Stroke Laughter

Being unable to control stroke laughter is all apart of controlling emotions that your brain has lost the control of. It not that uncommon. It all depends on where the stroke is in the brain.

I use myself as an example of stroke crying. I could be happy or sad it wouldn't matter tears would start rolling done my cheeks. It could be good or bad news at work or watching a TV show; anything that would cause an emotion and let the crying begin.

Inappropriate laughter is even worse. Being told Bob was in a car accident; Laughter. Lost a purse; Laughter. You've been laid off; Laughter.

This example of laughter at the wrong time are not your fault. You're expecting a different emotion but all your brain could come up with was laughter.

First don't let it get your down. Second tell everyone you know about the laughter problem caused by your stroke. They'll better understand.

It seems to me when I wasn't concentrating on my emotions the only response was crying or in the case of uncontrolled laughter all you can come up with is laughter.

Slowing down reaction time by thinking hard about my response to a situation I slowly was able to adjust myself to the right emotion. It was hard and it took a long time but I don't burst into tears at the drop of a hat so to speak any more.

I've read where some say it's the drug the survivor is taking but I've never read that on the paper that comes with the drugs. This drug will cause laughter or crying if taken.

It's more likely that the control of your emotions has been taking away by the stroke and it's up to you the survivor to work at gaining back your emotional on/off switches. Slowing down your emotional response to a situation will help in getting them back and it requires constant work.

Like a lot of things associated with your stroke at first it's hard work like learning a complicated dance step. With time it becomes easier and more natural. In the end you won't have to even think about your response.

Remember the stroke did this to you but with hard work you can get control back.

Now there's something to really laugh about.

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