tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post6048042316103000572..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Funny: At the Expense of Whom? Please voteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-33967899103458244002010-10-27T18:59:57.052-04:002010-10-27T18:59:57.052-04:00It was no longer on your site but I looked it up o...It was no longer on your site but I looked it up on youtube, listened, chuckled here and there and voted to make it a keeper.pat beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51515564914952842882010-10-22T18:34:32.209-04:002010-10-22T18:34:32.209-04:00In Dr. Fox's honor, the post came down.
It ma...In Dr. Fox's honor, the post came down.<br /><br />It may be a bit much for us to please all of the people all but since I asked.....<br /><br />DinahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-87866111153639419252010-10-21T21:52:45.678-04:002010-10-21T21:52:45.678-04:00I said - "Other - Just not funny." Just ...I said - "Other - Just not funny." Just my opinion. So, there, that, and ya have it. Oh, and if you want… you can return the favor by voting for a contest I’m in here: http://bit.ly/dpfUON<br /><br />Thanks!<br />LisaLisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13133149007303615023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-56237460955967901242010-10-21T21:22:05.630-04:002010-10-21T21:22:05.630-04:00I thought it was funny.
I grew up "crazy.&qu...I thought it was funny.<br /><br />I grew up "crazy." My mother has severe mental illness, and was not treated until my brother and I were out of the house. (We were in a bizarre religious system that didn't allow for illness at all -- much less mental illness!)<br /><br />So, I come at this from a unique angle. Is it mean to laugh? Maybe. But, geeze. My brother and I would both be in a bad way if we hadn't been able to laugh at it all now and then. We still laugh until we cry when we remember mom covering all the vents with tin foil to keep the green men out.<br /><br />Do we love our mother? Of course. Her illness is no laughing matter. But the behavior the illness caused? HILARIOUS.Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-44381526055459363252010-10-20T15:57:35.876-04:002010-10-20T15:57:35.876-04:00i have neve felt psychotic despite having been psy...i have neve felt psychotic despite having been psychotic. the times i was psychotic, i was certain of the fact that the whole rest of the world was but not me, so psychotic is not a feeling. moreover, psychosis was pretty terrible and serious considering what the outcome could have been and it is also not so great to look at the havoc that was wreaked in my life, the lives of my sig others and i am not sure any of us will ever laugh about psychosis. i am lucky not to live there in a permanent state and i do not think there is anything funny about having psychosis no matter how long it lasts. and cancer, yes, what a bloody riot. i see that in the chemo chairs, the roars of laughter coming as the IV starts to drip and i see it at the funerals too, which are a good place, by the way, if you want to shrink something and put it in a box--go for cremation.oh heck a coffin will do too. bury it six feet under and let the shrinkage begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-83374999151334936992010-10-20T13:57:21.166-04:002010-10-20T13:57:21.166-04:00And... what S says.
Humour can be a really good w...And... what S says.<br /><br />Humour can be a really good way of dedramatizing things. It’s bad enough that you feel depressed or obsessed or psychotic or whatever, without <i>also</i> feeling that it is Terrible And Serious. If you can laugh at something it helps you shrink it down enough that you can put it in a box.Alison Cumminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370841996857073237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-57153118546125430172010-10-20T13:53:51.910-04:002010-10-20T13:53:51.910-04:00Oh, I’ve heard some cancer jokes I thought were pr...Oh, I’ve heard some cancer jokes I thought were pretty funny. I don’t know a lot of people with uncontrolled asthma or who are afraid of developing it, but if I did I’m sure I’d have a whole repertoire of funny asthma jokes. When I used to hang out with phyisically disabled people, crip jokes were common currency. One of my disabled employers just loved a local able-bodied comedian’s routines about a character with cerebral palsy. He thought they were hysterically funny and very realistic. There’s a very good stand-up comedian with cerebral palsy and a pronounced speech impediment. He certainly refers to his disability — and other people’s discomfort with it — in his routines. And I think there was a guy with MS who submitted a video for an online vote on who should host a cooking show, or something. A couple of years ago. Anyway, he was really funny too, and not just to people with MS. <br /><br />If you hang out with depressives, you get to hear a lot of suicide jokes. <br /><br />I don’t see the big deal. The psychiatric hotline joke definitely falls in the category of “jokes that make you feel included” — at least as far as I’m concerned — because <i>everyone</i> hates those menus.Alison Cumminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370841996857073237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-42703358763570914892010-10-20T13:09:27.506-04:002010-10-20T13:09:27.506-04:00I'm not sure if i can comment on whether the s...I'm not sure if i can comment on whether the specific joke is offensive since i haven't experienced any of those conditions.<br /><br />On the other hand, i had a coworker who used to find my social anxiety quite hilarious, and that made me really happy. I would feel so bad whenever i'd run out on a social gathering (I tend to forget to be scared until i actually arrive at the party, at which point i panic and run), but the fact that people were laughing about it (in a loving, not mean, way) turned it into a goofy quirk instead of this horrible, unspeakable offense i was making it out to be.<br /><br />Not sure if this example is relevant since in this case the humor made me feel included. Whereas, i am wondering if some people who experience symptoms addressed in the joke feel like they are being excluded or put on display.Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-48659935903457408612010-10-20T12:13:43.014-04:002010-10-20T12:13:43.014-04:00It was kind of funny the way my grandfather,in his...It was kind of funny the way my grandfather,in his later years as he struggled with dementia, would ask a question and then 5 min leater ask it again. And then again. Or how he lost his inhibitions... It got less funy when he asked for the 80th time and it was even less funny when he ran on the street asking strangers for help because he no longer recognized his wife. I can't imagine the social workers or doctors we dealt with joking openly about alzheimers but perhaps the do when they are on their own minus patients and families. In the same vein, I cannot for a second imagine my shrink posting this on a blog if such a blog existed but I would not be upset if same shrink laughed upon hearing any of it. of course, you are not my shrink but you represent shrinks and I don't think you can argue that you are talking for more than yourself esp not when you are almost done a book about the shrinky biz and when you refer to the post as about your profession.<br />Should psych patients be able to laugh at themselves? Yes, in healthy ways. I fail to see the humor in too many psych jokes after the suffering I have see on psych wards. I think hell yeha laugh about the neurotic crap most of us deal with. What the he-- is funny about a debilitating condition? And no I don't hear too many asthma or cancer jokes and these would be in bad taste, anyone disagree about that? So I agree that we should not treat mental illness differently. If a cnacer patient who has lost her hair wants to make a joke to her friend about her "new look", okay, but can you imagine the doctor or a doctor blogger joking about saving money on hair care products and highlights?<br />Was your intent to be offensive? i am sure not. Was I offended? Yes. Do people hold you to a hihger standard when you are a doctor blogger than when you are Dinah out for a night of wine and fun with friends? I think they ought to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-68304958665477152662010-10-20T07:04:58.364-04:002010-10-20T07:04:58.364-04:00As an aside, if you don't have a mental illnes...As an aside, if you don't have a mental illness when you engage in what I call voice mail h--l, you'll have one when you're done. <br /><br />All jokes aside, I initially thought it was funny and wasn't offended at all. I have a very dark sense of humor and I think that is the reason why I reacted the way I did.<br /><br />But anonymous, when I read this point you made, it caused me to rethink the whole issue:<br /><br />""Another thing to think about is the fact that we don't laugh at people with asthma, diabetes or any physical illness - we don't laugh at people with physical disabilities either. Are psych patients really that funny?""<br /><br />I think when people have invisible disabilities/conditions that can manifest themselves behavior wise, it is easier to make fun of something you can't see and as a result, don't understand.<br /><br />Anyway, I am voting this as personally offensive after initially, not feeling that it was.<br /><br />AAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-32175312367958225652010-10-20T01:48:16.164-04:002010-10-20T01:48:16.164-04:00I notice that I get very offended when people with...I notice that I get very offended when people with no understanding for psychiatry make jokes and laugh at them, had I heard the same joke from my friends with a psychiatric illness I would laugh wholeheartedly. <br /><br />There was a skit done on a television show in Australia featuring several people with heavy makeup looking like negro people and dancing to Michael Jackson. The skit was ultimately saying that too much plastic surgery can go too far. Harry Connick jr was on the judging panel and from the States where there obviously is a history of racism against negro people and that was offensive to him but not offensive in the Australian context. <br /><br />I guess there are some rules for humour but most of the time, it's hard to say. I tend to think laughing at someone directly in your presence is totally unacceptable and Jokes alluding to race are unacceptable - otherwise in the psychiatric world, it's hard to say, but with more awareness and with greater attempts to erase the stigma, maybe in a few years it will be deemed as unacceptable to laugh at anything that has to do with psychiatry. <br /><br />Another thing to think about is the fact that we don't laugh at people with asthma, diabetes or any physical illness - we don't laugh at people with physical disabilities either. Are psych patients really that funny?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-90615178109385147412010-10-19T19:33:17.077-04:002010-10-19T19:33:17.077-04:00i found it quite funny and i am crazy. Maybe that...i found it quite funny and i am crazy. Maybe that's why....tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-79920139557111360182010-10-19T11:27:45.949-04:002010-10-19T11:27:45.949-04:00The problem is that, although the "diagnosis&...The problem is that, although the "diagnosis" offered on the phone call are obviously fake, many people who are unfamiliar with mental health care actually think that these are the conditions that mental health professionals treat.<br /><br />The lay public knows little about psychiatric care, and a popular perception is that psychiatrists spend their days treating paranoia, "split personalities", "hearing voices", and similar conditions. I'm wondering if that joke is only reinforcing these perceptions, which can lead to a stigma for those receiving psychiatric care, even for more "pedestrian" issues such as depression and anxiety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-13964062413158408532010-10-19T07:10:34.757-04:002010-10-19T07:10:34.757-04:00Great posts btw, I really appreciated them.
(and I...Great posts btw, I really appreciated them.<br />(and I have an appointment with a shrink, who has many good reviews, in early Dec.)<br />I read/heard one of your past commentators who said something like "It makes psychiatrists sound like real people". - Real people who have a sense of humor.<br />Anyone reading your blog would know that the three of you are not judgemental of people who have mental illnesses at all. <br />And as Alison said, "if we cant laugh at ourselves...." <br />becAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-44981871559509646472010-10-19T00:37:25.035-04:002010-10-19T00:37:25.035-04:00Sorry Dinah, but if nymphomaniac and codependent a...Sorry Dinah, but if nymphomaniac and codependent are not psychiatric diagnoses, neither are wacko and lunatic. Just because it doesn't appear in the DSM doesn't mean it doesn't hurt if you believe the description fits -- or has been wrongly applied to -- you. The APA may be able to legislate nomenclature, but it can't dictate language.moviedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617061594621924756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-84779362823096411492010-10-18T22:31:42.982-04:002010-10-18T22:31:42.982-04:00Sharing what you think is funny is always a risk. ...Sharing what you think is funny is always a risk. Especially if your audience is mixed, as the readership of this blog is. Shrinks read it, non-shrink doctors read it, patients read it, and doctors who are patients read it. Somebody in there will have a problem with your sense of humor. As Lincoln so wisely said, You can please some of the people some of the time, and all of the people some of the time but not all the people all of the time. I have encountered this particular gag many times over the years, but always in print. Which I've found much much funnier than this aural version. Why? Maybe it's easier for me to see absurdity than hear it....Oracle at Dhttp://Shrinkunwrapped.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-53493318642828666492010-10-18T22:31:12.703-04:002010-10-18T22:31:12.703-04:00I chose "other" and noted that I didn...I chose "other" and noted that I didn't find it particularly funny, but it wasn't offensive to me, either. Perhaps my addition (if you are from an insurance company...) isn't funny to others, but it sure felt good to keep THEM on hold for 30 mins!simetriasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-37143386948295444982010-10-18T22:26:26.637-04:002010-10-18T22:26:26.637-04:00I am glad the vote is going the way it is. I found...I am glad the vote is going the way it is. I found it very funny and listened several times. I did not hear any comments from people who said they were personally offended.Sunny CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451116932556227816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-74509013132186715902010-10-18T22:23:25.223-04:002010-10-18T22:23:25.223-04:00Hypersexual is one of my current symptoms, identif...Hypersexual is one of my current symptoms, identified in therapy. It messed up my life big-time 15-16 years ago.<br /><br />So the nympho part of the phone joke hit too close to home for me, right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1995303679592356272010-10-18T22:16:12.587-04:002010-10-18T22:16:12.587-04:00This is an oldie. I've always thought it was f...This is an oldie. I've always thought it was funny. If I can't laugh at myself I really am in a bad way.Alison Cumminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370841996857073237noreply@blogger.com