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Responding with laughter in deeply sad circumstances, for otherwise healthy people, is called an inappropriate affect — meaning, an emotional response to a stimulus that is either incongruous, or not quite as acute as it should be. For instance, think of times when you’ve watched someone getting hurt in real life or on TV and found yourself laughing uncontrollably even though you’re concerned, even scared, for the person affected. Generally speaking, studies say that this is a way for our subconscious to lower our fears and convince us that everything is actually okay. Sometimes we laugh because we’re having trouble accepting what we see — we’re in shock. So we distance ourselves from the fear or pain of the circumstance by laughing it off.

I've done this my entire life, laughing when sad or stressed, and it's always made people think I'm psycho. But it's just who I am. I really can't go to funerals for this reason and usually end up at the pub having my own private kind of wake for the departed. I used to think I was the only one who did this but thanks to the Net I know it's not just me. What about you, Do you laugh or cry in emotional situations?