[Herunterladen] 55 I Use Humor As A Coping Mechanism
People who adapt by using humor minimize.
I use humor as a coping mechanism. Use of humor as a coping mechanism psychological adjustment and social interaction article pdf available in humor international journal of humor research 14 4 395 413 january 2001 with. Use of humor as a coping mechanism psychological adjustment and social interaction john b. A sense of humor can be an amazing line of defense when it comes to coping with stress. They also completed the coping with humor scale and measures of depression social skills loneliness and. People see humor and laughing as positive. You aren t supposed to crack jokes at a funeral or laugh cry your way to sleep. Nezlek and peter derks abstract for two weeks 286 participants used the rochester interaction record to describe their social interactions.
Humor has long been recognized as more than mere fun and games. And you can t stop it once it starts without feel worse. Humor cracking jokes and laughing is not always appreciated. The literature by and about prisoners of war from several recent wars indicates prisoners often found humor to be an effective coping mechanism a way of fighting back and taking control. Laughter as a coping mechanism by. Here are some things you quickly realize when your coping mechanism is a humor laughing hybrid. Laughing at the humorous aspects of a stressful situation can help you to keep things in perspective and remind.
There are laughter coaches and seminars teaching healthcare professionals how to use humor with patients. You can however better prepare yourself for stress with several coping techniques. One of the main goals of finding the humor in a stressful situation is to use the humor to create distance between yourself and the stress you are experiencing. The human gift for coping and survival laugh or fake it til you make it.