ITS OK TO LAUGH AT LOSING YOUR MARBLES. 🙃

Back in 1995 I was diagnosed with a mental illness. It rocked my world to its very core and changed me forever. For a few years after that my life was bleak until I started to find some humour in my circumstances and could laugh at myself and my predicament.

My family however took longer to adapt to life with a mentally ill member.

One day a couple of years after my diagnosis my eldest brother and his young family came to the family home for a Sunday roast. At one stage my nephew James was playing with some marbles and one rolled away from him. My brother said something about James losing his marbles, to which I quipped ‘I lost my marbles four years ago”.

My God the silence was deafening from my family at me making such a joke at my own expense. They were in total shock. I now regularly make humorous comments about my issues. It’s healthy and it is freeing to do so.

Recently I had a relapse of my symptoms and spent a short time in a private hospital. I knew to get well I had to keep a positive mindset and showed a good sense of humour with both patients and staff. Being positive helps and I can tell you I would much rather be laughing with these people than the alternative which is to be hurt and crying at being unwell.

Good can come out of everything and I made friends in hospital with a fellow patient, whom has a wonderful sense of humour. She made the hospital experience positive for me and we have become great friends.

The point I’m making is that it is great to laugh at losing your marbles from time to time. Laughter is the best remedy. 😅😀😁😍🥲☺😋🙃