Let's Talk About...Humor

WARNING....HEAVY ON THE SWEARS TODAY...NO SHARING WITH THE LITTLES!

Have you ever been sick and tired of feeling sick and tired??! I sure have, and recently I've been struggling horribly with symptoms and making tough decisions regarding how to manage my mental wellbeing, work, etc. It's been a rough few weeks, and it isn't getting better any time soon. I woke up one morning recently in a right state of misery, feeling especially sorry for myself, and VERY angry. Not angry with the world, or life, or any person,  just pissed off at FND in general. I hate having this illness with a passion. That particular morning I woke up AGAIN feeling hung over without the benefit of having drank my face off! I was so stiff and sore all over, you'd swear I'd been hit by a truck.  The brain fog was so intense, it was like I didn't even have the mental energy to give a sweet F*&^K about anything. 

I'm not a violent person, I can't even squish a bug.... but that day if FND was a person, I'd throat punch them, maybe even give 'em a kick right in the crotch.  

What do you do when you just wanna punch something, but you can't? Look for humor is my answer. I looked, and I found it in my favorite form of humor; the sarcastic kind.  I spent the whole morning making up stupid sarcastic things to say about FND, designing games where no one actually wins, and created a few T-shirts in my minds eye. It was either that or cry!!

Here's a few of the ideas I ruminated on:

I thought about making a T-shirt that says "FND stands for FUCK NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS, ask me why!" or maybe "Have FND? Call 1-888-no one believes you, or in Canada 1-800-no one's ever heard of it."

I thought maybe I could invent the FND game of life? Where every roll of the dice gives you a different symptom!!

Then I was thinking  if FND was a gameshow like Jeopardy....what it would look like:

Contestant: I'll take RARE NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS for $500 please.

Host: "This disorder  mimics MS, Parkinson's, Fibromyalgia, and Epilepsy in it's range of symptoms."

Contestant: "What is FND"  I'll take RARE NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS for $1000 please.

Host: "This illness has no known cause, is often mistaken for a mental illness, and hardly anyone has heard of it."

Contestant: "What is FND" I'll take RARE NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS for $2000 please. 

Host: " 1 in 3 people who are referred to a neurologist are diagnosed with this illness."

Contestant: "Again...What is FND" 

Anyway, that's just a small taste of how I handled my misery that day. I actually thought about making a post about all the latest research on FND or something nerdy like that...then changed my mind. When did being nerdy ever help anyone feel better about being sick anyway?