Your podcast is great. I definitely relate to using humor as armor. My dad was an alcoholic, and I probably didn’t even realize it at the time, but looking back I realize how I did, and sometimes still do, use humor to ‘lighten things up.’ It seems to work well in most situations, at least on the surface. But as you probably know, it kills you on the inside because you’re not being true to yourself. Now, later in life, I can see how it’s caused me great frustration in many areas. But forward we must go.
Your podcast is great. I definitely relate to using humor as armor. My dad was an alcoholic, and I probably didn’t even realize it at the time, but looking back I realize how I did, and sometimes still do, use humor to ‘lighten things up.’ It seems to work well in most situations, at least on the surface. But as you probably know, it kills you on the inside because you’re not being true to yourself. Now, later in life, I can see how it’s caused me great frustration in many areas. But forward we must go.
Thanks Dana! And ya it was definitely deeper rooted stuff with the humor. Took awhile for me to gain awareness on it