Smiling/laughing

sketchy24

Well-known member
I have a very bad habit I can't seem to help when I'm not at home in my "comfort zone"... smiling/laughing at the stupidest stuff. Its really more of a smile and I hate my smile so I hate when I do this... but its like I'm thinking of playing a joke... or just something stupid and random happened. Like the coffee pot at work started to just randomly overflow and the guy looked over and was just like "What the f***?" And I just started laughing/smiling even though it wasn't funny... And I couldn't get that stupid smile off my face. Just for some reason I found it funny. Or like when I had to take a drug test and I couldn't pee in the cup and I was in there with the doctor for like 20mins trying to piss in a cup and I just kept laughing.

Today it was worse. I went to the bathroom and the button on my uniform pants popped off. At home I would have been just like... "crap.. oh well" and thought nothing funny of it. But for some reason I was anticipating I don't know going back to work with a missing button on my pants. I dunno, I couldn't get the dumb smile off my face cause for some reason I just found it funny. But it didn't matter cause well, noone around to see. Anyway go back to work. Later a co worker comes up and says "boy aren't you happy after you use the bathroom... like a little puppy". Apparently someone saw me come around the corner with a big ass smile on my face after using the bathroom. I didn't get it at first then I remembered I was still had that stupid grin on my face when I came around the corner out of the hall >.<

ANYWAY... this happens if someone complements me, if something random happens or unexpected, doing a prank and trying to keep a straight face. AT home no problem... outside, I hate it cause it comes up at the worst moments... and it wont even be that funny.

And right now I feel like a huge ass tard for walking out of the bathroom with a smile on my face (although even now I can hardly keep a straight face wondering what the crap they must have been thinking)

Anyway, anyone else have these kind of nervous smile/laugh that you just cant seem to keep off and just kind of come out of nowhere? I never thought of it as being connected with anxiety but... I dunno just curious.
 

princess_haru

Well-known member
I laugh/smile too when I'm nervous. It's extra embarrassing when it's at an inappropriate moment, for instance I often smile at someone when they're talking to me, which is probably not a good idea when they're talking about how someone in their family's really ill... :oops:

I've had a guy I'd literally just met moments before say to me "you laugh a lot, don't you?" If it's that obvious from spending a couple of minutes with me then I must be pretty bad :( Then again, I was in a crowded pub at the time and feeling really uncomfortable surrounded by lots of intimidating, outgoing types - and people I've just met making personal remarks really isn't gonna put me at ease, is it?! Gahh... what is with people making rude, personal comments to strangers? I think they're the ones who lack social skills, not us!
 

Volcano

Member
toothpastekisses said:
He kept eating smarties and had a hitler-esque haircut and 'tache. Everyone else just had a little giggle then got over it, but I was left grinning like an idiot for hours :oops:

If I had a teacher with a Hitler tache I honestly think that would be it for me, I'd never stop laughing. Ever.
 
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