Sometimes, the best way of dealing with something painful or traumatic is to look for the funny side and laugh about it. I have learned through my own experience that "where thought goes, energy flows," and many of my friends refuse to speak of certain things so as not to "give them energy." Consequently, we could contain things, unwilling to voice something that we fear will grow.
However, if we are able to share with someone detached from the situation, who can help us to find something to laugh about, that can be far more beneficial than keeping the gripe locked inside, churning away.
My daughter has proved herself to be brilliant at such things; since she has been old enough to be a friend she has been able to shine a wonderful light on traumatic or difficult situations within the family. I don't often feel down, but I recently shared something with her that she was immediately able to have me giggling over. And the later mime of her learning the Charleston with a disgusted expression on her face in response to the situation had me rolling about.
The mother/daughter bond is a wonderful thing, for which I am grateful and delighted.
la_spice
I couldn't have got through my divorce without the help and support of my two daughters.
Now they are both young women and we are like best friends.