'Laughter is the best medicine': 33 Laughs That Will Guide You On Your Inner Journey to a Happy Brain (November 13, 2026)

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 13, 2026 5:00 PM EST

Do you feel alone? Well, guess what. You're not! Thank goodness for the internet. What would we do without all these memes? We'd all be in a much darker place… Hear me out: memes are therapy.

I bet your therapist would agree too. There is a reason we say "laughter is the best medicine," and that's because emotionally, it is. It can heal parts of you that you didn't even know needed healing. That's when memes come in handy. They aren't just there to make you push a little air out of your nose and smirk. The laughter they cause can be passed around like a perfectly temperatured potato. 

You see, the thing about memes is that, yes, they are silly and funny, but they also convey solidarity. You are not alone in your struggle, and here is a meme about it! I bet there is a meme about every human struggle ever to exist. Seriously, give it a try: Google something you've been thinking about and then put "meme" next to it and see what pops up. You'll see there is somebody out there with you and you can even laugh about it. Have your therapist put that in their notes!

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  • How was therapy? Let's meme about it:

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    via jinx_the_chihuahua

  • Sometimes, when you go to therapy, you have a long laundry list of things you want to discuss and work through. From family attention issues to inner child and more, you're ready to make the hour count. This is what helps you understand yourself more and help you down your path to a happier life. 

    However, sometimes you have your therapy appointment and you have no idea what to talk about. You might be thinking, “hmmm, I guess I don't need therapy right now.” WRONG. I used to do this all of the time, but the memes I was DMing to my besties should have been a warning. A therapist friend once told me, after I told her I kept rescheduling my therapy appointments because I had nothing to say, that I should not be doing that. Why? Because “that's when they really get to use their degree!” 

    Apparently, the best time to go to therapy is when you think there is nothing you need to talk about, because that is when you give space for voices to come out, like your inner child or your shadow. Those parts of yourself are easy to ignore when nothing is going wrong in your life. However, they are the first to come out when things start getting tough; they're just there to protect you, but they might not know the best way anymore. That's when the therapist comes in handy.

    But for all the time in between, as you await your therapist appointment, memes will help you do the work! Just don't get stuck doomscrolling; let this list help you with your boundaries and give you more space to LOL!

  • 1.

    howi stare at you after u decided it was ok to be mean to me
    via jinx_the_chihuahua

  • 2.

    Therapist's on a first date: I'm very self aware, which hasn't solved anything.
    via well.guide

  • 3.

    go with the flow
    via iwanttoleaveok

  • 4.

    me looking around at different things to avoid looking people in the eyes
    via iwanttoleaveok

  • 5.

    When you switch jobs thinking it'll fix everything but then realize the real problem is having to work O
    via mytherapistsays

  • 6.

    i do not identify as a boy or girl, i identify as a nuisance, an irritant. a fool and a hyacinthiart problem
    via hyacinthiart

  • 7.

    Relatable Insider @relatableinsder 000 I'm one traumatic event away from a face tatt so keep on
    via @relatableinsider

  • 8.

    Are you there Me? It's me, You. 7777877
    via wannahugyoursoul_

  • 9.

    me everyday none of this is real
    via wannahugyoursoul_

  • 10.

    Me after saying "no that's easy I can help you with that"
    via imovercrying

  • 11.

    when i'm mid crash out and i realize it was never that serious and i may have overreacted
    via justgirlsfr

  • 12.

    how it feels in my mind janitor @janitorfsh And don't touch anything. I know where everything is.
    via @janitorfsh

  • 13.

    When you've been healing and behaving for awhile but get the sudden urge to go off the rails again 42.2K
    via borderline.bunny

  • 14.

    therapist: are you ever worried that- me: Yes
    via borderlinegarbagedisorder

  • 15.

    Me explaining my way of thinking to normal people.
    via theholyboontjes

  • 16.

    3333 Practicing how to stfu instead of crashing out
    via onlymemes.aa

  • 17.

    Me convincing myself that I don't care so I don't get sad
    via dailymemes

  • 18.

    I don't have a left brain and a right brain. I have these guys.
    via batuhanbintas

  • 19.

    im somewhere between my worst breakdown and the most powerful healing era
    via maysmargiela

  • 20.

    there is a tiny haunted house in my head instead of a brain
    via twatwafflezzz_

  • 21.

    Every single time wwwwwwwwwww.. Another traumatizing event Life All the progress I made to be happy again
    via zachmcclintic

  • 22.

    Therapy is great but have you tried your old 2000s playlist on full volume.
    via mytherapistsays

  • 23.

    Me when the therapist doesn't laugh at my jokes and starts taking notes (he's stealing the joke)
    via iwanttoleaveok

  • 24.

    I'm no longer the person I used to be I'm no longer the person I used to be
    via freud.intensifies

  • 25.

    "your posts are so relatable!" congrats you probably need therapy too
    via socialtwerkers

  • 26.

    Me giving people advice like I don't go insane every 3 days
    via mytherapistsays

  • 27.

    Me waking up in the morning: It's a new day! The sun is out. It will be a good day :) Me after checking my phone: Birth is a curse and existence is a prison.
    via well.guide

  • 28.

    Todays yoga pose: Downward spiral
    via @turnmeroyal

  • 29.

    Me with Philosophical questions My friends and family
    via backfromtheborderline

  • 30.

    Me if Noticing the Pattern Was a job
    via girlypop.mp4

  • 31.

    Every therapy session: How "am" 1?
    via well.guide

  • 32.

    Just saw someone Day ruined.
    via girlypop.mp4

  • 33.

    Shoutout to my favorite coping mechanism, isolation @noughties nostalgia
    via girlypop.mp4

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