Psychlogical laughing disorder...

    Bingo, there IS a name for that, it`s called Psuedobulbar affect or PBA

a neurologic disorder characterized by involuntary crying or uncontrollable episodes of crying and/or laughing, or other emotional displays.

I found that after years of experiencing the same thing. I was severely head injured back in `02, and that`s what caused mine, so severe brain injury was the cause of mine. I laugh at the most inappropriate times and it really upsets me cause others think you`re laughing cause something`s funny and lose focus of any of your concerns. And to the commentator who made the sarcastic remark about it being good to laugh; Go get in a discussion that you know something about, cause it`s obviously not this one.

I'm a person with a zany sense of humor and I've always laughed a lot throughout my life and I'm quite healthy at 51. I have researched it and it seems to be a "stress reaction." Humor channels out negative energy and maybe our minds use the same method to relieve stressors in other area. It's terribly embarrassing and I've found it best to excuse myself and go outside or to the bathroom and laugh my tushy off! Cheers to more laughter!!!

it's possibly a condition known as pseudo bulbar affect. goggle it.

I have this same thing. Like Ill be really manic And laugh/cry hysterically for like 30 mins to a few hrs. When I was a freshman in high school you wouldnt have been able to find me without mascara running down my face from crying/laughing. I kept crying and laughing thru lectures.  A teacher put in me in the closet so i laughed in there too. theres no way to prevent it. If you have this problem and you laugh at inappropriate times, it is a great thing.  Although it may put you in some weird situations it ultimately renders you happy and gives you good character.  It means you are one of the lucky special ones. I know this because there are times (years at a time) where i dont have any mania, just depression, and im looking back thinking about what a great time i had and all the stupid jokes that werent funny that i laughed at still seem funny.  Just make the best of it. right now my mania is returning and i couldnt be more ecstatic. Its part of bipolar.  If you only have mania without depression youre super lucky.

Omg I was just doing the same thing laughing at the responces. Y? I have no idea but I'm cracking up. I hate this so much. My daughter is really sick and she was coughing so hard she threw up and I started laughing. She was looking at me so sad and I couldn't help it. Obviously this is not a time to be laughing. I don't know how to stop it.

i have the same problem... i laugh unnecessarily for no reason.... i cant help it ...once i start laughing nothing can stop me ... plzzz help ....!!!

Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran theorizes in his excellent book A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness that laughter evolved as a signal both to ourselves and others that what may appear dangerous or threatening actually isn't. As he writes, perhaps "...the rhythmic staccato sound of laughter evolved to inform our kin who share our genes: don't waste your precious resources on this situation; it's a false alarm." If true, this provides a plausible explanation for nervous laughter. We're signaling ourselves that whatever horrible thing we've just encountered isn't really as horrible as it appears, something we often desperately want to believe.

I have this, sometimes I can contain it, but I get in a mood where I just laugh out loud in "serious situations". I think the scientific name is "Pathological Laughter or Crying" (PLC) and I'm sure its not harmful in anyway, other than just annoying. A few links:

www.wikihow.com/Stop-Laughing-When-You-Laugh-at-Inappropriate-Times

https://www.steadyhealth.com/Psychlogical_laughing_disorder____t77288.html

It helps if you just explain you have this "condition" so you dont offend people, although PLC isnt really bad, compared to the host of other worst conditions, nothing to be embarrassed about. Some psychologists think it is a way of dealing with embarrassment/loss/pain :)

God I'm so glad that there are other people with the same issue. I can't control my laughter during nervous and uncomfortable situations at all. It gets bad. I end up laughing when someone cries in front of me and that includes friends, family, and colleagues. Just recently an acquaintance of mine started crying and I was trying so darn hard not to laugh.

this happens to me too.. I laugh and giggle at inappropiate times. I tried to pinch my fingers to stop it, but it didn't help.

i dunno why this happens. I want to be able to keep a serious face. this laughing problem offence many people.

I really want to stop it..

 

 

Girl!!!!!!you are not the only one lol i laugh at literally everything!!!i think i even laugh in my sleep lol !!!!!im just really overly happy and im ok with that ...but my brother thinks theres something wrong with me !!!booooo>.

Im sooo glad I'm not the only teen like this!!! I am 13 and laugh for no reason til I cry and Its crazy snd sometimes annoying but when I am really upset I will laugh so hard for no reason!!!

If you experience enough with watching tv, movies, and all around you, you can notice others who smile when nervous, uncomfortable when not appropriate. Others are taking some medication that makes them overreact and then often you can see another laugh and cry at the same time! Recent news mentioned Psychological Laughing Disorder so maybe that is same as one overdepressed, who can't stop crying. Every think a silly thought, when alone, in public, and can't stop giggling, then laughing louder and louder? I usually cover my mouth and start coughing! A good disguise.
Not all doctors will know remedies. Search on internet!!! Gwenne

Thank God I'm not the only one. Just yesterday my best friend (of seven years) was worried about her mom's health. She was getting tests done and my friend was panicking and thinking it was cancer. She started crying while we were on the bus, but when I looked at her I just cracked up. (She knows I have this problem) This isn't the first time it's happened....I cannot stop myself from laughing when other people are crying! I don't know what's wrong with me. Plus, I never feel sad. like ever. the saddest thing could happen to me and I wouldn't feel the least bit upset. I wish I wasn't emotionally detached.