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Grandad dying and my dad cries so I almost laugh?!?


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Guest Allalone

I've had a few incidents where I have laughed at things which don't warrant laughter but today I was appalled. My lovely grandad who I think so much of is dying. I cried when I saw him but when my dad started to cry it was almost like I thought it was funny that he was crying :-( I don't want to feel like that. I want to be supportive :-( so angry at myself!

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See, I don't know if this is OCD or not. Are you obsessing about why you felt like laughing?... Anyway, the incident on its own isn't that surprising. People have different ways of dealing/coping with guilt, those who've been told the worst news they could imagine hearing have burst out in laughter, but in so much pain on the inside. There are many examples out there familiar of yours that you described which is why I am puzzled if you're talking about it being engineered by OCD or not or something else.

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Guest Allalone

I just don't get it. It's like I can't cope with other people's emotions or emotional incidences. I want to be supportive x

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I think you are dealing with ocd here. You want to be supportive, be a nice person and not say or do anything inappropriate. You got a thought about wanting to laugh but your interpretation of what that thought means is the key. The thought doesn't mean anything it was just a thought.

The meaning you are putting on it is what is making it have such a hold on you. It is really hard to trust that the thought meant nothing but try to. Focus on what you want to focus on not what ocd says is important.

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Guest Allalone

Thanks Gemma. I have suffered with intrusive thoughts a lot so i am guessing this is one if them. Hope so anyway. Hate how my brain works. I really really do. I don't want to be unkind or selfish :-(

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See, I don't know if this is OCD or not

It's a fear of inappropriate behaviour that she is now obsessing/worrying about.

I'm not a fan of labels or compartmentalising things under specific headings.....OCD? Anxiety? Probably a mixture of both. The good news is that we treat it the same way. This is not uncommon, it doesn't say anything about you at all. Try and recognise it as nothing awful, not a flaw in character......it's another "What if I" thought in one of it's many guises.

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Guest melissamay

I get the same way as well and for me it's when someone hurts them selves (not seriously) I laugh first then go and help i think it could be maybe mixt up emotions or some kind of anxiety but I'm not sure.

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