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Scenario

When couples use dark humor to cope but others don't understand

My partner and I have been dealing with my cancer treatment and we've developed this really dark sense of humor about it that feels essential to how we're getting through, but our friends and family seem horrified when we joke about it and I don't know if we should tone it down or if they just don't understand what we need right now.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You've found a shared language of dark humor that sustains you through crisis, but the outside world's discomfort is making you question whether your coping mechanism is healthy or harmful.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dark humor and its function?”

Peri

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