Laughing disorder

[arvinth_cena]

i hav heard of many people suffering from laughing disorder.is this due to excess intake of laughing gas that is N2O:) . pls do reply me friends.

[sham]

I don't have any idea on this . This the first time I'm hearing about this .... If anyone familiar on this Kindly post us to know more about this .... :confused:

[khassa]

well this happens due to excessive depression....whenever you are really depressed and after that you get a good news then you try to overcome your depression by laughing more and more......that is laughing disorder (acc. to me)

[aasim]

Yeah even i never experienced or heard about laughing disorder, thanks to Khassa now i know something about it.. well I have problem in laughing openly too..Specially in public area or with friends, i feel kind of insecured.. can anyone tell me why is this..? is this lack of confidence?

[goutham]

I have this problem and it's hard to be in public because of it.
I feel like I'm completely out of my mind. People always ask me what I'm laughing at. I offend and disturb people.

[martin612999]

laughing is the best exercise of human life. every one have to laugh but a certain limitations. if a human laugh every time it is unused for that person. every person get angry because of that person. so more laughing is harmful of human health. keep smiling face but a certain limit.

[khassa]

Pathological laughing and crying is a syndrome in which patients experience relatively uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying, or both. The laughter or crying are provoked by trivially-sentimental stimuli. These episodes are not manifestations of a mood disorder such as major depression or mania, where laughing and crying are expressed in tandem with feelings of happiness or sadness, nor do they represent ictal displays of affect. While there is general agreement that PLC is a disorder of affect, and not of mood, there are disagreements about both its core clinical features and whether PLC is the best diagnostic term for this condition.

[vandy02]

Laughter is the best medicine.People get laughter by cracking jokes among friends.Laughing disorder is a strange disorder and i haven't heard about it in past.What are the basic symptoms of it and the treatment to get cured of.Certainly by crying laughter disorder will not get cured off.HA HA HA.

[kerrylee211]

Be careful with this stuff. A british comedian died from watching porn while taking in massive amounts of this stuff.

[jamhelper]

Laughter makes you feel good for a reason. The physiological effects on your body are amazing. For example:

* Laughter reduces levels of certain stress hormones. It provides a safety valve that shuts off the flow of stress hormones and the fight-or-flight compounds that come into action in times of trouble, or hostility or rage.

* Laughter boosts the immune system because when you're in a state of mirth, natural killer cells that destroy tumors and viruses increase. It basically brings balance to all the components of the immune system.

* Laughter can be a total body workout! Do you often feel exhausted after a bout of contagious giggling? This is because you have just had an aerobic workout.

* Blood pressure is lowered and there is an increase in vascular blood flow, and an increase in oxygenation of the blood. Oxygenation of the blood enables the body to carry on healing activities for itself.

* There also has been some belief that laughter prevents some life-threatening diseases such as heart disease. That's because anger and fear (two emotions that often lead to heart attack) are completely eliminated while you are laughing.

Laughing invokes happiness and joy.

[jayanthiikav]

I too don't have experience with the people having laughing disorder. It is great to go through this thread, came across to know about it.

[doma]

Excessive laughing may be associated with psychological or mental problems. Excessive laughing are manic episodes in which some people have the tendency to over-react to any non-sentimental stimulus and even if the stimulus is sentimental, the intensity of the response is excessive. This is common especially in highly depressed people who might get euphoric at simple positive stimuli and find humor in everything.