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The Psychology of Dark Humor: What Your Grim Sense of Humor Says About Your Brain
"Dark humor, often referred to as black comedy or gallows humor, involves finding amusement in subjects that are traditionally considered taboo, painful, or downright terrifying. This includes themes like mortality, terminal illness, warfare, tragedy, and human frailty. While some people recoil at jokes touching on these sensitive areas, others find them liberating, witty, and deeply therapeutic. Historically, Sigmund Freud described gallows humor as a supreme psychological defense mechanism—a way for the human ego to refuse to be distressed by real-world traumas. Psychologists view this phenomenon not merely as a preference for "edgy" content..."
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