Overload · common
hysterical
Laughing-crying-shouting past control.
- On the face
- A tear-streaked open-mouthed overload.
- Ink recipe
- sad 90 · surprised 90 · afraid 85 · angry 55 · disgusted 45 · happy 15 · suppression 15
More on being hysterical
Laughing, crying, and shouting all past control. Hysterical carries an unfortunate old history, from the Greek for 'womb', which the ancients wrongly blamed for it. The word has grown up; the feeling is the tear-streaked overload anyone can reach.