I’ve recently been re-watching my favorite comedies. These help on the dark days. I was watching a lot of drama shows from England and it was just getting me down. Here are a few comedies I like:- Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
- The Castle
- Bowfinger
- There’s Something About Mary
- Team America. (Warning- this is a very adult puppet movie! )
- Zoolander
These are laugh out loud movies. There are not many good comedies in the theaters these days! It’s hard to do an adult comedy.
A friend of mine watches a lot of afternoon TV – junky stuff and it really gets her down. It makes no sense to do this when you have bipolar disorder. It just makes the illness worse. Why not watch a comedy!
I’m not trying to sound like a mother, but I know that watching comedies makes a difference! I do sound like my mother.
Julie
Viewer Beware. But wow, it's so funny!
Me too! Actually some of my personal favourites are to go onto the computer and find utube stuff with Tim Conway or the Smothers Brothers (showing my age!).
What makes us laugh is so personal, but that is the whole point of taking care of yourself when you have bipolar. We need to know ourselves well, what makes us laugh, what makes us cry, what we like, what we don’t like, what friends are uplifting, what friends are depressing etc. so we can do those things that help and avoid those things that don’t.
Thanks for the laughter reminder!