Periagoge
Problem
Toward Joy

Stop Hiding Behind Humor

Nasguide
The Pattern

There's a difference between humour as presence — the fool who sees the truth everyone else misses — and humour as distance. The question is whether your wit is bringing you into contact with life or keeping you safe from it.

What Mastery Looks Like

The capacity to experience genuine delight and play

Helpful guides
Nas
Play & Joy
Peri
Recognize this pattern?

Peri can help you tell whether this pattern is really the one you’re caught in, and point you toward where to start.

The Path Forward
This pattern is guided by Nas. When you’re ready to work through it, Nas can help you find the path — or ask Peri where to start.
Work with Nas
Related patterns

Patterns that often live alongside this one.

Problem
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Problem
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Problem
Build a Life That's Actually Yours
Problem
Let People Get Close to You
Problem
Lighten Up
Problem
Loneliness
Problem
Stop Avoiding Your Emotions

Working through stop hiding behind humor?

Tell Peri what you’re noticing, and start where it actually helps.