#self-deprecating-humor

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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
14 hours ago

People who laugh at their own pain before anyone else can aren't resilient. They've simply learned that if they get to the joke first, nobody gets to decide whether it was serious, and that preemptive deflection has been protecting something very specific since childhood. - Silicon Canals

Self-deprecating humor often masks unresolved pain and serves as a defense mechanism rather than a sign of emotional resilience.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

William Shatner Shows the Way for Name Ridicule

I haven't lost those apprehensions...I mean, I used to get into fights when I was a kid in the locker room. They'd kid me about that. I'd say, 'Don't call me that!' and I'd fight them. It was a sore spot as a child. And then adults stopped doing it. But it lurks, and for them [the Kellogg commercial creative crew] to find it was, in itself, a kind of discovery.
Humor
Relationships
fromIndependent
5 months ago

Sophie White: In every couple there is a capable, responsible person and a pathetic, bungling, ineffectual idiot. No prizes for guessing which one I am

One partner's maturity can stunt the other's development, causing the less responsible partner to remain immature and blame relationship dynamics for incompetence.
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