Comments on: My Funny Bone in Action! http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/my-funny-bone-in-action/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: annie http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/my-funny-bone-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 annie Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:06:04 +0000 http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/?p=95#comment-2740 Susan, Glad that you responded to this post. Your comment helped me look at my feelings from a different perspective. We seem to have similar experience yet perhaps from a different source. My hyper energy was not from medication but the lack of support from an appropriate med. Now that I have the correct med. I have more peace in being humorous. I think we share the experience of shame and this is a hard one to let go of and feel at peace. I imagine that your anger fuels the shame. I don't feel angry instead I feel sad about it. At times I wish I was in therapy but have mixed feelings about it. Thanks again for your comments. Peace, Annie Aqua, Your comments are facinating and how great that you could see the Dalai Lama! I could see my humor being relaxing for clients at some levels but not helpful in other ways. Perhaps the negative effects for me when I was with clients was my worry that I was taking conversations just in my direction instead of following along with them. Your comments were very helpful, thank you! Peace, Annie Susan,
Glad that you responded to this post. Your comment helped me look at my feelings from a different perspective. We seem to have similar experience yet perhaps from a different source. My hyper energy was not from medication but the lack of support from an appropriate med. Now that I have the correct med. I have more peace in being humorous.
I think we share the experience of shame and this is a hard one to let go of and feel at peace. I imagine that your anger fuels the shame. I don’t feel angry instead I feel sad about it. At times I wish I was in therapy but have mixed feelings about it.
Thanks again for your comments.
Peace, Annie

Aqua,
Your comments are facinating and how great that you could see the Dalai Lama! I could see my humor being relaxing for clients at some levels but not helpful in other ways.
Perhaps the negative effects for me when I was with clients was my worry that I was taking conversations just in my direction instead of following along with them.
Your comments were very helpful, thank you! Peace,
Annie

]]> By: aqua http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/my-funny-bone-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 aqua Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:31:17 +0000 http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/?p=95#comment-2739 Hi Annie, When you said, "the seat of humor may actually be somewhere near my minds eye"...it made me think of the time I went to see and hear the Dalai Lama speak. His speach was full of wordplays and lots of humour. Being brought up Anglican (a very SERIOUS Anglican;>) and also experiencing the aftermath of my own hypomanic like wierd wittiness that eventually leads to my feeling intensely uncomfortable and disconnected from others when I realize I am being "wierd"... I sat listening to the Dalai Lama and thinking...shouldn't he be more serious? Afterall he is addressing such very serious things. It was only after I left that I recognized that his lightness and humour allowed the entire audience to relax and learn in a laid back environment. It also made him a less intimidating religious and spiritual leader. Maybe we...you and I and others like us, are overestimating the negative affect of our humour? I recognize in myself that sometimes I become too gregarious, bubbly, effervescent, punchy etc....but maybe this is also a very valuable aspect of my self. hugs, ...aqua Hi Annie,
When you said, “the seat of humor may actually be somewhere near my minds eye”…it made me think of the time I went to see and hear the Dalai Lama speak.

His speach was full of wordplays and lots of humour. Being brought up Anglican (a very SERIOUS Anglican;>) and also experiencing the aftermath of my own hypomanic like wierd wittiness that eventually leads to my feeling intensely uncomfortable and disconnected from others when I realize I am being “wierd”…

I sat listening to the Dalai Lama and thinking…shouldn’t he be more serious? Afterall he is addressing such very serious things.

It was only after I left that I recognized that his lightness and humour allowed the entire audience to relax and learn in a laid back environment. It also made him a less intimidating religious and spiritual leader.

Maybe we…you and I and others like us, are overestimating the negative affect of our humour? I recognize in myself that sometimes I become too gregarious, bubbly, effervescent, punchy etc….but maybe this is also a very valuable aspect of my self.
hugs,
…aqua

]]> By: Wellness Writer http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/my-funny-bone-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 Wellness Writer Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:59:57 +0000 http://therapistwithbipolar.com/blog/?p=95#comment-2738 Dear Annie, There is behavior I exhibited in the past that makes me cringe as well. Despite the fact that mine was medication-induced, I was embarrassed about it for years. And, then angry about how others responded to my behavior--because I didn't how much the drugs were changing me. Last January I went into therapy after a 20-year-hiatus in order to be done "once and for all" with all the baggage I was carrying. My behavior has mostly been "back to normal" for a few years, and yet, I couldn't rid myself of the feelings of shame and anger. My therapist and I concluded our work--for now--a few weeks ago. I'm hoping that all of our work might prevent future depressive episodes. Susan P.S. I'm sure feeling much happier! Dear Annie,
There is behavior I exhibited in the past that makes me cringe as well. Despite the fact that mine was medication-induced, I was embarrassed about it for years. And, then angry about how others responded to my behavior–because I didn’t how much the drugs were changing me.

Last January I went into therapy after a 20-year-hiatus in order to be done “once and for all” with all the baggage I was carrying.

My behavior has mostly been “back to normal” for a few years, and yet, I couldn’t rid myself of the feelings of shame and anger.

My therapist and I concluded our work–for now–a few weeks ago. I’m hoping that all of our work might prevent future depressive episodes.

Susan
P.S. I’m sure feeling much happier!

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