Original Advice
“DONT: Don't joke away hurt to dodge vulnerability.”
Quit Clowning About Pain
Your joke is a shield, not a solution. Every punchline you throw at pain leaves the wound open, cute and infected. People laugh, then step back, unsure where to stand. You call it lightness; it's distance. Intimacy starves while you perform. The hurt stays, unscrutinized, breeding echoes. You dodge the arrow and keep the target taped to your chest.
Comedy hands you control over the room, but control cannot stitch a bruise. Your quicksilver mind flips feeling into banter faster than it can register truth. The nervous system still rings like a dropped glass. Naming costs you embarrassment; silence costs you connection. Let the moment be unfunny. Let your face show what your mouth hides. Real closeness requires an unguarded beat.
Cosmic Context
As a Gemini, Mercury made you a wordsmith and a twin. Your mutability edits feeling into wit; your heart needs the unedited draft.
Action
──────When tempted to joke, name the feeling in five words.
✨ You are allowed to be earnest and still be luminous. ✨