Topic Tuesday Tonight - 9pm AEST: Laughter 4 Mental health. This will make you chuckle...

[DanielTobias]

That's really off-beat. I like it! 🙂

[PeppiPatty]

daniel im in staggered shock I've remembered to actually be here ........
Have you been travelling in a play ? Is that right ?

[DanielTobias]

Yes. Over the last 8 years I've been touring to North America, UK, Europe and New Zealand.

[PeppiPatty]

Do you act about your actual family ? My brother is a performer and he's alwaYs talking about my dad and how wonderful he's been but he hasn't been wonderful to me or my oldest son who was psychologically very ill last yeR........
What can I say to him about that which is kind and funny?

[PeppiPatty]

To my brother that is.....what can I say to my brother ?

[Crazy_Bug_Lady]

Thanks for the reminder about this @CherryBomb and @-karma- ! Timezones meant I would have missed it. 😛
As far as mental illness and humour goes, I tend to joke a bit, just because otherwise I feel it's awkward and tense.
I was at work yesterday crying for no real reason and carrying a bottle of water which was leaking. A work colleage asked what was wrong, and I looked at the bottle and said it was leaking. He said no, that he meant me, to which I said, oh, I'm leaking too! It was automatic, but I thought it was hilarious, and he laughed too, which made me feel less awkward about it.

[DanielTobias]

There is always a risk. 

I've heard other writers talk about how they feel about this and I don't always agree with everybody.

Personally, I never want to hurt anyones feelings. In my show I'm often making fun of myself at the same time as talking about other people.

I did my best to write about people with respect, but I was still nervous about how they would react. Turns out that my family loved the show.

Phew!

[Former-Member]

@Crazy_Bug_Lady lol a very quick answer!!

[DanielTobias]

That's pretty funny. 🙂

[CherryBomb]

@Crazy_Bug_Lady that's gold! Sounds like it made the situation lighter. Did you make you momentarily make you feel a bit better?