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Additionally, affiliative and self-enhancing humour can be used to predict symptoms of depression, with higher levels shown to correlate with lower levels of depression. [ 30 ] Recounts from psychiatric treatments revealed some patients to be overwhelmed by negative aspects of their life.
Relief theory suggests humor is a mechanism for pent-up emotions or tension through emotional relief. In this theory, laughter serves as a homeostatic mechanism by which psychological stress is reduced [1] [3] [7] Humor may thus facilitate ease of the tension caused by one's fears, for example.
Using humor in coping while processing feelings can vary depending on life circumstance and individual humor styles. In regards to grief and loss in life occurrences, it has been found that genuine laughs/smiles when speaking about the loss predicted later adjustment and evoked more positive responses from other people. [ 35 ]
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
Self-deprecating humor is the specific component of maladaptive humor that results in decreased psychological well-being, while both of the adaptive styles of humor (affiliative and self-enhancing) are associated with positive psychological outcomes, such as greater self-esteem, lower depression and anxiety levels, and greater endorsement of ...
Freud broadens his analysis to include comedy and humor, summarizing that the pleasure derived from wit, comedy, and humor comes from mental economy—saving effort in inhibition, presentation, and emotion, respectively. These forms of pleasure represent methods to regain joy from mental activities that was lost during development.
“We had to pump your stomach but basically you’re fine. I’m sorry we have to shackle you. They will transfer you to the psychiatric ward tomorrow and then this security won’t be necessary. You ruined your fancy anklet.” He laughed. “It seems to have short-circuited. But not before it sent off its alarm. Modern technology.”
[1] [2] [3] These three sets of symptoms help explain common and distinct aspects of depression and anxiety. [2] The ability to distinguish between anxiety and depression with this model may help increase diagnostic accuracy and help eliminate the complications that occur with comorbidity.