Laughing too much

[metalheadjessus]

This may sound really silly, and I don't know if this is in the right place at all, but I laugh far too much over the smallest little things. Things that aren't even funny. I don't just chuckle for a bit either, it often gets to the point where i'm quite literally 'rofl'ing with tears streaming down my face. I can be set off by a strange facial expression, or remembering something that I found funny from ages ago, even some words like 'pudding' set me off. The other day in history, we had some medieval music called 'My Sweet Jewel' playing in the background of our presentation. That had me creasing for some reason. Luckily, the teacher found it funny, but there have been cases where it has got me in to trouble. I looked this up on the internet, and it said that laughing too much could be a sign of either depression or a psychological/ mental problem, so i don't even know where to put this, I just had to ask because I really don't know what to do. I would go to the doctor, but they'd think I was being stupid and i'd feel like i was taking an appointment away from someone who seriously needs it. Does anyone else have the same problem/ have any idea what may be causing this? Thank you for taking the time to read this

[Thirteen]

Well first of all, psychological problems (including Depression) have more symptoms than that. Consider if you've had anything else abnormal, as far as emotional symptoms, or even physical symptoms. Neurological problems from head trauma could possibly cause unnecessary laughter. Hell, you could just have a quirky sense of humor.

Just, make sure to note anything abnormal, emotionally, physically, or mentally. If you list these things, and take them in as a concern to your doctor, you might be taken more seriously. Going in there and saying "I'm laughing a lot, I think I'm depressed" would seem silly.

[OMFG!You'reActuallySmart!]

The problem is there is daily experiences are subjective, so someone may find 1 thing funny while someone else won't. Granted, this generally is viewed as being within accepted social norms and bounds. The main neurological disorder I can think of off the top of my head that applies would be pseudobulbar affect but for some reason researchers and clinicians love to use hundreds of other names so it gets confusing when you look it up online. One common alternative for it is, "pathological crying and laughing" (PLC) due to brain injury, which you can read about in the link:
http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/ar...6&journalID=62

There are other causes as well, such as MS and general injury to the frontal lobes as described in the article.

There used to be a psychiatric disorder called multiple complex developmental disorder (MCDD) that encompassed uncontrollable laughter with other psychiatric disorder, however, it's no longer in the DSM-IV or ICD-10. It may return in the DSM-V, not sure so you can look at the link but no doctor will diagnose you with it even if you meet the diagnostic criteria because they have to use the most recent DSM version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipl...ental_disorder

Overall, laughter is viewed as beneficial for oneself and for others, so if you go to the doctor and report you laugh too much, you're probably going to get ignored. Even in a case with pseudobulbar affect, the girl would laugh endlessly and her parents were worried but at the same time felt better. It was written in 2011 but the actual events occurred earlier, I'm not sure when though:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...in-tumour.html