UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER after sharp pain!?
So tonight I was laying in bed and i had a sharp pain in my knee. I immediately started laughing hysterically for 5-10 minutes to the point that it hurt really bad and i couldn't breathe. Nothing was funny at all and I didn't want to laugh. I couldn't stop! This happened about 6 months ago also. same exact situation but I don't recall where the pain was then. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance.
Idk if this is related or not -- but, will share, as you did request, "Any ideas?" :) Thank you! in advance, too, for reading, considering, listening...to more than a single idea:
Years ago, I was a child, riding in the back of a long car, along with another child. When the car was hit, but nobody physically hurt, just loudly, suddenly jolted, there was a pause, where I watched the other child looked stunned. She froze, looked startled, then burst into hysterical, ongoing & loud! laughter.
One might say, that it was a nervous reaction! One of the adults in the front explained, as she also wanted to know, why did she do that?! explained briefly, that it was a survival mechanism -- the youngster was so happy that she out-lived the close-brush, with a perceived to be, felt like, potentially life-threatening car accident, that she literally laughed, instead of cried, or shouted.
That would tie in with the person who suggested somethg like, maybe you're voicing, touched upon an 'earlier trauma' (maybe literally, as when you physically were 'in touch' w/your own knee, knee pain -- chuckling -- hey! that's not s'posed to be where you keep your 'funny bone'!).
In the true tale above, the little girl had experienced the traumatic close brush, via an actual jarring accident...&, there wasn't a long time, between the incident, & her uncontrollable outpouring response, of hysterical laughs! Sometimes, many years go by, before such a survivor's response comes up.She had an immediate nonverbal, definite reaction. The adult speaking re:this 'relief at being here' laughing, later on, was all the 'explanation' that we would verbally get, back then.
But, there are many ways to deal with what is really going on, besides a 'shrink'..there are hypnotherapists, & muscle-testing aka kinesiology (applied k., behavorial k. etc.kinesiologists), dream analysis, & doctors of various descriptions, too..but, 'all healing comes down to/is self-healing'...meaning, for starters, your body has clearly communicated, unforgettably..& any & all treatments still rely on, depend on, body's acceptance, & ability to self-heal. I want to say 'self whole'! Well, evidently,
you needed to laugh! As you said, nothing was funny -- maybe been getting too serious?too determined, to be in control, to 'edit' & only allow, let certain messages or attitudes or info. through..that is, a knee is a flexibility, also a weight-carrying or 'bearing' joint. It relies on a range of motion, on being able to straighten, also to bend:We humble ourself, by kneeling --also used to bow, show respect. But, unyielding, unbending knee, that's too proud, rigid, resists all control but self-control -- dominant/domineering steering :) rather than 'laugh & let laugh'! If breaths or laughs
have become difficult..maybe your body wanted you to release that old serious darkness over-shadowing, call it trauma, call it anythg, but, 'it' situation, body, wants your attention :) "Hint!"
As you were the witness, caught in the scene, not wishing to/resisting/opposing laughs hysterically (it wasn't 'fun' or engaging for you, but painful, in the end to breathe), a few ideas do suggest themselves --
that you have not been wanting/choosing or maybe (likely) not able, to voice, especially re: whatever came through, in the symptom-communication, via the sharp knee pain..which is so like an attack, at least reminds me of that car close call!
that is, you have been carrying this, let's call it, hidden or secret information, surviving, but not 'admitting' let alone 'dealing w/it'. You've been silent..which, apparently, didn't make 'it' go away -- as the symptoms, pain, laughter, resistance to laughter/that unknown trauma or difficulty, that is not within your conscious control..wants YOUR attn (esp. if the 1-2 laf incidents occurred when you're alone.
The laughing you describe, reminds me of theatre players wearing masks! like, you are trapped, stuck in this role of hysterical laughter, which concerns you (it seems) more than the important sharp pain (more, it seems, bec. your Q is not 'help!! sharp knee pain!! it's ow, why painful lafter?).
That it 'snow-balled', gained momentum, so that you struggled to breathe (breath is your connection w/being alive, here on Earth, in your own life & breath-fed-body), possibly connects your flexible or rigid knee/sharp pain attack there [a la, forced, not came from you, your conscious control, attacked by??clash of wills??&/or??] ..& came to Q the nonverbal communication/expression/trauma release -- the verbal, reasoning/logical/consciously methodical or 'knows/wants to know what to expect' part of you wants to be included, to understand & help you [all of you, incl. the nonverbal aspects of self] deal with whatever has been going on.
Seems, maybe, you haven't felt trust, or maybe just that timing has been right, welcoming, to open up with others/all of you -- like, literally, there appears to be a possible message, 'no room/space
Years ago, I was a child, riding in the back of a long car, along with another child. When the car was hit, but nobody physically hurt, just loudly, suddenly jolted, there was a pause, where I watched the other child looked stunned. She froze, looked startled, then burst into hysterical, ongoing & loud! laughter.
One might say, that it was a nervous reaction! One of the adults in the front explained, as she also wanted to know, why did she do that?! explained briefly, that it was a survival mechanism -- the youngster was so happy that she out-lived the close-brush, with a perceived to be, felt like, potentially life-threatening car accident, that she literally laughed, instead of cried, or shouted.
That would tie in with the person who suggested somethg like, maybe you're voicing, touched upon an 'earlier trauma' (maybe literally, as when you physically were 'in touch' w/your own knee, knee pain -- chuckling -- hey! that's not s'posed to be where you keep your 'funny bone'!).
In the true tale above, the little girl had experienced the traumatic close brush, via an actual jarring accident...&, there wasn't a long time, between the incident, & her uncontrollable outpouring response, of hysterical laughs! Sometimes, many years go by, before such a survivor's response comes up.She had an immediate nonverbal, definite reaction. The adult speaking re:this 'relief at being here' laughing, later on, was all the 'explanation' that we would verbally get, back then.
But, there are many ways to deal with what is really going on, besides a 'shrink'..there are hypnotherapists, & muscle-testing aka kinesiology (applied k., behavorial k. etc.kinesiologists), dream analysis, & doctors of various descriptions, too..but, 'all healing comes down to/is self-healing'...meaning, for starters, your body has clearly communicated, unforgettably..& any & all treatments still rely on, depend on, body's acceptance, & ability to self-heal. I want to say 'self whole'! Well, evidently,
you needed to laugh! As you said, nothing was funny -- maybe been getting too serious?too determined, to be in control, to 'edit' & only allow, let certain messages or attitudes or info. through..that is, a knee is a flexibility, also a weight-carrying or 'bearing' joint. It relies on a range of motion, on being able to straighten, also to bend:We humble ourself, by kneeling --also used to bow, show respect. But, unyielding, unbending knee, that's too proud, rigid, resists all control but self-control -- dominant/domineering steering :) rather than 'laugh & let laugh'! If breaths or laughs
have become difficult..maybe your body wanted you to release that old serious darkness over-shadowing, call it trauma, call it anythg, but, 'it' situation, body, wants your attention :) "Hint!"
As you were the witness, caught in the scene, not wishing to/resisting/opposing laughs hysterically (it wasn't 'fun' or engaging for you, but painful, in the end to breathe), a few ideas do suggest themselves --
that you have not been wanting/choosing or maybe (likely) not able, to voice, especially re: whatever came through, in the symptom-communication, via the sharp knee pain..which is so like an attack, at least reminds me of that car close call!
that is, you have been carrying this, let's call it, hidden or secret information, surviving, but not 'admitting' let alone 'dealing w/it'. You've been silent..which, apparently, didn't make 'it' go away -- as the symptoms, pain, laughter, resistance to laughter/that unknown trauma or difficulty, that is not within your conscious control..wants YOUR attn (esp. if the 1-2 laf incidents occurred when you're alone.
The laughing you describe, reminds me of theatre players wearing masks! like, you are trapped, stuck in this role of hysterical laughter, which concerns you (it seems) more than the important sharp pain (more, it seems, bec. your Q is not 'help!! sharp knee pain!! it's ow, why painful lafter?).
That it 'snow-balled', gained momentum, so that you struggled to breathe (breath is your connection w/being alive, here on Earth, in your own life & breath-fed-body), possibly connects your flexible or rigid knee/sharp pain attack there [a la, forced, not came from you, your conscious control, attacked by??clash of wills??&/or??] ..& came to Q the nonverbal communication/expression/trauma release -- the verbal, reasoning/logical/consciously methodical or 'knows/wants to know what to expect' part of you wants to be included, to understand & help you [all of you, incl. the nonverbal aspects of self] deal with whatever has been going on.
Seems, maybe, you haven't felt trust, or maybe just that timing has been right, welcoming, to open up with others/all of you -- like, literally, there appears to be a possible message, 'no room/space
The pain could be triggering strong emotions from a suppressed childhood memory. A psychologist may be able to give you some insight.
are you a christian? maybe the Lord is giving you joy ... no idea..... maybe your just nervous? I dont know whats going on.