Many survivors use humor as a coping mechanism. It isn’t denial. It isn’t “making light” of abuse. It’s a survival response. When someone has experienced violence—especially life-threatening violence like strangulation—the nervous system learns to protect itself in any way it can. Humor can create distance from pain, regain control, or make unbearable memories speakable. But coping doesn’t erase trauma. The same experiences that taught some of us to laugh also left us with nightmares, hypervigil
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