Laughing without a real reason

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i laugh very often, but not in concert with other people.

i am often disabled by laughter to the extent that i have to lean on a surface until i am "laughed out", and if there are bewildered people who think i am crazy and wonder whether they should seek help, it will prolong my laughter until i have to leave the situation that makes me laugh.

i have gotten into trouble with various police (who have only pulled me over for a breath test) because they scrutinize my face for an "expression" that they deem acceptable, and i suddenly realize that if i break into a smirk, they will become more curious as to who i am, and then i start to lose control because i find it funny to have to force a sober and reverend expression. it is like i am outside myself watching my fake expression of seriousness, and it appears quite humerous to me, and i start to smirk which i can not control, and then i think of how my facial expression may be unacceptable to those who are looking at me, and my attempt at restraining myself from laughing is quickly overwhelmed.

the pressure builds up, and i eventually have to press my tongue into my soft palate to attempt to stop any air escaping, but it quickly builds up and soon the pressure will breach the strength of my oral defenses, and i will snort into a sudden burst of hysterical laughter. the seriousness of the expressions of observers is like fuel to the fire.

i dread being informed of the death of people that the people i know know, and when someone tells me that their friend died, i shake my head and say "oh dear", and it suddenly strikes me that my response was not very convincing, and i think "i have to act reverend as a matter of urgency in this situation", and so i pull a face which is like a "straight jacketed" expression of seriousness, but that breaks down because it seems amusing to me, and then i start to realize that i am headed for a social disaster, and even that realization adds to the likely hood that i will laugh.

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another way i laugh in isolation is that i most often imagine amusing situations when my mind is idle in public.

an example of this is:

i was at the supermarket, and there were few people there, and i needed to get a t-bone steak, so i headed to the meat section, and to my annoyance, there was a woman browsing the meat just where i needed to go. there was no one else almost in the shop, and as luck would have it, a woman was wedged between me and my steak mindlessly browsing different cuts of meat, so i told her "sorry i need to get to the meat", and she said "sorry but i have not finished".

i then thought that i wish i had a can of pepper spray. that imagination developed into the mental scenario of her with her back to me, and me close behind her and me suddenly reaching around her head and giving her a short burst in the face. the sound in my imagination was "pfffft". it was so funny that i immediately went into paroxysmal laughter, and she quickly left the scene, and that added to my amusement and i was laughing so hard that i could not pick up my steak for about 2-3 minutes.

i am sure she thought i was insane but thankfully i was not apprehended by security guards.

for me, laughter is a very private thing, and i have never laughed in symphony with any one else. i do not find jokes funny.

i do the same thing

Yeah I laugh for no reason. Usually always in front of people too...

I laugh at stuff I think people are joking about or when I don't know what to say lol.

Funny thoughts used to frequent my head when I was little, therefore making me laugh for no apparent reason. And I didn't like to reveal my funny thoughts to other folks. Fortunately, this is now an uncommon occurrence

Yeah, that´s exactly my case.



That´s probably the shittiest NT reaction I have ever read about. Like ifyou were not allowed to laugh when you find it appropriate. The NTs really want everybody to behave like mindless sheeps.

But you know what? Something like that, in fact, happened to me too! It was like three years ago, at the premiere of Tropic thunder. I was laughing my ass off during the whole movie. At one point of it, in the scene where Ben Stiller immitated THAT knee-falling-hands spreading scene from Platoon, I started laugling like a maniac. And a guy in front of me turned around and said: "What is so funny? Why do you laugh at it, c**t? I will drag you out and kick the s**t out of you!" I was completely SHOCKED! It was a comedy, for God´s sake! You are supposed to laugh at comedies! So I understand you. Some NTs are really unbearable.

I frequently have outward expressions of things that are going on in my head, including talking to myself aloud and making gestures and facial expressions. Sometimes people comment, so I have become aware of it and try not to do it when anyone is around. But I don't think I am very good at controlling facial expressions or body language that does not line up with what others around me are experiencing. And I do laugh aloud sometimes for unapparent reasons.

Talking about something funny or about laughing makes me laugh. I am not sure why talking about laughing makes me laugh. Some people in school start to talk about me and laughing and so it ends. It is quite hard to for me to stop laughing or ignore it. When people are saying that I am serious, I go happy for no reason and starting to smile.

I've had this happen, in one way yes there is something I find funny that normally wouldn't be funny and I just double over in laughter that goes on for hours, or I just start laughing out of nowhere and continue on for a long period of time, been like that since I was young, doesn't happen as often anymore. I've never been on drugs that would make it more likely to happen, spent my entire childhood without taking any meds so that doesn't explain it.

I do this all the time in school and at home. I always think of a memory or conversation in the past or something that I find to be humorous, and start laughing or sniggering to myself. Then my teachers or classmates or family members look at me funny. Then I end up laughing at their face expressions. -facepalm- It's embarrassing for me. I can't control my facial expressions and don't realise that I'm smiling until the memory ends or if someone pulls me out of it. I must look insane or crazy when I suddenly start laughing.

I always laugh hard at certain facial expressions even if I can't understand them. My grandma can pull the greatest straight face ever. Her last reprimand had me laughing hard because her face was so straight. Even now I'm still laughing as I type this because I've remembered her straight face.