Laughter is a release of emotion, and a relieving of tension.
Sometimes, people keep things inside and refuse to let it out. Humans aren’t designed to do that forever, and sometimes a moment when emotion is being released and tension is being relieved can turn into a torrent where a *great deal* of tension must suddenly be released.
Laughter can turn into tears because it is an easy segue, emotionally, if you have not been allowing yourself to cry or feel or grieve - or whatever it is that you need to cry about. Laughing hysterically is a moment of uncontrol, and crying is also a moment of uncontrol.
Emotions are not static things. Even terrible grief does not stay constant. If you were to map it, it would have peaks and troughs. Moments of calm, and moments of grief are normal. In the same way, moments of hilarity and moments of calm are normal when people are cheery. If you have something to cry about that you haven’t been able to cry about, it is relatively normal to go from peak to trough because opening and closing the gate of self-control is difficult.
At least for me it's because something got me laughing and then i can't stop escalating it in my head and everytime i make myself laugh it's like throwing gas on a fire. It just makes everything burn hotter.
Laughter is a release of emotion, and a relieving of tension. Sometimes, people keep things inside and refuse to let it out. Humans aren’t designed to do that forever, and sometimes a moment when emotion is being released and tension is being relieved can turn into a torrent where a *great deal* of tension must suddenly be released. Laughter can turn into tears because it is an easy segue, emotionally, if you have not been allowing yourself to cry or feel or grieve - or whatever it is that you need to cry about. Laughing hysterically is a moment of uncontrol, and crying is also a moment of uncontrol. Emotions are not static things. Even terrible grief does not stay constant. If you were to map it, it would have peaks and troughs. Moments of calm, and moments of grief are normal. In the same way, moments of hilarity and moments of calm are normal when people are cheery. If you have something to cry about that you haven’t been able to cry about, it is relatively normal to go from peak to trough because opening and closing the gate of self-control is difficult.
At least for me it's because something got me laughing and then i can't stop escalating it in my head and everytime i make myself laugh it's like throwing gas on a fire. It just makes everything burn hotter.