Having to be humorous

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Humour is very important to me. It's my most important gateway to social interaction as I'm able to make almost everything funny. It has a very annoying drawback though. I can't successfully stop it.

I have a hyperactive mind and I look for and notice patterns and connections everywhere. Each of my jokes or funny lines is actually quite carefully crafted, little masterpieces of mine. If one of these is formed inside my head, there's a dreadful urge to also blurt it out. In case it's for some reason not possible, I become extremely anxious for as my creation can't express itself.

There being so many things going on in social settings, the flow of the connections is overwhelming. As a result, I end up making myself the overly loud group clown, while in normal settings I'm very calm. I've indeed for long considered myself as mix of Ben Hanscom and Richie Tozier (have come to a conclusion he's actually a quite deep character). Especially when little, I was nearly an exact copy of Ben, though already had my strong dose of Richie too.


So, I'd like to hear stories or descriptions from people in similar situations. It doesn't have to be concerning humour.
I'm not here for help (this once), but useful hints or advice is also always welcome.

I try to be funny all the time...usually succeed every 3 weeks... Watch other peoples' reactions, if they look impatient, it's time to change gears...

Hee, hee. That's exactly how I feel about my own jokes.

I also consider my taste in music to be brilliant; and in clothing, impeccable.

Of course, all this being the result of a completely objective analysis.

Natch! My analytical skills are also top drawer.

i laugh at myself and my jokes all the time.

Im good at figuring out what people find funny and can usually make most people laugh. Heh the first time I did a funny at my current work was also a killer. Everyone at work was in the office talking at the end of the day when I walk in to fill out the time sheet.

I hear this

Head Chef: "I was the first to give you one baby!"

Must have been something said before that and that it refered to sex (casual workplace ), anyway it was obvious he was joking and instantly I blurt out

"What, a headache?"

Completely destroyed him, no come back to that

I try to be funny most of the time, except in serious situations, because usually it's the easiest way to interact with someone. It is usually much clearer what their reaction is.

I can only really be funny if I'm comfortable with the other person, though, meaning it only really works with people I already know well. So, unfortunately, it's not a replacement for small talk

I used to have a large collection of joke books when I was a kid. I sometimes tried to manipulate situations to enable me to recite one of the many jokes I'd learned by rote.

This didn't work too badly as a four-year old, but as I got older it clearly wasn't endearing me to my peers. I realised I really needed to try harder to respond to what they were actually saying instead of trying to steer every conversation a certain way.

Still, having gained some understanding of that, it took me a long time to appreciate that when people ask you things, often they don't want a serious answer!

Ad-libbing is still a difficulty, but I'm better at it than I used to be.

And to all those with the ability to make people laugh - you jammy sods!

I used to think I just acted like a goofball all the time, untill I realized i wasnt acting.

The drawback to being a joker constantly is times come, especially at work , when you have a good idea and want to be taken seriously or trusted but you have lost their confidence in youas anything but a joker.

Lately I've been trying to push out more. I hear people will like you the more you let them talk.
Too bad listening isnt a strong AS trait.

Did you hear me? I said . . . . forget it.