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Laughing Fit
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Also known as: uncontrollable laughter · compulsive laughter · pathological laughter · pseudobulbar affect · involuntary laughter · PBA · laughing attack · uncontrollable laughing · laughter seizure · affective incontinence
Your Body Is Speaking
You laugh — and cannot stop. What begins as normal laughter becomes an eruption: the body shakes, the abdominal muscles cramp, tears stream down, and for moments you lose control of yourself. From the outside it looks funny. From the inside it feels different — like a dam breaking.
Medically, a laughing fit is described as an uncontrollable, seizure-like laughing attack that exceeds what the situation warrants. The causes range from neurological disorders to emotional overload. But the deeper question remains: why does something that was obviously already under pressure for a long time release itself right now, in just this way?
A laughing fit is not spontaneous exuberance — it is a pressure-relief valve.
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