Steven Handel, in his article, “The Power of Dark Humor: The Healing Effects of Joking About Death, Illness, and Depression,” makes this observation: “One big aspect of mental health is that we must give ourselves permission to be negative every now and then, and learning to channel our dark side in a healthy way is important for becoming a fully developed human being.”1 The focus of the article, as the title suggests, is how allowing trauma’s darkness to be expressed…..
