Interpretation of humor by psychoanalytic theory;
According to Freud's theory, humor can express repressed thoughts in a socially permissible way. In his book Jokes and Their Relationship with the Subconscious, he pointed out that through humor, individuals can freely express their attacks ("pranks") or sexual desires without worrying about the counterattack of ego or superego. When telling jokes, because the energy of anti-spiritual catharsis is no longer needed, this energy is released in laughter. Jokes, like dreams, are usually forgotten quickly because they are also used to deal with "dangerous" things. In fact, in order to make people laugh, a joke must contain something that stimulates anxiety. According to Freud, we can only laugh at some annoying things. A test of American humor shows that sex, extinction and death are the public's favorite themes, which may show a Freudian believer that they contain a lot of repressed thoughts. In fact, in their words, if you want to know what a person's subconscious is suppressed, you just need to test what kind of humor this person likes.
The basis of sense of humor is intimacy, and its object of perception and concern is "the degree of human nature". It can perceive things below its own humanized state and respond to the humanized trend. Therefore, it can be said that a sense of humor is a kind of intimacy with high and low.
General humor: For example, in form, children learn to walk to make adults feel humorous, and the humanized actions of dogs and kittens make people feel humorous. Even a water cup, if imagined as a standing human, will make people feel humorous. Humor is a good humanization trend.
Black humor: Contrary to ordinary humor, black humor is used to perceive the materialization and animalization of human nature. For example, the social pressure is too heavy, and individuals are suppressed into a machine of some kind of material image, which makes people produce black humor. The image of house slaves being oppressed into snails is black humor.
On the other hand, read widely and broaden your knowledge. If you accumulate knowledge to a certain extent and meet different people on various occasions, you will be prepared and comfortable.
Cultivate noble tastes and optimistic beliefs. A narrow-minded and negative-minded person will not have a sense of humor. Humor belongs to people who are broad-minded and passionate about life.
To improve observation and imagination, we should be good at using associations and metaphors. Participate in social activities and meet people with different personalities. Enhancing social skills can also enhance your sense of humor.
Empathy humor
Humor is because it is unexpected, incredible, exaggerated or strange.
This is the result of empathy.
Empathy is playing cards out of common sense, breaking away from normal thinking, giving people unexpected surprises and making people laugh and cry.
Similar to empathy, it is "going to extremes", expressing one thing, one person and one thing with exaggerated words and incongruous sentences.
Exaggerated to the extreme, you can get unexpected results and make people feel funny.