Does anyone else here have a nervous laugh? Or know of someone that does?
I’ve always had a terrible nervous laugh and i absolutely hate it. I’m constantly giggling at everything.
I’ve got myself into multiple uncomfortable situations because I’ve laughed at inappropriate times.
It doesn’t take a lot to set me off but the number one thing I can’t stand is awkward silence… I’ll just laugh my head off! I can’t stand being in a room where it’s silent I’ll just giggle…
you could tell me a sad story and I’ll react by giggling, not because it’s funny but because I feel awkward and don’t know how else to react? It’s weird because in my head I’m not laughing, I’ll feel sad hearing the story but my whole body just reacts differently from my thoughts.
There’s been many of times I’ve ended up in tears over my nervous laugh because of how embarrassed I was. It really is the most embarrassing thing ever but I just can’t help it!
I’ve also made others super paranoid. I had visited a friends house a while back, when we were sat in her kitchen drinking tea, it went silent for about 2 minutes and for whatever reason my nervous laughed kicked in and I was hysterically laughing (she knows I have a nervous laugh) but I made her paranoid and she ended up crying (she thought I was laughing at her & she was already anxious as it was that day)
I hope one day this passes, I just can’t seem to help it, some days I’ll refuse to make phone calls or enter a shop or even answer the door to the postman incase I start laughing. Like how ridiculous.
Are you like this or know anyone? I want to feel less like a weirdo.