Sometimes humour helps us survive the story. Sometimes it helps us avoid feeling it.

And sometimes we're doing both. 🖤

Have you ever made something painful funny because you didn't know how else to talk about it?

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One conversation. Three days. Approximately 47 imaginary alternate versions of what I should have said.
Apparently, my brain does not believe in letting a conversation simply end.
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I used to think telling a horrific story while laughing was just... how you told stories.

Turns out, sometimes the funniest part of the story is just the part that hurts too much to tell seriously.

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