I have a morbid sense of humor that has sustained me through the darkest times of my life. I remember when I was in a suicidal crisis in 2007, being held at the police station while waiting for the crisis service to assess me, telling the officers how I wasn’t all that creative, since I had thought out only a few ways to die. I think one of the officers tried to distract me by saying that I must be creative, since I have a blog, but I wouldn’t listen.
Once I had been admitted to the psychiatric hospital, locked ward, with no privileges (as they are called) to leave the ward unsupervised by staff, I started to crack jokes. They were rather lame jokes if you ask me, jokes I’d plucked off the Internet, such as those about the differences between the patients and staff on a psychiatric ward. First, the patients get better and leave; second, not all patients believe they’re God; lastly, the staff have the key.
This post was written in response to this week’s Six Sentence Story Link-Up, for which the prompt word is “key”.
A Multitude of Musings 
Those are good jokes. Were they appreciated? Hope you had the last laugh either way.
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LOL. Well, yes, my jokes were appreciated and eventually my situation’s okay now, but it took me forever to get to where I am now.
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You’ve found the key!
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Can I reblog this post? Honestly, I have a dark sense of humor too, and A, can relate, and B, found this hilarious.
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Yes, you can and thanks so much for asking.
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This puts me in mind of the home my elderly mother’s in now. Most of the residents have a degree of mental disturbance, but I keep wondering how do we really define ‘normal’. Maybe that’s the writer in me. I liked your jokes by the way!
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Thank you so much! Yes, defining “normal” is really hard. My mother, who used to volunteer for an antipsychiatry organization when she was a teen, used to carry around buttons with mirrors on them and the text “Who is normal?”.
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Just what me and mom need!
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Good reminder. We have all had our times when coping seemed beyond our capacities. Thank goodness we have such and amazing ability to bounce back.
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Thank you so much for looking at my piece with such a positive attitude. That makes me feel encouraged.
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I’m glad. 🙂
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I think in the worst of times a sense of humour is the best thing to have. x
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Thank you and I agree completely.
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This is hilarious! XD I LOLed.
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Thank you! I am so happy I made you laugh.
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I like the evidence of creativity being having a blog. There is hope for all of us.
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Thank you for saying that. I think you definitely don’t need to worry about whether you’re considered creative at all.
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Reblogged this on revivedwriter and commented:
I appreciate Astrid’s sense of humor! Go check out her post, give it a “like,” and subscribe to her blog. 😀
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