Healthy Living

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Crohn's and Colitis

Humor can help (sometimes)

Humor can be a wonderful escape and coping mechanism for the things that people with inflammatory bowel disease suffer through. However, jokes aren't always effective all the time, depending on the emotions present during that time. When someone is at the last of their energy and frustrations, joking might not help but actually hurt someone who's feeling exceptionally vulnerable in that moment.