it is a taboo in our society we all think that we are all alone in this :(
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Suzy the observer 3 years ago
I find a small measure of comfort with my fellow pandas. Big hug to all. One thing a day and one thing at a time.
Amber Sanders Amlie 3 years ago
We aren’t alone, we may feel it but feelings aren’t facts. Putting the phone down and going in nature is the only thing that helps me. My depressed brain says isolate and zone out on screens but getting exercise and seeing the blue sky is what our brains need. I wish everyone hope and joy ❤️
turtledove 3 years ago
i was going to coment on all the ones I relate to, but i didn't want to comment on all of them
Jackie Porter 3 years ago
I frequently wish I could be 'normal' for any given definition of normal. Physically I hurt like I'm a 90 year old, I'm so overweight because I'm in so much pain that it's causing more weight gain, my brain hates me, it makes me feel like everything I do is wrong and inadequate, I have zero energy to do anything but the bare minimum to keep myself clean and my clothes clean.
AmmoniteCat 3 years ago
Can't all sad bored pandas meet up and have fun the rest of their lives?
Isabela Ivan 3 years ago
That was really good to read.finally...i m not a spoiled brat who plays cheap drama at 37. Thank you❤🖤
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago
I don't understand,honestly after all these discoveries,inventions and all these efforts to make a civilisations,are we all collectively becoming depressed and existential as a society?Is this really all our own faults like our brains tell us or is this just the algorithm of life you know pain - eee-pain-eee. Those eee s are me pretending to smile.I hope you're happy.
TheAnimalLady 3 years ago
I (partly) blame TV and movies containing fake perfect living and happy endings that give us unrealistic expectations and make us feel like we don't measure up if we don't buy all the carp they're selling us to make us sexier, smell "better", feel special by getting the "next big new thing", etc.
Load More Replies... Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Hugs out to all my fellow sad pandas using our weird sense of humour.
Rita Shapiro 3 years ago
This post reminds me of an old Monty Python skit where folks were complaining about how hard their lives had been as children, each participant trying to one-up the previous one. "Every day we'd have to get up at 3 a.m., two hours before we went to bed, and lick the driveway clean..." Was there some kind of prize in the offing for who could sound the most pathetically miserable?
Aliquid A 3 years ago
The world doesn't revolve around you. Learn some empathy.
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Vicky Z 3 years ago
As i understand from the comments we are many little sad bored pandas around here :(
Ozacoter 3 years ago
I feel that many if not the majority of people have mental illneses. But since it is a taboo in our society we all think that we are all alone in this :(
Load More Replies... Suzy the observer 3 years ago
I find a small measure of comfort with my fellow pandas. Big hug to all. One thing a day and one thing at a time.
Amber Sanders Amlie 3 years ago
We aren’t alone, we may feel it but feelings aren’t facts. Putting the phone down and going in nature is the only thing that helps me. My depressed brain says isolate and zone out on screens but getting exercise and seeing the blue sky is what our brains need. I wish everyone hope and joy ❤️
turtledove 3 years ago
i was going to coment on all the ones I relate to, but i didn't want to comment on all of them
Jackie Porter 3 years ago
I frequently wish I could be 'normal' for any given definition of normal. Physically I hurt like I'm a 90 year old, I'm so overweight because I'm in so much pain that it's causing more weight gain, my brain hates me, it makes me feel like everything I do is wrong and inadequate, I have zero energy to do anything but the bare minimum to keep myself clean and my clothes clean.
AmmoniteCat 3 years ago
Can't all sad bored pandas meet up and have fun the rest of their lives?
Isabela Ivan 3 years ago
That was really good to read.finally...i m not a spoiled brat who plays cheap drama at 37. Thank you❤🖤
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago
I don't understand,honestly after all these discoveries,inventions and all these efforts to make a civilisations,are we all collectively becoming depressed and existential as a society?Is this really all our own faults like our brains tell us or is this just the algorithm of life you know pain - eee-pain-eee. Those eee s are me pretending to smile.I hope you're happy.
TheAnimalLady 3 years ago
I (partly) blame TV and movies containing fake perfect living and happy endings that give us unrealistic expectations and make us feel like we don't measure up if we don't buy all the carp they're selling us to make us sexier, smell "better", feel special by getting the "next big new thing", etc.
Load More Replies... Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Hugs out to all my fellow sad pandas using our weird sense of humour.
Rita Shapiro 3 years ago
This post reminds me of an old Monty Python skit where folks were complaining about how hard their lives had been as children, each participant trying to one-up the previous one. "Every day we'd have to get up at 3 a.m., two hours before we went to bed, and lick the driveway clean..." Was there some kind of prize in the offing for who could sound the most pathetically miserable?
Aliquid A 3 years ago
The world doesn't revolve around you. Learn some empathy.
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