I am preparing a wholly (holey? perhaps) academic discourse of a blog entry on Catharsis, the psychological breakthrough and Internet over sharing.

Something about humor as a defense mechanism, maybe a little more about non violent communication and the therapeutic notion of the other. Why must we seek out "others" to listen to our problems, almost as if to say one must have a listener in order to process through, pardon my informalness, the mucky muck. But in this age of Internet oversharing, are we in fact leaning on this idea of "the other" as those on the Internet, when in fact we are not given the same kind of privacy as before. And if in fact the other is necessary in processing through personality issues, can the other in fact be the perceived other of the Internet, when in fact there could be no other at all, or too many others hence the lax notion of the importance of privacy in psychological breakthroughs. But, while this may not be the most conventional form of catharsis, does it not in fact stimulate a cathartic psychological breakthrough, due simply to the act of sharing and working through said issue, irregardless of how that catharsis and other is present?

No man is an island.

In fact I think that's going to be the title of said academic discourse type blog entry: No Man is an Island or No Man Can Muck Through The Mucky Muck Alone: The Therapeutic Notion of the Other in the age of Internet Oversharing.

I quite like this:

Level 4 Defense Mechanisms: Humor: Overt expression of ideas and feelings (especially those that are unpleasant to focus on or too terrible to talk about) that gives pleasure to others. Humor enables someone to call a spade a spade, while "wit" is a form of displacement.

Leven 4 Defense Mechanisms are commonly found among emotionally healthy adults and are considered the most mature, even though many have their origins in the immature level. The use of these defenses enhances user pleasure and feelings of mastery. These defenses help users to integrate conflicting emotions and thoughts while still remaining effective.

So when Husband says "You and you're humor way of avoiding the real issue." I can be like "YEAH BABY, LEVEL 4 YOU KNOW IT!"