feivel, rabbi akiva wasn’t laughing because he was happy about the foxes on har habayis. he saw past that and he was thinking of the nevuah. would he have laughed had there not been the nevuah? i doubt it.
and i never said there’s an excuse for being depressed your whole life. i just said how it’s not normal to be thrilled about terrible things (or seemingly terrible things) that happen. (that was to avoid an extra mussar shmooze)
while they are happening, (or while you’re being whipped with a belt) you’re not supposed to be happy. that’s not the point in the tzara, is it??
and no, i was never whipped with a belt. just by the way. dunno why i used that as an example.