c/depression·Posted by u/jordan_hale·1h ago
Does anyone else laugh at a joke and then feel completely nothing two seconds later?
I was watching that baking show with my roommate last night and I actually snorted when the cake collapsed. She looked over and smiled like, good, he is here. Ten seconds later I was staring at the credits and the laugh felt like it had happened to someone else. My face had done the thing. My chest did not keep any of it. That drop is what scares me more than the low days, because for a second I think I am back, and then the floor is gone again. I used to replay funny bits in my head after. Now they evaporate. Roommate asked if I was okay and I said the episode was just silly, which was true and also not the point. Has this click-off after a laugh happened to anyone else, or am I making a normal moment into a bigger deal?
Peer discussion on askDr.app. Not therapy and not a substitute for professional care.
4 comments
Log in to comment.
u/omar_farouk1h ago
The drop after a laugh is the weirdest part for me too. I can hear myself doing it and it is like the sound is in another room.
u/lila_nguyen1h ago
My partner used to take it personally, like I was faking. I had to say it is not the joke, it is the after. Do you tell your roommate or do you keep covering?
u/sam_whitaker59m ago
I started noting when it happens, not in a journal, just in my notes app. Laughed at 8:12, gone by 8:13. Seeing the pattern made me feel less crazy about it.
u/nora_klein58m ago
You are not making it into a bigger deal. That click-off is real. I get it in group chats too. Type haha, feel nothing.