They Are Definitely Funny, But Are They Happy?
“Laughter is the best medicine” is a very common phrase that everybody have heard throughout their life. Many people want to be successful both in their life and career, they work hard for it, but they are also suffering with stress and tensions due to lots of work, personal problems, life changes, family, too many responsibilities,… and there is no way out of it that people are sinking into depression. People find a way to release those pressures through different types of entertainment, such as: cinema, comedy shows, music, sports, games and the list goes on and on. But the most effective way to entertain is through humor, the art of comedy, because trying to be happy is a good way to stop worrying. …show more content…
Psychologists at Oxford University have created an online survey specific designed for comedians to uncover their most defining characteristics, and have persuaded 523 comedians across the UK, US, and Australia to complete it. The result showed that comedians have an impressive amount in common with the people with schizophrenia and manic depression and that could be what makes them funny. (Youngs)
Robin Williams, a famous stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer – committed suicide and was 63 at the time of his death. He had suffer long-term depression and bipolar disorder, which is a disorder that affects the mood, causes unusual and dramatic shifts in mood, makes them constantly swinging from extreme happiness to a severe depression. He was also an alcoholic and said that due to the stress of doing stand-up comedy, he started using drugs, and alcohol early in his career.
He is certainly not the only one, many other comedians have also gone through depressions like Robin Williams did. Richard Jeni also suffered with severe depression and paranoid schizophrenia, and decided to kill himself. Comedian Marc Maron has spoken publicly about having severe depression, and so has Tony Hancock, Kenneth Williams, Paul McCullogh, Jim Norton, John Belushi, Chris Farley and Greg
“Laughter is the best medicine” is a very common phrase that everybody have heard throughout their life. Many people want to be successful both in their life and career, they work hard for it, but they are also suffering with stress and tensions due to lots of work, personal problems, life changes, family, too many responsibilities,… and there is no way out of it that people are sinking into depression. People find a way to release those pressures through different types of entertainment, such as: cinema, comedy shows, music, sports, games and the list goes on and on. But the most effective way to entertain is through humor, the art of comedy, because trying to be happy is a good way to stop worrying. …show more content…
Psychologists at Oxford University have created an online survey specific designed for comedians to uncover their most defining characteristics, and have persuaded 523 comedians across the UK, US, and Australia to complete it. The result showed that comedians have an impressive amount in common with the people with schizophrenia and manic depression and that could be what makes them funny. (Youngs)
Robin Williams, a famous stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer – committed suicide and was 63 at the time of his death. He had suffer long-term depression and bipolar disorder, which is a disorder that affects the mood, causes unusual and dramatic shifts in mood, makes them constantly swinging from extreme happiness to a severe depression. He was also an alcoholic and said that due to the stress of doing stand-up comedy, he started using drugs, and alcohol early in his career.
He is certainly not the only one, many other comedians have also gone through depressions like Robin Williams did. Richard Jeni also suffered with severe depression and paranoid schizophrenia, and decided to kill himself. Comedian Marc Maron has spoken publicly about having severe depression, and so has Tony Hancock, Kenneth Williams, Paul McCullogh, Jim Norton, John Belushi, Chris Farley and Greg