| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1384 Registered: 6-2006 |
She couldn't stop laughing, but the situation was far from funny. | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1422 Registered: 2-2005 |
Hysterical laughter? Was she being tickled? Was her laughter related to the situation at all? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1386 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hysterical laughter? yes Was she being tickled? no Was her laughter related to the situation at all? yes | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 301 Registered: 4-2007 |
was she laughing at someone else? if so, was she laughing at this person's misfortune? an accident this person had? was she laughing out of embarrassment? for someone? for herself? was it also nervous laughter? she: human? adult? female? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1387 Registered: 6-2006 |
was she laughing at someone else? no if so, was she laughing at this person's misfortune? an accident this person had? was she laughing out of embarrassment? no for someone? for herself? was it also nervous laughter? no she: human? yes adult? irrel, but we'll say yes female? yes | ||
| Rabrab (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1424 Registered: 2-2005 |
Was she laughing in a "I had to laugh or I'd cry" sort of reaction? Was she involved in the situation? simply witnessing it? had she caused it? If yes to "caused it", was it entirely her doing? had she contributed substantially to it occurring? contributed somewhat to it occurring? contributed only minorly to it occurring? Was the far-from funny-situation physically life-threatening? physically dangerous, but not life-threatening? physically uncomfortable? Emotionally very disturbing? (A family member is dying) emotionally upsetting? (Fight with SO) emotionally annoying? (Neighbor yelled at your dog.) Financially devastating? (Bankruptcy, major house fire, bank crash) Financially uncomfortable? (Car needed repairs) Financially annoying? (Gas went up to $3.50/gallon) | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 213 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it a chemically induced laughter? Did she laugh to relieve stress? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1394 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was she laughing in a "I had to laugh or I'd cry" sort of reaction? no Was she involved in the situation? yes simply witnessing it? no had she caused it? yope? If yes to "caused it", was it entirely her doing? had she contributed substantially to it occurring? contributed somewhat to it occurring? contributed only minorly to it occurring? These are hard to answer...no one else was involved in it occuring, but neither did it result as a consequence of her actions. Was the far-from funny-situation physically life-threatening? possibly physically dangerous, but not life-threatening? possibly physically uncomfortable? yes Emotionally very disturbing? (A family member is dying) posssibly emotionally upsetting? (Fight with SO) probably emotionally annoying? (Neighbor yelled at your dog.) no Financially devastating? (Bankruptcy, major house fire, bank crash) noish Financially uncomfortable? possibly (Car needed repairs) Financially annoying? no (Gas went up to $3.50/gallon) Was it a chemically induced laughter? No Did she laugh to relieve stress? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2007 |
Was it a genuine laugh derived from joy? was it a false laugh? If false, was it cynical? cruel? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1396 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it a genuine laugh derived from joy? no was it a false laugh? yes If false, was it cynical? no cruel? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 13 Registered: 6-2007 |
was she in physical pain? was she anticipating physical pain? inflicted from an external source? was she afraid for her life? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1398 Registered: 6-2006 |
was she in physical pain? possibly was she anticipating physical pain? no inflicted from an external source? no was she afraid for her life? possibly | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 323 Registered: 4-2007 |
was she in a scary situation? was someone threatening her? was she attempting to act crazy? was she trying to get someone to leave her alone? was she trying to attract attention to herself? to her situation? was she alone? with one other person? two other? three? four? more? | ||
| E20 (E20)
New member Username: E20 Post Number: 316 Registered: 10-2004 |
Was she literally unable to stop laughing? Was it the case that she couldn't stop because something unpleasant would have happened if she did? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1400 Registered: 6-2006 |
was she in a scary situation? yes was someone threatening her? no was she attempting to act crazy? no was she trying to get someone to leave her alone? no was she trying to attract attention to herself? no to her situation? no was she alone? with one other person? two other? three? four? more? irrel Was she literally unable to stop laughing? yes Was it the case that she couldn't stop because something unpleasant would have happened if she did? no | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 324 Registered: 4-2007 |
important what she is doing? is she watching a movie? television? listening to radio? on the phone? at the computer? important where she is? inside? outside? parking lot? in her house? in someone else's house? in a car? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1401 Registered: 6-2006 |
important what she is doing?yope is she watching a movie? television? listening to radio? on the phone? at the computer? could be any of these, but... important where she is?no inside? outside? parking lot? in her house? in someone else's house? in a car? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 65 Registered: 6-2007 |
Did she have an accident? some kind of illness? are there relevant happenings to explore before the laughter if so.. seconds? minutes? hours? weeks? years? before | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1403 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did she have an accident? no some kind of illness? no are there relevant happenings to explore before the laughter noish if so.. seconds? minutes? hours? weeks? years? before | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 76 Registered: 6-2007 |
Her state of physical discomfort and possible pain was caused by.. herself? self & psychological? self & physical? an object? another person? a position her body was in? by "situation" should we explore her physical environment? If she was in some kind of isolation could we recreate this situation or do we need to add an object(s)? people? a person? to the equation? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1405 Registered: 6-2006 |
Her state of physical discomfort and possible pain was caused by.. herself?well, yes self & psychological?no self & physical? yes an object? no another person? no a position her body was in? yope by "situation" should we explore her physical environment? no If she was in some kind of isolation could we recreate this situation or do we need to add an object(s)? it would work in isolation people? a person? to the equation? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 327 Registered: 4-2007 |
was she doing exercise? yoga? running? swimming? playing a sport? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1406 Registered: 6-2006 |
was she doing exercise? yoga? running? swimming? playing a sport? possibly any of these, but irrel | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 79 Registered: 6-2007 |
was she doing something relavant with her hands? teeth? legs? was she doing a deliberate action on herself? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1407 Registered: 6-2006 |
was she doing something relavant with her hands? possibly teeth? probably not legs? possibly was she doing a deliberate action on herself? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 87 Registered: 6-2007 |
she was of sound mind and then caused physical distress to herself? would the hands, legs etc be causing the distess? a symptom of it? is it a seizure? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1410 Registered: 6-2006 |
she was of sound mind and then caused physical distress to herself? yesish would the hands, legs etc be causing the distess? no a symptom of it? yes is it a seizure? yes | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 347 Registered: 4-2007 |
I'll email you my guess. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 604 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does her seizure somehow cause her to laugh, through muscle spasms or something like that? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1412 Registered: 6-2006 |
I'll email you my guess.reply sent. you're correct. Does her seizure somehow cause her to laugh, through muscle spasms or something like that? yes... *********SPOILER************* She suffers from gelastic seizures, which are a form of epileptic seizures. The seizures affect the part of the brain that controls emotion, so some people experience fear, or extreme sadness, but perhaps the most common is uncontrollable laughter. The laughter may or may not be accompanied by more "typical" seizing, like the violent shaking you see on TV. The inspiration came from an article about a 3 year old who suffers from laughing seizures. So it's safe to say that although she was laughing, and laughing quite uncontrollably, the fact that she was suffering from an epileptic seizure is hardly funny. |
