Yes, trauma can be funny and “make” us funny to some degree! Sure! But here on Schauer Thoughts, a podcast for left and right brainers, we simply must explore the psychological crevices. Hopefully we can all laugh about this later and enjoy the endorphin rush.  Resources: Ancient & Healthy: The Science of Laughter https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315290#The-neuroscience-of-laughter Effects of Mirthful Laughter on Pain Tolerance: A randomized controlled investigations  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301184 Social Laughter is Correlated with an Elevated Pain Threshold  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3267132/#RSPB20111373C35 The informational and facilitative effects of an audience upon expression and the evaluation of humorous stimuli  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022103175900165 Neural Basis of the Behavioral Contagion and Authenticity of Laughter  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945221002380?via%3Dihub Laughing Through the Pain: An Analysis of Dark Humor in Trauma-and-Crisis Centered Occupations  https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2550&context=honorstheses Alt-Right Pipeline Indoctrination  https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10108 “Evolutionary Stages of Minorities in the Mass Media” An Application of Clark’s Model to American Indian Television Representations  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10646175.2010.519651#:~:text=Clark%20wrote%20that%20minorities%20are,ridicule%2C%20regulation%2C%20and%20respect. Books: Humour - Terry Eagleton  Proust Was a Neuroscientist - Jonah Lehrer  If any resources are missing please feel free to ask me and I’ll get back to you ASAP.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices