Here’s one trick therapists don’t want you to know: Jokes! That’s right, kiddos. The cure to your debilitating trauma that has you crying in the shadow and curled up in the dark wondering why you were even born can all go away if you just laugh at it. Trauma? More like material for your stand-up comedy routine! Ha! Ha! Ha… Okay, for real though, humor is great, but it can only take you so far. We were just kidding. Your humor isn’t going to help you face your demons, it might make it easier! But yeah, you should see a therapist for that. If like, you’re trying to work on yourself and be a better person, therapy is the answer. But jokes aren’t not the answer, ya know? It helps make the difficult task of befriending your shadow self a lot easier. 

That’s right, if you learn to befriend the dark parts of yourself that you tend to suppress or cough joke about cough then you might just start to love yourself. Prioritize yourself. And yes, you might even start to make better jokes. I know, that sounds crazy! Being happy AND creating good comedy content? Yeah right. But like, it’s true! Memes are a good ode to that mentality.