Confused about laughter ??

Something happened today that I really do not understand...

In the midst of a really intense flogging, I had some sort of "wave of emotion" to come over me. I felt for a few seconds like I was about to cry. I told myself it was ok to cry if I wanted to, but in an instant, I was laughing my ass off. I did not intend to...I certainly didn't want to, and I wish I hadn't. But I couldn't help it, it just happened.

Has this happened to anyone else, and does anyone know why this would happen? Any replies appreciated because I don't have a clue.

I told you why .. but waits to read other subby replies. chuckles silently.

chuckles.....

there is nothing worse than emptying your mind to everything and then a funny thought just pops into your head and you just cant help but laugh.
And your Master is asking you why you are laughing so much when it is supposed to be an intense moment in time. and you carry on laughing because you just can not get the thought out of your head.
So you tell him because by this stage he has demanded to know what is so funny...and you can see him trying not to laugh also and to stay focased and serious but in the end you both end up laughing away. and the moment in time has gone lmaoooooooooooo

actually She had no thought in her head.
It was more like it was soo intense that she almost cried .. she unexpectedly had hysterical laughter instead. and it shocked her.

She was on the verge of tears and wham the laughter. it was odd and it caught her ... I laugher at her surpise and then more cause she just knew she was going to be in deep crapola. lol

Sometimes, when emotions run especially high, wires just get crossed. Your crying circuts overloaded and the overload jumped over into your laughing circuts.

Physiologically, there is really not much difference between bursting into tears and bursting out into uncontrollable laughter.

smiles at Dragon's muse.

Ok, my Devil has laughed at times after having his orgasm. Used to freak me out. Like he was laughing at me or something. He always explained that it was just because it felt so damn good and that's just how he responded. I never understood, so I just pretended to.

Fast forward to a couple months ago, intense scene, and after I had my orgasm, omgosh!!! I felt it all over and it felt soooooooooooooo incredible. And I laughed. I couldn't stop. It was almost that hysterical, I-can't-stop-myself-laugh. It's just that it FELT SO GOOD! Then I understood what he'd been feeling.

It was a wow moment. Hope you have another "wow moment" for yourself again real soon!

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Originally Posted by Wolfscout

smiles at Dragon's muse.

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Does that mean i did good?
~curtsies and scurries away~

**ceegee, I would guess that we've all had those moments, and I believe they are priceless in a good relationship...but this was different. There were no funny thoughts, just the laughing. That's why I got so confused about it.

**Dragon's muse, That does kinda make sense. My emotions were definitely running high. I was prepared for the tears to come, but the laughing surely caught me off guard. Something in me was on overload, so maybe it was my crying circuits.

**tessa, I hope we all have many of those "wow moments". I just hope next time that I can have it without the laughing. It shocked me instantly back to reality. That was not a good thing.

Thank you all for your replies. I was not feeling very good about myself when I posted this. I have to say, though, that the events leading up to that moment were incredible!

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Originally Posted by Dragon's muse

Does that mean i did good?
~curtsies and scurries away~

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smiles .. yes thank you.

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Originally Posted by Wolven_Vixen

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Thank you all for your replies. I was not feeling very good about myself when I posted this. I have to say, though, that the events leading up to that moment were incredible!

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HEY!! talk session.

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Originally Posted by Wolven_Vixen

**tessa, I hope we all have many of those "wow moments". I just hope next time that I can have it without the laughing. It shocked me instantly back to reality. That was not a good thing.

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What shocked you back to reality was not the laughter, it was your fighting the laughter. It was that little voice in the back of your head that was saying, "HE is going to think you are laughing at HIM! You are going to be in such trouble."

It took Dragon a very long time to teach me that whatever reactions i had were ok. If i laugh, cry, hiccup, fart or howl like a lunatic (yes i have on a few occasions), He accepts it and goes with the flow. It took a long time for me to trust him to do that, to trust him with whatever honest reaction took me.

EEK! rambling again.

~shutting up now~~

Maybe that was it, I'm not sure. I think we've been together long enough that he knows I would never laugh at him. I think more than anything, I disappointed myself. I'm fairly new to all of this (only submitted in Dec), and I'm still learning so much as we go. I guess there is no "textbook" play by play. That wouldn't be much fun anyway, would it?

(I've seen rambling, and that is not... So no "shutting up" necessary. Please continue.) *smiles*

It is funny that you should mention this (pardon the pun) as I was discussing my laughing during times when you shouldn't, to a friend.

My experience is not related to BDSM, but fairly close enough I suppose.
My orgasms are intense and I always end up in uncontrollable fits of giggles.
I am always embarrased by it and have since stopped my orgasm short before the giggling starts.

I looked into why I do this and found out that it is just a natural occurence, there is nothing to worry about it and to let it happen.

During high emotional states, such as an intense orgasm, or intense flogging, the brain and the nervous system become highly excited thus releasing a large amount of dopamine into the brain and converting it into adrenaline. The excessive amount of adrenaline creates a Fight or Flight response to the brain thus creating a strong emotional release, whether it be crying, or laughing.

This is something I remembered from attending bio lectures with a friend in uni.

Laughter is caused by endorphins produced by a stimulation in a certain part of your brain after something usually profound or exciting. By enduring the flogging, something that you love, it would probably provoke those endorphins being produced.

Similarly, during intense happiness, some people start crying, it's usually at this euphoric point where humans tend to loose their normal control, and the body's natural responses just kick in.

Funny story -- My dad and I were on our way home one day and I just started laughing. I couldn't stop! It got to the point where he told me if I didn't stop he'd ground me! This lasted a good 20 minutes before I had to stop because I couldn't breathe..... (There was no thought that I can remember. I'm pretty sure I was just staring out the passenger window waiting to get home)

Anything like that?

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Originally Posted by nk_8950

Laughter is caused by endorphins produced by a stimulation in a certain part of your brain after something usually profound or exciting. By enduring the flogging, something that you love, it would probably provoke those endorphins being produced.

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This hasn't happened to me (yet :) ) but from what I've read, nk_8950 explained it well. There's a quote in The Bottoming Book: "many bottoms go down with a scream and come up giggling" that I hope to find out from personal experience describes it perfectly.

I want to thank all of you for your replies.

Even though I was caught off guard, and laughing certainly was not the goal....I just will have to accept that this is something that will happen sometimes. I don't know if it's something I could control even if I tried. So if it happens again, maybe I will be able to accept it and move on.

Only time will tell, I suppose.

I think I'll work on this more later today :evil:

I know often times when I am at an extreme emotional high... I laugh.

Often times its because I do not want to cry... and then I start laughing... not always on purpose.. but probably subconscienously I am trying to "protect" myself from... the pain.. embarassment... emotional opening up of crying...

Also, wires do get crossed...and sometimes the brain says. WHAHAHAHA!

Another point: Science says that when we are in pain our bodies rush to release pain reducing enorphines... one way these are realeased are through laughing and smiling.... so perhaps your body was over compensating...

Have you ever heard the phrase "Laughing is the best medicine" ? ..... -points to above point about science- seeeee the coralation ?

But.. most people feel ashamed, embarassed or weak about crying for themselves..... perhaps it aws simply you trying not to go through those emotions.. you were trying to be "Strong".... and then you just lost it.... sometimes we do these things without thought... its just our lil child hiding inside wants to protect us.


just a few thoughts.

Anya

the mix of chemicals and high emotions will at times bring on fits of laughter in me, i could be screaming in pain and all of a sudden, i break out in fits of laughter.
i dont believe its too uncommen.

i have experienced something like this only it was ..at my grandmother's funeral. It spread across my family like wildfire. It was not meant to be disrespectful at all but there was 7 of us that laughed until we cried. We got some dirty looks but it was just a catharsis of sorts which kinda sounds like what happened to you.

These have all been very interesting replies. Thanks for your ideas.

Since a little time has passed, I'm not so upset about this anymore, although I still hope it won't happen again. If it does, I think I'll just go with it and see what happens. At least now I have some understanding of what may have caused it. Maybe I AM a little normal after all. *grins*