'Laughter is the best medicine': 21 Laughs That Will Guide You On Your Inner Journey to a Happy Brain This Weekend (September 26, 2026)

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 26, 2026 11:45 AM EDT

Oh, you've been struggling too?

It feels like everyone and their moms are going through it right now. What is going on in the air? Are the astrology girlies right? Is the Libra moon forcing everyone to face the demons they've been ignoring for so long within? Or does chaos just attract chaos? Like, we all sync up with life struggles or something as an entire species? I do not have the answers to these questions. Nobody does. What I do have the answer for is what you can do when you are going through it. 

One: Get a therapist. It's not easy and might feel harder before it's better, but trust me. It is 100% worth it. I went through five HORRIBLE, I mean, "how tf did these guys get a degree??" kinds of therapists before I found the one I have been with for almost a decade now. Two: Laugh. You have to laugh. You truly cannot take everything too seriously or you will lose yourself quickly. Laughter prevents you from going numb and the easiest way to start the LOLs is, of course, with memes!

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    This month I'm doing a challenge called October it's where I try to make it though every day of October
    via funniestfemale

  • I meme it! Haha! Get it? Seriously though, I mean it. We are all going through it, so know that you are not alone. These memes prove that you are not alone in this miserable existence with your troubles. Connect with relatable people through humor. I'm no psychologist, but I bet your therapist would also encourage this. Maybe don't get stuck in the doomscrolling of it all, which is easy to do. That's why these finite lists that I cook up for you every week are great! They don't get you lost in the sauce. They give you a handful of memes that will kickstart your giggles, get you feeling a connection with like-minded silly people online, and then end so you can go about your day and continue your healing journey. 

    You can tell when I'm going through it because the debut Avril Lavigne album starts spinning a little too often to be ironic… It was my first album I bought on my own! The first concert I went to. Listening to it gives me teen angst nostalgia, but also comfort. It's good to find a balance within your healing process. It sure ain't easy, though… That's why the memes help! In memes we trust. 

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    "You're the villain in someone else's life" bro I'm the villain in my own life.
    via thatgirlrise
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    Me fighting for my life to give a normal answer instead of a sarcastic one-liner
    via lightwitchtarotllc
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    Octoberstimulated
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    @sparklysequel enough ragebait. whimsibait me hopebait me gigglebait me
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    when life is falling apart so I pull this move:
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    When i ask them to put a horror movie but instead of conjuring or exorcist they replay December 2025-august 2026 so i just leave the room
    via dimagkharabexe
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    THAT FACE WHEN angelasimmons/exoticaa YOU NEED TO ASAP change these patterns
    via eepygirls
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    Me having meetings with myself to discuss my autumn rebrand
    via shrjfbjscats
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    When you go to the doctor and lie to the nurse on the big sad related questions I pulled a little sneaky on ya
    via nightmaerofficial
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    Cominous cloud_of_smoke the horrors are getting harder to tolerate partner
    via milkstardust

  • When summer comes to an end, we can praise fall all we want, but we know there is worry in the pit of our stomachs. Why? Because the Big SAD is getting closer… You know it, that time of the year when the sun isn't around long enough to boost that dopamine and serotonin, so you're hanging on by a thread. I know I might sound like a broken record at this point, but laughing really does help your mental health. That should be obvious, but unfortunately it's not. Have you ever met someone so serious about a situation that they can't see a way out of it? Like, they are so zoned in on one aspect of it that they can't see there are a million aspects to it. You have to be able to stand back, look at the situation as a whole, realize that nothing in life has to be that serious, and let out a little LOL. Then you can move on. Maybe you need to cry after that or go on your own little Eat, Pray, Love trip. Either way, it's the laughter that actually grounded you, not the seriousness of it all. 

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    KATTERPILLAR @katterpillar the biggest difference between me and my mother is that i know im mentally ill
    via @katerpillar
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    "you handled it so well" Me at 3am; @lifeoftwochis
    via lifeoftwochis
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    when you thought becoming self aware was the same thing as changing me the complex @backfromtheborderline
    via backfromtheborderline
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    woahh mann @ashhhhhhole and is his potential in the room with us right now?
    via @ashhhhhhole
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    t me when i joke about my lore but that it really happened.
    via thatgirlrise
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    me fake scenarios before sleeping
    via thatgirlrise
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    how I look when someone notices Im being left out and starts to talk to me
    via get_better_book
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    how it feels to be a symbolism girl in a "it's not that deep" world
    via thatgirlrise
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    "I hate myself" Also me:
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  • Anyways, I hope you're doing okay, really. I'm not, but that's okay. I'll survive and come back even funnier! So keep an eye on these meme lists. They're about to be even more fire than usual! 

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    It's already today?? What's next? Tomorrow? I can't do this anymore.
    via thatgirlrise

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